Will Davis Quotes

I did an internship with Mike (Shanahan) and the Redskins last summer and I knew after a week and a half that it wasn't for me. I think I knew that going in, but I wanted to make sure.

TO preach a sermon or edit a newspaper were the two things in life which I always felt I could do with credit to myself and benefit to the world, if I only had the chance.

It struck me while I was sitting here; everything changes but the sea.

There are three things without which there is no country--common language, common judicature, and co-tillage land--for without these a country cannot support itself in peace and social union.

The rose goes on the front, big guy.

After 12 years in the minor leagues, I don't try out. Besides, uh, I don't believe in quantum physics when it comes to matters of the heart.

If the enemy can keep us occupied, we don't present much opposition.

It has happened to me to meet many of the men of my day whom the world agreed to call great.

You cannot win an Emmy for roles that are simply not there.

It's time for people to see us, people of colour, for what we really are: complicated.

States are like people. They do not question the awful status quo until some dramatic event overturns the conventional and lax way of thinking.

Anyone who edits their own copy has a fool for an editor.

Even when I get the fried-chicken special of the day, I have to dig into it like it's filet mignon.

I needed to make my wig ogg because I no longer wanted to apologize for who I am

Don't trade future blessings for temporary pleasures.

Any time the Western way of war can be unleashed on an enemy stupid enough to enter its arena, victory is assured.

Popular culture is simply a reflection of what the majority seems to want.

Aside from some extra fiber, eating two slices of whole wheat bread is really little different, and often worse, than drinking a can of sugar-sweetened soda or eating a sugary candy bar.

Nowhere in this country, from sea to sea, does nature comfort us with such assurance of plenty, such rich and tranquil beauty as in those unsung, unpainted hills of Pennsylvania.

We have grown used to money. The handling, the increase of it, is the chief business of life now with most of us.

Behind every American soldier, dozens of their countrymen tonight sleep soundly — and hundreds more in their shadow abroad will wake up alive and safe.

Reform is born of need, not pity.

I don't approve the informality in the world today, Mr. James. It's made strangers of us all.

There are two basic rules which should never be broken. Be subtle. And don't, for God's sake, try to do business with anyone who's having a bad game.

If you want success, you have to work hard at it and realize that it takes time; it doesn't come to you overnight.

The numbers are a catalyst that can help turn raving madmen into polite humans.

What does the Christian faith say about Mary's childhood. We do not know much of Mary's childhood.

Reputation is what you have when you come to a new community; character is what you have when you go away.

No man surely has so short a memory as the American.

You were only truly patriotic if you had a laborer for a grandfather and were glad of it.

Every child was taught from his cradle that money was Mammon, the chief agent of the flesh and the devil.

Pride and entitlement always go with unforgiveness. The longer you hold someone's offense over them, the more likely you are to start feeling arrogant and entitled to your posture toward him.

It's nice to be with someone, but I don't think you need to be in a relationship to feel complete. That would be really sad.

We must face the ultimate contradiction that our free and democratic society was made possible by massive slave labor.

The real actor - like any real artistj- has a direct line to the collective heart.

In my head, the sky is blue, the grass is green and cats are orange.

To look back is to relax one's vigil.

The possession of power over others is inherently destructive both to the possessor of the power and to those over whom it is exercised.

Our fans make the band. What they give we give right back. They're an integral part of us. They ARE us.

The White House used to be, everybody looked up at the White House and America and everything, and now I think it's like a house of shame.

Do not determine to change your life eventually. If you have decided to change your life, it is already changing.

I would love to star in a remake of Thelma and Louise. Yep, that's the one I'd be interested in redoing.

I've been in this business 25 years. I've been eking out a living doing Broadway, off-Broadway... I've seen the unemployment line a lot.

I've been a fan of electronic music since the beginning.

I can't deal with actors! I can't deal with myself. We're neurotic and miserable... I love doing what I'm doing, but while I'm doing it, I'm miserable.

Ask yourself if these Democrats still speak for you. When they say we have a duty to grow government even when we can't afford it, does it sound like compassion to you - or recklessness?

My Brilliant Career was beautifully directed, but I had a bit of trouble with myself in it. It was a silly script, based on a book this 16-year-old girl wrote.

First of all, I didn't suggest that we should simply get rid of all prisons.

I think the close work I do as a translator pays off in my writing - I'm always searching for multiple ways to say things.

Hearing is believing...a magician with the piano.