If you watch home videos, at 4 years old, I was doing nothing but being the entertainer. Singing 'Boot Scootin' Boogie' in the living room. Then, I guess, just by the grace of God I started writing songs, and somebody happened to like them.
Thomas Rhett
Related Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX I saw my first two Broadway shows when I was 4 years old, 'The Lion King' and 'Beauty an... MAX SCHNEIDER It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH My earliest memories of Gwyneth first singing is in bed when we would make up songs. The most I coul... BLYTHE DANNER I didn't really know what I was doing when I started. I just started writing songs. After two so... NEIL YOUNG When I first started writing songs and being very explicit, it was hard, but one of the main things ... ANI DIFRANCO I used to make my grandparents pay a dollar to watch me sing 'Grease' songs and 'Somewhe... ZOE KRAVITZ I started being a comedy fan when I was, I'm going to guess, like 5 or 6 years old. DEMETRI MARTIN I started doing '30 Rock' and started writing 'Mystery Team' at the beginning of tha... DONALD GLOVER When I first started making music, it was learning other people's songs and putting them onto fo... M. WARD I've been writing and composing songs since I was 5 years old. OLIVIA D'ABO I loved being on the set with my stepfather. I loved the magic of movies. I went on the set of '... JENNIFER JASON LEIGH When I'm not touring, I sing at home, either at the piano or I'll pick up my guitar, singing... BURTON CUMMINGS The best thing that ever happened to me is that nothing happened in writing. I ended up working for ... GEORGE SAUNDERS Before I was 12 years old, I had no interest in music; I was just into football. Then I heard Don Mc... JAKE BUGG I started singing before I started talking. And that's the God's honest truth. I think it wa... MILLIE BOBBY BROWN There's not a whole lot to do in Athens. When I was 13, I just started entertaining myself by wr... BRITTANY HOWARD I started singing very early. I was six or seven years old, and I was singing along to TV commercial... YUNA The first person who showed me that I could be a maker of music was one of my best friends. It's... CAM I had heard some Elvis songs on the radio. During Christmastime, they'd play 'Blue Christmas... DRAKE MILLIGAN When I first started drumming, when I was 14 or 15, I started writing songs. I wrote for a couple of... PHILIP SELWAY My standards are based on shows I like, like 'Girls' or 'Arrested Development.' And ... RACHEL BLOOM I started writing when I was around 6. I say 'writing,' but it was really just making up stu... HUNTER HAYES I was writing blogs before work, then I was writing at work, and then I started writing books on the... ZOE FOSTER BLAKE I actually started singing country music at 4 years old, right when I started learning how to sing. ... CASSADEE POPE It's all to do with the training: you can do a lot if you're properly trained. QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters and... QUEEN ELIZABETH II My husband has quite simply been my strength and stay all these years, and I owe him a debt greater ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II It is easy enough to define what the Commonwealth is not. Indeed this is quite a popular pastime. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have to be seen to be believed. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so many of you are pledged to mine. Throughou... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I hope that tomorrow we can all, wherever we are, join in expressing our grief at Diana's loss, ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I myself prefer my New Zealand eggs for breakfast. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The British constitution has always been puzzling and always will be. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have behind me not only the splendid traditions and the annals of more than a thousand years but t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To what greater inspiration and counsel can we turn than to the imperishable truth to be found in th... QUEEN ELIZABETH II What were once only hopes for the future have now come to pass; it is almost exactly 13 years since ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II First, I want to pay tribute to Diana myself. She was an exceptional and gifted human being. In good... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I cannot lead you into battle. I do not give you laws or administer justice but I can do something e... QUEEN ELIZABETH II To all those who have suffered as a consequence of our troubled past I extend my sincere thoughts an... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Grief is the price we pay for love. