Doe Quotes - Page 312

The supernatural does not exist.

Does the U.S. Constitution stand for anything in an era of government excess? Can that founding document, which is supposed to restrain the power and reach of a centralized federal government, slow down the juggernaut of czars, health insurance overhaul and anything else this administration and Congress wish to do that is not in the Constitution?

There is someone I accept even though I do not approve of all he does...and that someone is me

Art does not have to be dull, to be effective; the artist does not have to be a bore, to be real.

I don't do too many jokes about current affairs, because almost every comedian always does that.

Well, everything surprises me about the writing process because illustrating comes much more naturally to me than writing does.

A society that does not defend itself is doomed. A system that remains passive in the face of attack deserves to go under. Those unwilling to defend freedom will become unfree. To stand idly by is to commit suicide.

It's the rare book that's able to transport you in a way that a movie does.

People can get accustomed to anything, right? Habit does things to people.

If I stop today at a protest and I read a speech, it is a speech that remains in that moment, and whoever captures it does, and whoever doesn't, doesn't, and just keeps walking. It is very sterile, and it can seem even inaccessible and boring for a community.

Almost nothing works the first time it's attempted. Just because what you're doing does not seem to be working, doesn't mean it won't work. It just means that it might not work the way you're doing it.

Well, the moral of the story, The moral of this song, Is simply that one should never be Where one does not belong. So when you see your neighbor carryin' somethin', Help him with his load, And don't go mistaking Paradise For that home across the road.

The world does not know it needs poems any longer, but we believe it does.

I think what gets a poem going is an initiating line. Sometimes a first line will occur, and it goes nowhere; but other times - and this, I think, is a sense you develop - I can tell that the line wants to continue. If it does, I can feel a sense of momentum - the poem finds a reason for continuing.

Wal-Mart and what Wal-Mart does contrasts sharply with what the Green Party believes.

I can't believe I'm saying this, but Obama looks like he DOES need a teleprompter.

What does it take for Republicans to take off the flag pin and say, 'I am just too embarrassed to be on this team'?

If you believe that the world is going to come to an end - and perhaps any day now - does it not drain one's motivation to improve life on earth while we're here?

When I see the toothless guy, as a liberal, what I say is, 'I want to help you get teeth.' Why does that make me an a**hole?

Frontline' does 10 news shows a year, so one a week is quite an undertaking.

I think a lot of the best ideas come from the grassroots; I'm someone who does not like a bunker mentality and does not like groupthink.

A true legacy is established over a lifetime and relates to what a human being does for others, not for himself.

Every romance does not lead to sex.

Hardly anyone ever leaves. This is because Des Moines is the most powerful hypnotic known to man. Outside town there is a big sign that says, WELCOME TO DES MOINES. THIS IS WHAT DEATH IS LIKE. There isn't really. I just made that up. But the place does get a grip on you.

He had the sort of face that makes you realize God does have a sense of humor.