Will Richardson Quotes
Anyone who tells you that it is better to have loved and lost that to never loved at all has never done both.
Few needs are more pressing, or more deserving of our attention, than taking care of the men and women of the U.S. armed forces.
Whether you are a Democrat or a Republican, our nation is stronger when we are respected throughout the world
You grow up by making mistakes. I've made a ton of them, but as long as I keep on failing better, I don't mind.
You got to play the flute as a flute, like that. You can't play like a tenor concept on soprano; it sounds wrong. But some guys do it, and they think it's O.K., but not so!
Writing is like washing windows in the sun. With every attempt to perfect clarity, you make a new smear.
If beating ourselves up worked, we would all be thin, rich, and happy, wouldn't we?
That most sensitive, most delicate of instruments -- the mind of a little child!
Never, ever lose sight of the power of one individual American. They can have an unbelievable magnifying affect just by the very fact they make up their mind to do so!
And there are times that you got to speak up, and you’ve got to call things what they are!
The most powerful tool that I can share with you to transform any situation is the power of blessing with love. No matter where you work or how you feel about the place, bless it with love.
Women who are not living ought to spend all their time cracking jokes. In a rotten society women grow witty; making a heaven while they wait.
The question was not how to get a job, but how to live by such jobs as I could get.
Real speech can only come from complete silence. Incomplete silence is as fussy as deliberate conversation.
I want my photos to be fresh and urgent. A good photograph should be a call to arms.
Within each piece, I create an intriguing balance between jewelry and the body, and an intensity which draws others to it.
The English, the plain English, of the politest address of a gentleman to a lady is, I am now, dear Madam, your humble servant: Pray be so good as to let me be your Lord and Master.
The first reading of a Will, where a person dies worth anything considerable, generally affords a true test of the relations' love to the deceased.
Men know no medium: They will either, spaniel-like, fawn at your feet, or be ready to leap into your lap.
Indies are always an extra challenge. The time is shorter because you have less money to spend and fewer days to shoot.
A garden is a public service and having one a public duty. It is a man's contribution to the community.
I still get the kids to the doctor and dentist and plan their play dates and buy their clothes.
It is so much easier to grieve for the dead than to care for the living. At least in death we are all perfect.
I think work really is a life saver, because it carries you forward, which is good.
The happy and the suffering probably understand life equally well, but the sufferers may see a little more clearly how little it is that they understand.
When I am trying to write I turn on music so I can hear what is keeping me from hearing.
Night is torment. That is why people go to sleep. To avoid clear sight and torment.
Being a Christian doesn't mean that our struggles are necessarily different from those of non-Christians; it's just that our solution to the struggles is different.
Trump's immigration positions do not deserve a response because they are so outlandish. If you force me to give you three words to describe them they would be: ludicrous, impractical and racist.
When you're brave enough to let go of anything you don't absolutely love or need, what you have left is the space for stillness and possibility.
The key to freedom is accepting my own autonomy as an individual, and respecting the autonomy of other individuals, with all of what that means - whatever that means.
Think thoughts that make you feel good, make choices that make you feel good, and take actions that make you feel good.