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The upward course of a nation's history is due in the long run to the soundness of heart of its ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a nobl... QUEEN ELIZABETH II At Christmas, I am always struck by how the spirit of togetherness lies also at the heart of the Chr... QUEEN ELIZABETH II For many, Christmas is also a time for coming together. But for others, service will come first. QUEEN ELIZABETH II The lessons from the peace process are clear; whatever life throws at us, our individual responses w... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I declare before you all that my whole life, whether it be long or short, shall be devoted to your s... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Therefore I am sure that this, my Coronation, is not the symbol of a power and a splendor that are g... QUEEN ELIZABETH II We lost the American colonies because we lacked the statesmanship to know the right time and the man... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Madam President, speaking here in Dublin Castle it is impossible to ignore the weight of history, as... QUEEN ELIZABETH II These wretched babies don't come until they are ready. QUEEN ELIZABETH II I know of no single formula for success. But over the years I have observed that some attributes of ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II The events that I have attended to mark my Diamond Jubilee have been a humbling experience. It has t... QUEEN ELIZABETH II In remembering the appalling suffering of war on both sides, we recognise how precious is the peace ... QUEEN ELIZABETH II Like all the best families, we have our share of eccentricities, of impetuous and wayward youngsters... QUEEN ELIZABETH II No one who knew Diana will ever forget her. Millions of others who never met her, but felt they knew... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I have been aware all the time that my peoples, spread far and wide throughout every continent and o... QUEEN ELIZABETH II I used to listen to Judy Garland all the time - I love Judy Garland and her music. But I started to ... DIANE KEATON It wasn't really until the 10th or 11th grade when I started to play well, and football took the... CALVIN JOHNSON Broadway is another monster. I've been touring since I was 12 years old and I love being on the ... RICKY MARTIN When I was 5, I started taking singing lessons, and then, after 'School of Rock,' I started ... MIRANDA COSGROVE I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON I guess I never grew up. I was still reading kids' books in high school and college. I was alway... MICHAEL PATRICK HEARN When I think about that first DeBarge album, I remember being so green... just pristine. Nothing mat... EL DEBARGE I don't care if it's somebody else's song. Most of the time, you'll find that I'... TAJ MAHAL I was a dancer from about the age of four, so I was always performing and forcing my parents to watc... TATIANA MASLANY I've been performing since I was very little, about three years old. I was inspired at first by ... ERICH BERGEN I figure I wrote 37 songs in 20 years, and that's not exactly a full-time job. It wasn't tha... TOM LEHRER I constantly write about my safety walking to and from school, and then I would come home at night, ... TA-NEHISI COATES When 'Ally McBeal' started, I went, 'Oh, my God.' It's like what I was doing. ... MELANIE MAYRON We'll sort of get over the marriage first and then maybe look at the kids. But obviously we want... PRINCE WILLIAM Family is the most important thing in the world. PRINCESS DIANA You philosophers are lucky men. You write on paper and paper is patient. Unfortunate Empress that I ... CATHERINE THE GREAT With the right help, children have a good chance of overcoming their issues while they are still you... KATE MIDDLETON As iron sharpens iron, so a friend sharpens a friend. KING SOLOMON I don't mind a big fascinator. I think there is more scope for artwork in a fascinator rather th... ZARA PHILLIPS I was always told from the hat-makers that you should have your hair up because it shows the hat mor... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think I'll still be riding at 40. There are a couple of people who are still riding ... ZARA PHILLIPS My dad's not a big talker. ZARA PHILLIPS My dad can be pretty critical sometimes. ZARA PHILLIPS I'd love to have kids, but not at the moment. ZARA PHILLIPS You cannot make horses 'safe.' ZARA PHILLIPS Virtually everything that gets printed about me is wrong anyway, so it doesn't really matter wha... ZARA PHILLIPS It's stupid to say that I don't like being in the public eye, but I don't like doing stu... ZARA PHILLIPS I'm an affectionate person. ZARA PHILLIPS People still text me to say that there is something about me in the paper, and what really annoys me... ZARA PHILLIPS Sometimes people will come up in the street and say: 'My daughter loves you, will you sign an au... ZARA PHILLIPS Taking part in an Olympics on home ground is something you dream about. ZARA PHILLIPS My brother and I have been able to get on and have been very lucky to do things with our family that... ZARA PHILLIPS I don't think about the media. ZARA PHILLIPS I love the sport and being competitive. ZARA PHILLIPS The horses are all characters, all personalities. Some you get along with, some you don't, some ... ZARA PHILLIPS I hate having my picture taken. ZARA PHILLIPS Unfortunately in sport it's either good or bad. You've got to take the highs and the lows. ZARA PHILLIPS My mother is massively into sailing, so we always had Musto clothes, and it went on from there, real... ZARA PHILLIPS
