Ray Quotes

This life is the only hell believers will ever know. But for those who die in their sins, this is their only heaven.

If you are not concerned about your neighbor's salvation, then I am concerned for yours.

The days that I keep my gratitude higher than my expectations, I have really good days.

The quality of a leader is reflected in the standards they set for themselves.

I would photograph an idea rather than an object, a dream rather than an idea.

Of course, there will always be those who look only at technique, who ask 'how', while others of a more curious nature will ask 'why'. Personally, I have always preferred inspiration to information.

You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get people to stop reading them.

A camera alone does not make a picture. To make a picture you need a camera, a photographer and above all a subject. It is the subject that determines the interest of the photograph.

Don't go backwards - you've already been there.

To be a champ you have to believe in yourself when no one else will.

As far back as I can remember, I always wanted to be a gangster.

You see, we are here, as far as I can tell, to help each other - our brothers, our sisters, our friends, our enemies. That's to help each other, not hurt each other.

Living at risk is jumping off the cliff and building your wings on the way down.

Jump, and you will find out how to unfold your wings as you fall.

Looking back over a lifetime, you see that love was the answer to everything.

When I saw I was under attack from all sides, I knew I was on the right track.

Music to me is like breathing. I don't get tired of breathing, I don't get tired of music.

If you work just for money, you'll never make it, but if you love what you're doing and you always put the customer first, success will be yours.

Just because you can't see anything , doesn't mean you should shut your eyes.

What is a soul? It's like electricity - we don't really know what it is, but it's a force that can light a room.

Rhythm is everything in boxing. Every move you make starts with your heart, and that's in rhythm or you're in trouble.

Greatness is a lot of small things done well. Day after day, workout after workout, obedience after obedience, day after day.

Love is a special word, and I use it only when I mean it. You say the word too much and it becomes cheap.

At the age when Bengali youth almost inevitably writes poetry, I was listening to European classical music.

Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine.

Cinema’s characteristic forte is its ability to capture and communicate the intimacies of the human mind.

Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.

Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.

Goals live on the other side of obstacles and challenges. Be relentless in pursuit of those goals, especially in the face of obstacles. Along the way, make no excuses and place no blame.

My works were designed to amuse, annoy, bewilder, mystify and inspire reflection.

And Oliver North was really a good soldier, up to the last moment, shoving memos into the shredder and defending the policy to the end.

The only thing that ultimately matters is to eat an ice-cream cone, play a slide trombone, plant a small tree, good God, now you're free.

Everyone should have kids. They are the greatest joy in the world. But they are also terrorists. You'll realize this as soon as they are born and they start using sleep deprivation to break you.

Don't think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It's self-conscious, and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can't try to do things. You simply must do things.

I use heavy strings, tune low, play hard, and floor it. Floor it. That's technical talk.

There are many spokes on the wheel of life. First, we're here to explore new possibilities.

The only time I feel at ease is swinging up and down in a coconut tree.

The hardest thing to do is work hard when no one is watching.

You have to know you can win. You have to think you can win. You have to feel you can win.

Your sound is in your hands as much as anything. It's the way you pick, and the way you hold the guitar, more than it is the amp or the guitar you use.

More than anything else, what differentiates people who live up to their potential from those who don't is a willingness to look at themselves and others objectively

My grandfather was a Pentecostal preacher.

Sometimes you just have to jump out the window and grow wings on the way down.

Lambeau was always special, and so was Milwaukee.

I know you've heard it a thousand times before. But it's true - hard work pays off. If you want to be good, you have to practice, practice, practice. If you don't love something, then don't do it.

To me, a painter, if not the most useful, is the least harmful member of our society.

Knowledge is the key to survival, the real beauty of that is that it doesn't weigh anything.

Beauty is power; a smile is its sword.

Insanity is relative. It depends on who has who locked in what cage.

Music really is a way to reach out and hold on to each other in a healthy way.