Melvin B Tolson Quotes

#1. The poet Melvin B. Tolson once said, 'A civilization is judged only in its decline.' That made sense to me. I would imagine the same is true for poets and tennis players.

Nikki Giovanni

#2. Old men dream dreams; young men see visions.

Melvin B. Tolson

#3. I'm flying!
Of course, I'm not flying so much as coasting over the treetops like a hang glider or a freakishly large flying squirrel.

Cynthia Hand

#4. Respect was mingled with surprise, And the stern joy which warriors feel In foemen worthy of their steel.

Walter Scott

#5. You can't lie to your soul.

Irvine Welsh

#6. The question is
Who will get to heaven first; the man who talks or the man who acts?

Melvin B. Tolson

#7. The miserable have no medicine but hope.

William Shakespeare

#8. No one should be allowed to make music as if he were made of wood. One must reproduce the musical text exactly, but not play like a stone.

Olivier Messiaen

#9. Out of abysses of Illiteracy, Through labyrinths of Lies, Across wastelands of Disease ... We advance Out of dead-ends of Poverty, Through wilderness of Superstition, Across barricades of Jim Crowism ... We advance.

Melvin B. Tolson

#10. Running an airline is a normal job. Racing is more.

Niki Lauda

#11. Anytime you need me, just call. I'll stop everything for you. Any fucking thing on this earth.

Kenya Wright

#12. When the exceptional historian comes along, you have a poet.

Melvin B. Tolson

#13. I'm looking at you because, right now, that's all I want to do.

Mia Asher

#14. A deadline should not prevent you from writing, but writing will help prevent you from missing your deadline. Then write a word. Then remind yourself of that again. And then write another and hey, look at you! You're spitting in that deadline's eye.

Courtney Summers

#15. Empowerment is all about letting go so that others can get going.

Ken Blanchard

#16. A civilization is always judged in its decline.

Melvin B. Tolson

#17. Traditional publishers require an author to submit a manuscript six months in advance, and if pressed, no later than two or three.

Heather Brooke

#18. I think people get intimidated, and they think results should happen right away. Like I said earlier, the body can only change so fast, and so when you're doing it right you just have to keep at it and keep up with a balanced program.

Daniel Cudmore