More Thomas Rhett
My dad is one of my favorite human beings in the world. He's just a good person, and he could en... THOMAS RHETT I played at Sony, Warner Bros., Universal, Big Machine, Capitol... after I played every one of those... THOMAS RHETT Everybody besides my piano player has been with me since the very first day. We were a four-piece ba... THOMAS RHETT If a new artist wants to put out some sort of off-the-wall, crazy deep ballad about the sun or whate... THOMAS RHETT Growing up, as much as country was a big influence in my life, the Rolling Stones and the Beatles an... THOMAS RHETT I love a good piece of pizza. I love a good hamburger. If I don't let myself have those things, ... THOMAS RHETT I rap on 'Front Porch Junkies' and 'Whatcha Got in that Cup.' I try to channel my in... THOMAS RHETT I played in a punk rock band in high school called the High Heel Flip Flops. I was the drummer. I pl... THOMAS RHETT People tell me I'm like the country version of Justin Timberlake. Actually, the other day someon... THOMAS RHETT I'm a fun song maker. I love to make people smile. I also love to see them big, burly dudes cryi... THOMAS RHETT 'Die a Happy Man' was one of those that, when I wrote it and sent it to my label, their resp... THOMAS RHETT I think, for every artist, the second album is the most terrifying one to put out because it can eit... THOMAS RHETT You don't start out getting into the gym and bench pressing 300 pounds. You start out by doing t... THOMAS RHETT Single Record of the Year and New Vocalist were such a blessing to see, but when I saw that I was up... THOMAS RHETT It don't matter if you put 'The Dance' out, or any old George Strait song. Someone is go... THOMAS RHETT In rural North Carolina, you can get lots of great advice about how to clean and quarter a deer carc... RHETT MCLAUGHLIN It wasn't the best offensive game we could have had. Everybody wants to do better than that, but we ... RHETT BOMAR We expected that coming in, because we wanted to establish a physical presence on the O-line. To tel... RHETT BOMAR This is the kind of opportunity I've been working for my whole life, ... I thought I could have play... RHETT BOMAR This is the kind of opportunity I've been working for my whole life. I thought I could have played b... RHETT BOMAR I have a great opportunity to go out there and do some things to establish myself. I'm really excite... RHETT BOMAR What do you think my reaction is, RHETT BOMAR I'm going to get to play, so that's good, ... I'm just going to have to come off and be ready when m... RHETT BOMAR Frankly my dear, I don't give a damn (Clark Gable) RHETT BUTLER It would be great to make some dough, retire to an island, ... OK, not really. I'd like to just make... RHETT MILLER It's funny, because if Tom Petty or R.E.M. came out today, they'd be alt-country, RHETT MILLER ended up covering Lennon's wistful ''Girl. RHETT MILLER We just had a lot more athletes than they did. We had to watch A.J. Bridges because he's a great pla... RHETT MILLER It is one of the big, hairy unknowns _ what you do about that federal-state relationship. I'm not su... RHETT DAWSON I'm a competitor. I'm a fiery guy. I like to wing it around when I go in there. When I go in there, ... RHETT BOMAR From my viewpoint it was in the box. The divot that was made was in the box, in my viewpoint. RHETT MILLER [The Victor Fleming-directed Gone With the Wind was originally marketed with the tagline] The most m... RHETT BUTLER We haven't shed our engineering pragmatism, so we accomplish things in the simplest manner possi... RHETT MCLAUGHLIN When you look at death, it makes you understand the importance of the moment when you have life and ... MICKALENE THOMAS The disembodied spirit is immortal; there is nothing of it that can grow old or die. But the embodie... THOMAS HOBBES Socialism in general has a record of failure so blatant that only an intellectual could ignore or ev... THOMAS SOWELL Many are needed to plant and water what has been planted now that the faith has spread so far and th... THOMAS BECKET I'm a voyeur. I say that with no embarrassment. If I could have a superpower, being invisible wo... THOMAS SCHLAMME A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong gives it a superficial appearance of being right. THOMAS PAINE If there must be trouble, let it be in my day, that my child may have peace. THOMAS PAINE I'm lazy but generally task oriented so having a hoop to jump through means eventually I'll ... THOMAS LYNCH Nothing makes us more vulnerable than loneliness, except greed. THOMAS HARRIS It's fascinating that people, there's so many people now who will make judgments based on wh... CLARENCE THOMAS Curiosity