S.J. Watson Quotes

A wicked man in prayer may lift up his hands, but he cannot lift up his face.

The fastest way to succeed is to double your rate of failure.

None so empty of grace as he that thinks he is full.

God, eldest of Poets.

In this world with starry dome,Floored with gemlike plains and seas,Shall I never feel at home,Never wholly be at ease?

Speak from the heart to be heard.

[As a young man ] I came to the conclusion that the church was just a bunch of fascists that supported Franco. I stopped going on Sunday mornings and watched the birds with my father instead.

I am uncomfortable with heights, I'm scared of the dark and I am scared of big crowds.

I love to interact with people, but there is a time and place for everything.

I try to do the right thing.

The NFL doesn't like mistakes.

I don't think there would be any pressure playing for my hometown team. It would be fun. I'd just do the same thing I did before and build on it.

I was one of the kids who sold Cokes in the stadium. It was a lot of fun being around that environment, watching games and visualizing being there when I got older.

Justice deferred is justice denied.

Don't let anyone tell you what you can or cannot do, or cannot achieve. Do. Not. Allow. It.

He is a good kisser. I can definitely vouch for that.

I have been singing all my life, so it is pretty much second nature to me.

Connie Smith and I have worked a lot of shows together in the past, and it will be nice to do that again

The luckiest thing that ever happened to me was that my father didn't believe in God, and so he had no hang-ups about souls.

If I had been married earlier in life, I wouldn't have seen the double helix. I would have been taking care of the kids on Saturday. On the other hand, I was lonely a lot of the time.

Racists have often used pseudoscience to justify their socially damaging views; watch these films to see how science, by replacing ignorance with knowledge, can undo that damage.

Quality is free, however - the Management Systems that proliferate it are not.

Happiness is not in the having or being- it is in the doing.

Earthworms are far more valuable than people.

The fact is I have never been convicted of a crime.

All of the great whales are endangered.

You cannot commit an act of violence against a non-sentient object, only against a living thing.

The godly have some good in them, therefore the devil afflicts them; and some evil in them, therefore God afflicts them.

This kind of intense loyalty, then, became the well-spring of the IBM spirit, the family spirit as it was called.

Affliction has a sting, out withal a wing: sorrow shall fly away.

Deemest thou laborOnly is earnest?Grave is all beauty,Solemn is joy.

I wish I hadn't. I wish I'd fought for you. I was weak and stupid.

With him everything is a test, affection is measured, that given weighed against that which has been received, and the balance, more often than not, disappointing him.

When I get hold of a book I particularly admire, I am so enthusiastic that I loan it to someone who never brings it back.

Thoughts race, as if, in a mind devoid of memory, each idea has too much space to grow and move, to collide with others in a shower of sparks before spinning off into its own distance.

What are we, if not an accumulation of our memories?

The effect of a concept-driven revolution is to explain old things in new ways. The effect of a tool-driven revolution is to discover new things that have to be explained.

I'm not going to school just for the academics - I wanted to share ideas, to be around people who are passionate about learning.

I wish there would be more movies about scientists.

I've always been fascinated by Elizabeth Taylor, and I had read that her first kiss happened on a film set, which actually made me a little sad. You need to have normal experiences of your own.

I'm very romantic and of course I want to be in love.

Once I made up my mind that music was what I wanted to do, I never looked back.

There might be some of them that don't care. To me, it's important that my fans know how much I appreciate them.

I just never gave anything else much thought after music. I just hope that I'm doing what God intended me to do, and that's all.

I always tell people that my primary job is being a dad and husband. Music is just what pays the bills.

I'm living the dream. I've got a big tour bus, an incredible band, a big house, and a family that are all taken care of through my music. I've got a beautiful wife and three beautiful kids.

I keep a pretty tight grip on my schedule and I compare it a lot to a fireman's - a four-on then four-off type of deal.

Helen Mirren is like the sexiest woman on the planet to me. She is. Just the way she goes about everything.

In most horror films, you don't really get to understand why this character is the way he is.

Why do I want somebody to tell me what to do, tell me what I'm doing wrong? I want to be the boss.