Stafford's Quotes

The world is a pile of grunge. — Jo Stafford

Protest poetry
could there be consensus poetry? — William Stafford

I'm a Frisbeetarian. We worship frisbees. We believe when you die your soul goes up on the roof and you can't get it down. — Jim Stafford

What I want my father's writing to keep teaching us is that at the table of writing, everyone is welcome. No voice without all voices. — Kim Stafford

Between roars the lion purrs. — William Stafford

Even the upper end of the river believes in the ocean. — William Stafford

Time Dreams. They are memories of the soul. They encompass all Time. They exist in the space of a dream. — Tom Stafford

Joy is a decision, a really brave one, about how you are going to respond to life. — Wess Stafford

Julius Peppers is probably 6'7 and 300 pounds. The great players spend all year round training for 16 games. It isn't fun being on the receiving end. — Matthew Stafford

The migraine is a beast from Hell, a bone-crushing, brain-twisting, heart-rending, apocalyptic scourge - an insult to all that's holy. — Diane Stafford

The greatest ownership of all is to glance around and understand. — William Stafford

For me, there is nothing worse than the knowledge that my life holds nothing for me but being a writer. — Jean Stafford

Third down and long is the toughest situation for any offensive coordinator in the NFL. — Matthew Stafford

Sunday 8 August. The next day it declared: 'Workers! You — David Stafford

I have become convinced that if God stands a child before you, for even just a minute, it is a divine appointment. — Wess Stafford

The wars we haven't had saved many lives. — William Stafford

When a goat likes a book, the whole book is gone,
and the meaning has to go find an author again.
- The Trouble With Reading — William Stafford

Every child you encounter is a divine appointment. — Wess Stafford

But codependency is inappropriate, over-the-top loyalty, caring and supportiveness. — David Stafford

Children of heroes have glory for breakfast. — William Stafford

Reluctant hero, drafted again each Fourth
of July, I'll bow and remember you. Who
shall we follow next? Who shall we kill
next time? — William Stafford

I just learned my lyrics and tried not to bump into the trumpet player. That was my philosophy. — Jo Stafford

Smoking wildwood flower got to be a habit, we didn't see no harm. We thought it was kind of handy, to take a trip and never leave the farm. — Jim Stafford

Some people are blinded by their experience. Soldiers know how important war is. Owners of slaves learn every day how inferior subject peoples are. — William Stafford

He has all the virtues I dislike and none of the vices I admire.
[On British Labour politician Stafford Cripps.] — Winston S. Churchill

Politicians need citizens who will permit them to behave reasonably. — William Stafford

Everyone is calm and collected but I am telling you something - I am not calm and I am not collected. It's a sick world out there. — Clive Stafford Smith

Arguing is the Olympics of talking — Stewart Stafford

If you turn a blind eye to the world now, history will turn a blind eye to you later. Ignoring an issue makes you a tacit supporter of it. — Stewart Stafford

In Turkey, the value of the lira has decreased exponentially in the last several decades. — Lynn Stafford-Yilmaz

I am growing meaner by the hour. — Jean Stafford

What's your cause? Does it move you to tears? What is it that moves you passionately? — Wess Stafford

As a football team, you head into the season the same way with confidence and a positive mindset that you are going to win a bunch of football games. — Matthew Stafford

When rock came in, I wasn't bitter about it. I was puzzled. — Jo Stafford

There are so many things admirable people do not understand. — William Stafford

If cybernetics is the science of control, management is the profession of control — Anthony Stafford Beer

In every town we lived in, there was one great big door ready to open for anyone - the library. And I never met a library I didn't like. — William Stafford

I'll be Pavlov, you be the dog. — William Stafford

It's love,' they say. You touch the right one and a whole half of the universe wakes up, a new half. — William Stafford

There is no such thing as writer's block for writers whose standards are low enough. — William Stafford

It's not the gender that matters, you know that. It's the soul inside that counts. — Chanda Stafford

There's nothing man can imagine that nature hasn't already created a zillion times better. — Stewart Stafford

I've got a computer, but I won't go near it. — Jo Stafford

Human knowledge is but a ripple on the water's surface. To go deeper, we must accept the fact that we don't know everything — Stewart Stafford

The human heart is always drawn by love.' He hesitated again. It's you, he said. I am in love with you. — Nancy Bilyeau

Too close a view may interfere with one's grasp of an overall problem or concept — Anthony Stafford Beer

Let's get one thing straight: No one wants Stafford loan interest rates to increase. — John Kline

Don't listen to advice. Give yourself the freedom to make your own errors, it's the only way you'll learn. — Stewart Stafford

Science is a set of rules that keep the scientists from lying to each other. — Kenneth Stafford Norris