is the lust of the mind. THOMAS HOBBES Love and a red rose can't be hid. THOMAS HOLCROFT Imagine a political system so radical as to promise to move more of the poorest 20% of the populatio... THOMAS SOWELL One of the common failings among honorable people is a failure to appreciate how thoroughly dishonor... THOMAS SOWELL The problem isn't that Johnny can't read. The problem isn't even that Johnny can't t... THOMAS SOWELL Much of the social history of the Western world, over the past three decades, has been a history of ... THOMAS SOWELL The word 'racism' is like ketchup. It can be put on practically anything - and demanding evi... THOMAS SOWELL That which we obtain too easily, we esteem too lightly. THOMAS PAINE The strength and power of despotism consists wholly in the fear of resistance. THOMAS PAINE I believe in the equality of man; and I believe that religious duties consist in doing justice, lovi... THOMAS PAINE Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom must, like men, undergo the fatigue of supporting ... THOMAS PAINE An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot. THOMAS PAINE These are the times that try men's souls. THOMAS PAINE What we obtain too cheap, we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value... THOMAS PAINE Belief in a cruel God makes a cruel man. THOMAS PAINE There is no such thing as perpetual tranquillity of mind while we live here; because life itself is ... THOMAS HOBBES No man's error becomes his own Law; nor obliges him to persist in it. THOMAS HOBBES Not believing in force is the same as not believing in gravitation. THOMAS HOBBES Sudden glory is the passion which maketh those grimaces called laughter. THOMAS HOBBES Words are the money of fools. THOMAS HOBBES I put for the general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after pow... THOMAS HOBBES Man should not consider his material possession his own, but as common to all, so as to share them w... THOMAS AQUINAS God should not be called an individual substance, since the principal of individuation is matter. THOMAS AQUINAS How can we live in harmony? First we need to know we are all madly in love with the same God. THOMAS AQUINAS If, then, you are looking for the way by which you should go, take Christ, because He Himself is the... THOMAS AQUINAS It is clear that he does not pray, who, far from uplifting himself to God, requires that God shall l... THOMAS AQUINAS The test of the artist does not lie in the will with which he goes to work, but in the excellence of... THOMAS AQUINAS Law is nothing other than a certain ordinance of reason for the common good, promulgated by the pers... THOMAS AQUINAS Good can exist without evil, whereas evil cannot exist without good. THOMAS AQUINAS The harder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph. THOMAS PAINE An injured friend is the bitterest of foes. THOMAS JEFFERSON If someone had told me when I was a kid I'd get an ovation from Frank Sinatra! One time, I did a... IRWIN THOMAS I'm not even allowed to sing in the shower at home. Too loud. IRWIN THOMAS I was born into a world where a lot of people who came to the house were performers. IRWIN THOMAS I was always one of those fortunate people who never wanted to be anything other than a singer and a... IRWIN THOMAS People refer to me as 'that 'Love Boat' man.' IRWIN THOMAS I find great beauty in songs with a creative interpretation, but most people generally don't get... IRWIN THOMAS I particularly like Hershey's chocolate - the kind which has almonds in it. IRWIN THOMAS Because I'm shy and a bit quiet, I think people assume I'm an elegant person. IRWIN THOMAS My grandfather was from Aberdare. He was a coal miner who emigrated and then continued mining in Pen... IRWIN THOMAS When people say to me 'what do you think of rap music?' my answer is there's no such thi... IRWIN THOMAS I believe in the players and what I've put together and we'll make it work. ISAIAH THOMAS Larry Brown thought Steve Francis was a Larry Brown type of player. ISAIAH THOMAS All of those things had been talked about, suggested, rumored, as a manager and as a member of the K... ISAIAH THOMAS I'll continue to try to make changes to better improve the team. ISAIAH THOMAS We decided to go the way of trading and getting younger players. ISAIAH THOMAS We were going to have to experiment, and we needed to develop our younger players. And a lot of the ... ISAIAH THOMAS It's been made clear to all of us that a player should never leave the playing field and go into... ISAIAH THOMAS My thought has always been completion. Maybe you have to rebound better, shoot better, hit free thro... ISAIAH THOMAS The type of athletes we draft still need types of versatility on the defense side of the ball, run t... ISAIAH THOMAS It wasn't about the X's and the O's and the strategy; it was more about keeping 12 guys ... ISAIAH THOMAS Everybody wants to be perfect. ISAIAH THOMAS You're always at war with the guy on the other bench. You pick up their patterns. That's wha... ISAIAH THOMAS I love what I'm doing. ISAIAH