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I.J. Parker Quotes: "The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue."

The first thing I do in the morning is brush my teeth and sharpen my tongue.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "The only dependable law of life - everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be."

The only dependable law of life - everything is always worse than you thought it was going to be.




I.J. Parker Quotes: "Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye."

Creativity is a wild mind and a disciplined eye.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I'm under the table/After four I'm under my host."

I like to have a martini/Two at the very most/After three I'm under the table/After four I'm under my host.




I.J. Parker Quotes: "Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim. We attain unity only through variety. Differences must be integrated, not annihilated, not absorbed."

Unity, not uniformity, must be our aim. We attain unity only through variety. Differences must be integrated, not annihilated, not absorbed.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician."

Time may be a great healer, but it's a lousy beautician.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Wholeness does not mean perfection: it means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life."

Wholeness does not mean perfection: it means embracing brokenness as an integral part of life.




I.J. Parker Quotes: "Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses."

Men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to."

If you want to know what God thinks about money, just look at the people He gives it to.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty."

Never throw mud: you can miss the target, but your hands will remain dirty.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave."

Years are only garments, and you either wear them with style all your life, or else you go dowdy to the grave.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Community is a place where the connections felt in our hearts make themselves known in the bonds between people, and where the tuggings and pullings of those bonds keep opening our hearts."

Community is a place where the connections felt in our hearts make themselves known in the bonds between people, and where the tuggings and pullings of those bonds keep opening our hearts.




I.J. Parker Quotes: "That is always our problem, not how to get control of people, but how all together we can get control of a situation."

That is always our problem, not how to get control of people, but how all together we can get control of a situation.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Leadership is not defined by the exercise of power but by the capacity to increase the sense of power among those led. The most essential work of the leader is to create more leaders."

Leadership is not defined by the exercise of power but by the capacity to increase the sense of power among those led. The most essential work of the leader is to create more leaders.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Management is the art of getting things done through people."

Management is the art of getting things done through people.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Brevity is the soul of lingerie."

Brevity is the soul of lingerie.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you."

Don't play the saxophone. Let it play you.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks."

You can't teach an old dogma new tricks.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "I hate writing, I love having written."

I hate writing, I love having written.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me."

If you don't have anything nice to say, come sit by me.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity."

The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curiosity.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "I now know myself to be a person of weakness and strength, liability and giftedness, darkness and light. I now know that to be whole means to reject none of it but to embrace all of it."

I now know myself to be a person of weakness and strength, liability and giftedness, darkness and light. I now know that to be whole means to reject none of it but to embrace all of it.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "White man goes into his churches to talk about Jesus, the Indian into his Tepee to talk to Jesus (with Peyote etc)."

White man goes into his churches to talk about Jesus, the Indian into his Tepee to talk to Jesus (with Peyote etc).



I.J. Parker Quotes: "I'm not a writer with a drinking problem, I'm a drinker with a writing problem."

I'm not a writer with a drinking problem, I'm a drinker with a writing problem.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Q: What's the difference between an enzyme and a hormone? A: You can't hear an enzyme."

Q: What's the difference between an enzyme and a hormone? A: You can't hear an enzyme.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid."

I require only three things of a man. He must be handsome, ruthless and stupid.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Every year, back comes Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with plants."

Every year, back comes Spring, with nasty little birds yapping their fool heads off and the ground all mucked up with plants.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "The best innovation comes from inclusive work environments that foster diverse ideas, nurture people with diverse talent and backgrounds, and create strong relationships with diverse communities."

The best innovation comes from inclusive work environments that foster diverse ideas, nurture people with diverse talent and backgrounds, and create strong relationships with diverse communities.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think."

You can lead a horticulture, but you can't make her think.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Black eyeliner says 'You've been through stuff, you know things'."

Black eyeliner says 'You've been through stuff, you know things'.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?"

If love is blind, why is lingerie so popular?



I.J. Parker Quotes: "One of the hardest things we must do sometimes is to be present to another person's pain without trying to "fix" it, to simply stand respectfully at the edge of that person's mystery and misery."

One of the hardest things we must do sometimes is to be present to another person's pain without trying to "fix" it, to simply stand respectfully at the edge of that person's mystery and misery.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words."

There's a hell of a distance between wisecracking and wit. Wit has truth in it; wisecracking is simply calisthenics with words.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "We are here not only to transform the world but also to be transformed."

We are here not only to transform the world but also to be transformed.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness."

Those who have mastered etiquette, who are entirely, impeccably right, would seem to arrive at a point of exquisite dullness.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark."

Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Self-care is never a selfish act - it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others."

Self-care is never a selfish act - it is only good stewardship of the only gift I have, the gift I was put on earth to offer others.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "A hangover is the wrath of grapes."

A hangover is the wrath of grapes.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect."

Never violate the sacredness of your individual self-respect.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "I remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam"

I remember the day I found out my draft status. I was really floored and kind of staggered around in a daze. It just hadn't occurred to me that I could end up in Vietnam



I.J. Parker Quotes: "My favorite musical? I don't. It changes all the time. I'm just a diehard, I'm totally old school, like I'll sit and watch, if they are re-doing Oklahoma in New York, I will be the first one there."

My favorite musical? I don't. It changes all the time. I'm just a diehard, I'm totally old school, like I'll sit and watch, if they are re-doing Oklahoma in New York, I will be the first one there.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both."

Take me or leave me; or, as is the usual order of things, both.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit!"

A squirrel is just a rat with a cuter outfit!



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Whatever you fix your eyes on is what you will encourage; fix your eyes on Jesus."

Whatever you fix your eyes on is what you will encourage; fix your eyes on Jesus.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "I was the toast of two continents: Greenland and Australia."

I was the toast of two continents: Greenland and Australia.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play."

Master your instrument. Master the music. And then forget all that bullshit and just play.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment."

That would be a good thing for them to cut on my tombstone: Wherever she went, including here, it was against her better judgment.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away."

Love is like quicksilver in the hand. Leave the fingers open and it stays. Clutch it and it darts away.



I.J. Parker Quotes: "I can’t write five words but that I change seven."

I can’t write five words but that I change seven.