What you fear will not go away; it will take you into yourself and bless you and keep you. That's the world, and we all live there. — William Stafford

I have woven a parachute out of everything broken. — William Stafford

To be compassionate in this hurting world means it will cost you something. — Wess Stafford

Hope is a Golden Cord... — Cinthia Diane Stafford

You knew after eight bars that you were hearing something just absolutely new and unique. — Jo Stafford

A church begins to die when it says, 'They were just children. — Wess Stafford

The glorious freedom of writing is a beautiful thing that must never be stifled by censorship. — Stewart Stafford

I had a very unusual contract. Most artists actually pay for their record dates and it comes out of their royalties. I paid for nothing. — Jo Stafford

Expressed affection is the best of all methods to use when you want to light a glow in someone's heart and to feel it in your own. — Ruth Stafford Peale

People that are scared of the dark have great imaginations and are my kind of people. Those who see nothing in the darkness are boring. — Stewart Stafford

We must now allow ourselves to be blinded to long-term developments by the intensity of the short-term difficulties. — Stafford Cripps

Being authentic is more respectable than being great. — K.P. Stafford

For even in the pit of darkness, the beacon of humanity can always shine through. — Stewart Stafford

Productive power is the foundation of a country's economic strength. — Stafford Cripps

Kids: they dance before they learn there is anything that isn't music — William Stafford

Being responsible for someone's childhood is a big deal. We not only create our own memories, but we create our child's memories. — Rachel Macy Stafford

Great acting is as much about the choices a performer makes as it is about their ability. — Stewart Stafford

A poem is a serious joke, a truth that has learned jujitsu. — William Stafford

Policy-making, decision-taking, and control: These are the three functions of management that have intellectual content. — Anthony Stafford Beer

Rejection puts you out of your comfort zone which is usually when you're at your best. — Stewart Stafford

A great story can change the world. — Stewart Stafford

You can lie at a banquet but you have to be honest in the kitchen. — William Stafford

APPRECIATION IN ANY FORM AT ANY TIME BRIGHTENS ANYONE'S EXISTENCE. — Ruth Stafford Peale

Were I to die tomorrow, my soul would remember you.
~Nicholas Stafford — Jude Deveraux

There is nothing to be intimidated about - it's just another long run where a few more people show up and they happen to wear numbers. — Wess Stafford

When you choose to look down on something, you render yourself incapable of understanding it. — Stewart Stafford

Evening came, a paw, to the gray hut by the river. — William Stafford

If it should happen you wake up and Armageddon has come, lie still. — William Stafford

Jealousy, that diseased crow pecking at your heart. — Stewart Stafford

Can injustice one way be corrected without the interim reaction that tries to impose injustice the other way? — William Stafford

Those who champion democracy, but make a fetish of never accepting anything they don't agree with
what advantage do they see in democracy? — William Stafford

Anyone who breathes is in the rhythm business. — William Stafford

Wisdom is having things right in your life
and knowing why. — William Stafford

Writing is the spectrum through which the chaos of life can be seen, studied and understood. — Stewart Stafford

You don't get great art by playing it safe. — Stewart Stafford

Warm familiar scents drift softly from the oven,
And imprint forever upon our hearts
That this is home
and that we are loved. — Arlene Stafford-Wilson

The possible is just the impossible that we've come to accept, — Stewart Stafford

Let the bucket of memory down into the well, bring it up. Cool, cool minutes. No one stirring, no plans. Just being there. — William Stafford

Every creative act, however small, enriches our species and the world around us. To find and nurture talent, is to be truly wealthy. — Stewart Stafford

Ah, sleep, clothe me in thy velvet cloak. — Stewart Stafford

All vampires are brothers in the brotherhood of night! — Stewart Stafford

We think it is calm here, or that our storm is the right size. — William Stafford

The brain is like a muscle; books are the diet and writing is the workout. — Stewart Stafford

There are three answers to prayer: yes, no, and wait a while. It must be recognized that no is an answer. — Ruth Stafford Peale

Save the world by torturing one innocent child? Which innocent child? — William Stafford

You are a memory
too strong to leave this world ... — William Stafford

Hershey was a source of pride for the townspeople of Smiths Falls, and was the instrument that put food on many tables. — Arlene Stafford-Wilson

There is, then, a logical priority about the arrangements, and logic has nothing to do with time. — Anthony Stafford Beer

Others may be able to accept standards from another, but an artist is a person who decides. — William Stafford

Poverty plus confidence equals
pioneers. We never doubted. — William Stafford

It is the concept of likelihood that a real understanding of probability resides, and we must learn how to measure it. — Anthony Stafford Beer