THOMAS You have to develop your whole game to completion. ISAIAH THOMAS It was important to me to believe, because if I don't believe, how can I expect them to believe? ISAIAH THOMAS It's hard to get people to overcome the thought that they have to take care of themselves first.... ISAIAH THOMAS My greatest gift that I have in life is basketball. ISAIAH THOMAS Titles are but nicknames, and every nickname is a title. THOMAS PAINE Capitalism knows only one color: that color is green; all else is necessarily subservient to it, hen... THOMAS SOWELL A coward is much more exposed to quarrels than a man of spirit. THOMAS JEFFERSON There is nothing on this earth more to be prized than true friendship. THOMAS AQUINAS I always get more applause than votes. NORMAN THOMAS To us Americans much has been given; of us much is required. With all our faults and mistakes, it is... NORMAN THOMAS Kennedy said that if we had nuclear war we'd kill 300 million people in the first hour. McNamara... NORMAN THOMAS If you want a symbolic gesture, don't burn the flag; wash it. NORMAN THOMAS I walk where I choose to walk. NORMAN THOMAS Raising the minimum wage isn't just pro-worker; it's pro-economic growth. THOMAS PEREZ The real minimum wage is zero. THOMAS SOWELL Raising the minimum wage to $10.10 will benefit about 28 million workers across the country. And it ... THOMAS PEREZ Do all children have some inherent right to live in America if they have done nothing wrong? If not,... THOMAS SOWELL The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the p... THOMAS HOBBES You never enjoy the world aright, till the sea itself floweth in your veins, till you are clothed wi... THOMAS TRAHERNE The most successful war seldom pays for its losses. THOMAS JEFFERSON The second office in the government is honorable and easy; the first is but a splendid misery. THOMAS JEFFERSON Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor ... THOMAS JEFFERSON So confident am I in the intentions, as well as wisdom, of the government, that I shall always be sa... THOMAS JEFFERSON I abhor war and view it as the greatest scourge of mankind. THOMAS JEFFERSON We are not to expect to be translated from despotism to liberty in a featherbed. THOMAS JEFFERSON There is not a sprig of grass that shoots uninteresting to me. THOMAS JEFFERSON When we get piled upon one another in large cities, as in Europe, we shall become as corrupt as Euro... THOMAS JEFFERSON Where the press is free and every man able to read, all is safe. THOMAS JEFFERSON For a people who are free, and who mean to remain so, a well-organized and armed militia is their be... THOMAS JEFFERSON If a nation expects to be ignorant and free, in a state of civilization, it expects what never was a... THOMAS JEFFERSON If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should hav... THOMAS JEFFERSON The natural cause of the human mind is certainly from credulity to skepticism. THOMAS JEFFERSON One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them. THOMAS JEFFERSON I have no ambition to govern men; it is a painful and thankless office. THOMAS JEFFERSON Leave no authority existing not responsible to the people. THOMAS JEFFERSON Ignorance is preferable to error, and he is less remote from the truth who believes nothing than he ... THOMAS JEFFERSON It takes time to persuade men to do even what is for their own good. THOMAS JEFFERSON Every government degenerates when trusted to the rulers of the people alone. The people themselves a... THOMAS JEFFERSON It does me no injury for my neighbor to say there are twenty gods or no God. THOMAS JEFFERSON Friendship is but another name for an alliance with the follies and the misfortunes of others. Our o... THOMAS JEFFERSON I was bold in the pursuit of knowledge, never fearing to follow truth and reason to whatever results... THOMAS JEFFERSON No duty the Executive had to perform was so trying as to put the right man in the right place. THOMAS JEFFERSON It is our duty still to endeavor to avoid war; but if it shall actually take place, no matter by who... THOMAS JEFFERSON The moment a person forms a theory, his imagination sees in every object only the traits which favor... THOMAS JEFFERSON To compel a man to furnish funds for the propagation of ideas he disbelieves and abhors is sinful an... THOMAS JEFFERSON Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to... THOMAS JEFFERSON Don't talk about what you have done or what you are going to do. THOMAS JEFFERSON The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers. THOMAS JEFFERSON I believe that every human mind feels pleasure in doing good to another. THOMAS JEFFERSON Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations. THOMAS GRAY Truth is certainly a branch of morality and a very important one to society. THOMAS JEFFERSON Always take hold of things by the smooth handle. THOMAS JEFFERSON Do you want to know who you are? Don't ask. Act! Action will delineate and define you. THOMAS JEFFERSON Nothing is unchangeable but the inherent and unalienable rights of man. THOMAS JEFFERSON It