Southie Quotes

#1. I am who I am, a Southie.

Ellen Pompeo

#2. 'Heroism' is not the same as coping. A man who does his job properly and succeeds through his own efforts is definitely to be commended, but he is not a hero in the classic sense until he deliberately lays his life on the line for a cause he deems to be greater than himself.

Jeff Cooper

#3. I don't feel passionately about politics, i'm not a political person. Is it easy for me to get fired up about someone's position on climate change? No, it's not. On most of these issues, I can see both sides.

Rachel Maddow

#4. Reading has made such a profound difference to my life. I'm sure I became a writer because of the power of literature in my own life.

Katherine Paterson

#5. We are nothing if not our hopes and dreams

Katherine Marsh

#6. Avoid Prologues. They can be annoying, especially a prologue following an introduction that comes after a foreword.

Elmore Leonard

#7. I want you to understand that I respect the rights of the poorest and weakest of colored people, oppressed [to deny others their rights or liberty] by the slave system, just as much as I do those of the most wealthy and powerful. That is the idea that has moved me, and that alone.

John Brown

#8. You know, I've never killed a man before. I mean I droped bombs on the enemy from the above, but never face to face. [thinking pause] I don't see what the big deal is - I really don't.

John Travolta

#9. There are people who do De Niro and Walken impersonations.

Anthony Michael Hall

#10. That is how we become wise, by living each day attending to the lessons God puts in our path.

Emma Campion

#11. To harbor no envy, no anger, no resentment against an offender is still not to have charity for him. It is possible, without any charity, to avoid rendering evil for evil. But to render, spontaneously, good for evil - such belongs to a perfect spiritual love.

Maximus The Confessor

#12. PC stuff just lowers the general acceptance of good work and replaces it with bogus poetry that celebrates values that in themselves are probably quite worthy.

Diane Wakoski

#13. The heart is like a musical instrument of many strings, all the chords of which require putting in harmony.

Saadi

#14. The hardest thing is for me to let the work go and let myself just live. Every actor is different; they each have their own strengths and weaknesses; trust and ease are mine.

Emory Cohen

#15. I've dealt with life the only way I know how. It works for me, and I don't need you or anyone else to try and figure me out or fix me. I am who I am and I've accepted that.

Colleen Hoover