C. L. R. James Quotes

Fine thoughts are wealth, for the right use of which Men are and ought to be accountable,-- If not to Thee, to those they influence.

None but God can fill the perfect whole.

The value of a thought cannot be told.

One thought settles a life, an immortality.

Life hath more awe than death.

It is fine to stand upon some lofty mountain thought, and feel the spirit stretch into a view.

Life's but a means unto an end, that end, Beginning, mean, and end to all things--God.

Life is as serious a thing as death.

The hero is the world-man, in whose heart One passion stands for all, the most indulged.

Who can mistake great thoughts? They seize upon the mind; arrest and search, And shake it; bow the tall soul as by wind; Rush over it like a river reeds.

He who has most of heart knows most of sorrow.

O, there is naught on earth worth being known but God and our own souls!

Blessings star forth forever; but a curse is like a cloud, it passes.

Countries are effectively paid deference in direct and indirect ways if they're huge oil suppliers.

Well, just as the Supreme Court follows the election returns, you can bet that the bureaucracy does as well.

I just believe that marriage is a beautiful representation of God's love for us and that there is such a cherishing that can happen in marriage that is different from any other relationship.

If we could only put God first, maybe this ugly trend could one day be reversed.

When husband and wife are united, they are strongest and most attractive to those that don't know Jesus.

Most people have to date or court other people before they meet the one.

Even sometimes our preconceptions of what we think we need is different to actually what we do need, so we've got to be more open and give guys more of a chance.

I think the only fear that I have in getting married is what if I'm not enough or what if I'm not prepared enough, because I'm the kind of person that likes to be prepared.

There is so much that is fake about our society. My generation is craving something that is real, honest and true. The Message is straight up! It's modern, relevant, and direct.

I'm really not tailored for responsibility.

I'm finally locked into the now, and it's great.

Anybody that's old and closed-minded does not like Rick James... They don't like the fact that I'm free and I'm wide open.

My music is pretty honest. I can't rap on science fiction. Punk is from the street.

I mean, Rick James was just a man-made image, the image I created. Just trying to live Rick James almost killed me.

You can't outdo 'Street Songs' and I didn’t even try. [It] had that special magic that comes with timing and good vibrations and you can't even try to capture that exactly again.

I feel that I have to say something in a song and that it's not just enough to lay down the music.

I try to make the audience forget all their problems -- for an hour and a half or so get them out of themselves, and space, and time, and consciousness.

I was going to get drafted, but I didn't really want to go into the Army.

I didn't even think I would make it that long. I thought I would drug overdose, like Jimi Hendrix. I thank God every day to even be here.

I'm not part of the Hollywood scene. I don't run around with 30 women. I have a very calm household. I'm surrounded by my grandkids and wonderful friends, and I consider myself very lucky.

I think the people are just looking for freedom in music...There's a lot of she-bop she-bop going on out there. Maybe they're tired of that same old thing.

That girl is pretty kinky, the girl's a super-freak, I'd really like to taste her.

I'm too old to do crazy things anymore.

I wanted to play the Apollo Theater because I didn't think I was going to be on the earth long.

I decided to build up my band in Buffalo because Buffalo was where I had originally built up my own musical strength.

I'm proud of the fact that Downton Abbey was born in a recession, at a time when ITV had dropped a lot of drama programmes. And I know that because I was out of work at the time!

There's definitely a wave of Brits doing great work on American television, and I wouldn't mind being one of them!

Sometimes people can be guilty of not working at relationships and if it's not working, oof, that's it.

I think because of my background - I went through university and did an academic career and fell into acting - I've never had a game plan for my career because I got into it quite ad hoc.

If I had a comfort blanket, I wouldn't have been as passionate and driven.

And there are lots of moments when I think, ‘What am I doing as an actor? I can’t act!’

America does not like people being not nice to dogs.

As our eyes age, they have a tougher and tougher time adjusting to rapid changes in lighting, and we need to be aware of this.

If you think your job requires you to endanger people, get another job.

Seems like people could behave themselves without making a calculation regarding how likely or unlikely they are to kill other people.

Some people make a separate argument about the red light cameras. They say it just changes the type of crash that's most likely to occur at an intersection.

Tolling plan is a wonderful opportunity for political pandering, and some candidates are taking full advantage of it.