is always better to have no ideas than false ones; to believe nothing, than to believe what is wr... THOMAS JEFFERSON No government ought to be without censors; and where the press is free no one ever will. THOMAS JEFFERSON No freeman shall be debarred the use of arms. THOMAS JEFFERSON No man will ever carry out of the Presidency the reputation which carried him into it. THOMAS JEFFERSON He who knows best knows how little he knows. THOMAS JEFFERSON Experience hath shewn, that even under the best forms of government those entrusted with power have,... THOMAS JEFFERSON To penetrate and dissipate these clouds of darkness, the general mind must be strengthened by educat... THOMAS JEFFERSON Whenever you do a thing, act as if all the world were watching. THOMAS JEFFERSON The secret of a good life is to have the right loyalties and hold them in the right scale of values. NORMAN THOMAS Animals do not admire each other. A horse does not admire its companion. THOMAS MANN One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO. THOMAS CARLYLE The black family survived centuries of slavery and generations of Jim Crow, but it has disintegrated... THOMAS SOWELL It is love, not reason, that is stronger than death. THOMAS MANN Doctors, dressed up in one professional costume or another, have been in busy practice since the ear... LEWIS THOMAS It is neither wealth nor splendor; but tranquility and occupation which give you happiness. THOMAS JEFFERSON Liberalism is totalitarianism with a human face. THOMAS SOWELL It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those ... THOMAS SOWELL The things that we love tell us what we are. THOMAS AQUINAS The most fundamental fact about the ideas of the political left is that they do not work. Therefore ... THOMAS SOWELL Problem solving is hunting. It is savage pleasure and we are born to it. THOMAS HARRIS Better to illuminate than merely to shine, to deliver to others contemplated truths than merely to c... THOMAS AQUINAS Two wrongs don't make a right, but they make a good excuse. THOMAS SZASZ The sudden disappointment of a hope leaves a scar which the ultimate fulfillment of that hope never ... THOMAS HARDY Education is not merely neglected in many of our schools today, but is replaced to a great extent by... THOMAS SOWELL By reading the scriptures I am so renewed that all nature seems renewed around me and with me. The s... THOMAS MERTON I was called before the king's tribunal like a layman and was deserted in the quarter where I ha... THOMAS BECKET But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the Democratic Party or for leftist kind... CLARENCE THOMAS The more I loved the king, the more I opposed his injustice until his brow fell lowering upon me. He... THOMAS BECKET My first choice was to work it out with Larry Brown. I needed Larry and I gave him 50 million bucks.... ISAIAH THOMAS The anger and the brutality against everything can readily from one hour to the next be transformed ... THOMAS BERNHARD Americans have known about mounting inequality and king-sized Wall Street bonuses for years. But we ... THOMAS FRANK It really bugs me that someone will tell me, after I spent 20 years being educated, how I'm supp... CLARENCE THOMAS The devil lies brooding in the miser's chest. THOMAS FULLER I got a bronze medal and I can't complain about that, the only African-American to get a medal i... DEBI THOMAS Meditate on the unique relationship between Christians. Psalm 133:1 proclaims the goodness and pleas... THOMAS BROOKS #4. Spend more time considering areas of agreement than disagreement. The doctrines you share with o... THOMAS BROOKS Netscape brought the Internet alive with the browser. They made the Internet so that Grandma could u... THOMAS FRIEDMAN When I hit 16, I got a scooter to ride to school. It was bright pink, and I saw on the ownership pap... THOMAS SANGSTER Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you. THOMAS MANN The Iraqi sun quickly heated the air to an unbearable one hundred twenty three degreeās, caus... THOMAS FERREOLUS I go to each job and open my little briefcase up, and I take out the things that I have or I know. I... THOMAS KAIL Is this not the true romantic feeling; not to desire to escape life, but to prevent life from escapi... THOMAS WOLFE To love one person with a private love is poor and miserable: to love all is glorious. THOMAS TRAHERNE We often speak of love when we really should be speaking of the drive to dominate or to master, so a... THOMAS SZASZ The great object of my fear is the federal judiciary. That body, like gravity, ever acting, with noi... THOMAS JEFFERSON The judiciary of the United States is the subtle corps of sappers and miners constantly working unde... THOMAS JEFFERSON When a man assumes a public trust, he should consider himself as public property. THOMAS JEFFERSON The second office of this government is honorable & easy, the first is but a splendid misery. THOMAS JEFFERSON The mobs of great cities add just so much to the support of pure government, as sores do to the stre... THOMAS JEFFERSON