J.L. Langley Quotes

Isn't it funny that at Christmas something in you gets so lonely for - I don't know what exactly, but it's something that you don't mind so much not having at other times.

When you can't change a thing, don't let it change you.

A man would rather fail according to his own ideas than succeed according to another's.

As for opinions, if they're not pleasant they'd better be kept to yourself. I learned that early in life and forget it every day.

The images of things are not the things in themselves.

There is music in words, and it can be heard you know, by thinking.

Nothing shows the kind of fool you are as quick as your tongue.

There's nothing a man can stand so much of as praise.

All men are no more alike than all women, only aliker.

It isn't bad judgment to make a man believe he is something. He is by nature inclined to it, and a little encouragement is good for most people.

... the place you're in is pretty near what you're fitted to fill. Otherwise you'd get out and fill another.

People are generally opposed to things they know nothing about.

Death is dreadfully personal, terribly important to oneself, and so unimportant to the rest of the world.

I hate a conscience. It's always making you feel low down and disreputable. I don't believe I will say anything to my children about one, and let them have some peace.

As long as I am on this little planet I expect to love a lot of people and I hope they will love me in return.

In a man they forgive anything. In a woman nothing.

A man may be made in one generation, but a lady never!

Life has its insidious way of crawling its way back into your sphere and you’re dumbed down again by so many distractions including work obligations, social niceties and mountains of clothes washing.

I swore I'd never become some lord's brainless arm ornament and political host, but I've become far worse. I'm a glorified housekeeper and sperm donor. -from the journal of Payton Marcus Townsend.

What this country needs are more unemployed politicians.

Fiction with its big question of 'what if?' is one of the most powerful forces in the world. Once upon a time, the ability to light a fire was fictitious.

I haven't always been a patient man...but something tells me you'd be worth the wait.

If I knew where poems came from, I'd go there.

I can’t be 100 per cent sure about the whole death thing as I’m still here,

Question Everything

Stories of Fantasy are nothing more than the retelling of our own triumphs and sad, sad tragedies ... Tod LangleyI have that painted on my office wall and love to stare at it.

When a Lady chooses to Change Her Mind, ' said the Mouse with a touch of hauteur, 'a Gentleman would consider it no more than her Privilege, and not Badger Her About It.

WHAT? YOU AGAIN?' he shouted in capital letters.

...I got to chase my dream for a while, see what it's like, but this—" He stood and swept his arms wide. "This, and my family, is worth any price.

Free yourself, unwind, unravel. There’s no right or wrong way, just experience. Learning, understanding.

Don’t trust your fears. They’re unfounded.