Bette Lee Crosby Quotes

Cyrus is the meat and potatoes of my life, but Prudence was a cupcake I could enjoy just for the sheer sweetness of being with her. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

He searched his mind for something more to say, something to take away her pain, but he could find nothing. There were no words to ease such a pain. He knew because the ache in his heart was as great as hers. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

No matter how old a person gets, they can still dream. They can still believe in miracles. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

It ain't the preaching what makes a man godly, it's the doing. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

A man's pride will cause him to do things you never dreamed possible. He got fired up about being right and blocked out everything else. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

She looked down at the boy and knew her ability to love was not dead. It simply needed a reason to live. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

What the heart remembers isn't always a true picture of what was, ~ Bette Lee Crosby

When the preacher says it's for better or worse, you're so blinded by the possibility of better you fail to see the reality of worse. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

As I grow ever closer to the end of my time, I look back at this life and tell you that the only thing I would wish to give up is the regret I've carried in my heart for all these years. At long last I have come to realize the things I once counted as regrets were indeed blessings that I was too blind to see. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

Before you find the magic of life you have to open yourself up to the possibility of it being there. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

The heart can't learn to heal until it knows it's been broken. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

Church words are easy to say, but they're not so easy to live by. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

The sad thing is, regardless of what children do or say, they're still your children, and you don't stop loving them. Yes, there may be occasions when you scream and yell until you're blue in the face, but even then, you don't stop loving them. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

Unfortunately time is the master of us all; it takes what it will, and often there are no words to ease the emptiness of what is gone. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

love isn't the flourishes and fancy ironwork that decorate a facade, it's the foundation of a building. It's what forever is built on. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

Having a sister is like having a thumb; you simply believe it will always be there, because how could you possibly get along without it? ~ Bette Lee Crosby

Here's to the future, he said and lifted the glass to his mouth. There was a lump of regret stuck in his throat as he spoke the words, but he washed it down with the whiskey. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

It's no such thing! she said. It's friendship! And if you're a man who can't tell friendship from charity, then you're to be pitied! ~ Bette Lee Crosby

Nothing in this life is guaranteed. Nothing. The things you love are like the puffs of a dandelion weed; they grow wild and happen as they will. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

She'd bottled herself up like a person already cremated. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

To give a lot when you have a lot is easy; but to give a lot when you have so little is indeed a gift of love. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

Each day is a gift. Treasure it and remember it for what it is. There may come a time when that memory is all you have. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

Being sick robs a person of their health and being poor robs them of life's luxuries, but being pitied robs them of their will to live. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

sugar, if you ain't on speaking terms with The Lord, what right you got to ask Him to help you out? ~ Bette Lee Crosby

We were just two people headed in the same direction, and walking together was better than walking alone. Love should be more than that. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

Do you think there's ever any joy for people who carve their happiness out of someone else's hurt? ~ Bette Lee Crosby

All those children I thought were just passing through have taken up residence in my heart. I can close my eyes and picture their faces, which is enough to make me feel warm all over. ~ Bette Lee Crosby

It seems that we learn lessons when we least expect them but always when we need them the most, and, the true gift in these lessons always lies in the learning process itself. ~ Cathy Lee Crosby

In the land you come from, you call us your conscience. In the land of Oomaldee, they call us innerus. Both consciences and innerus hail from the same species of innerbeings; we've always had a symbiotic relationship with humans. ~ L.R.W. Lee

There was a huge, tremendous amount of disabled veterans and the Veteran's Administration just wasn't geared up for it. I know for a fact that it's getting better and better. ~ R. Lee Ermey

Most of all, she went out of her way to provide them with the kinds of experiences that would expand their understanding of what was possible in their lives. ~ Margot Lee Shetterly

There are some flaws in the assumptions made for democracy. It is assumed that all men and women are equal or should be equal. Hence, one-man-one-vote. But is equality realistic? If it is not, to insist on equality must lead to regression. ~ Lee Kuan Yew

I keep lot of my opinions to myself. My grandfather, who was a gravedigger, told me one day, 'Son, the next time you go by the cemetery, remember that a third of the people are in there because they got into other people's business.' ~ Lee Trevino

I think people who have faults are a lot more interesting than people who are perfect. ~ Spike Lee

The course of English Literature would have been decidedly different had Mr. Wordsworth owned a power mower, she thought. ~ Harper Lee

All my friends are in my books. ~ B. Cameron Lee

I consider myself really lucky and I always have done. My approach is that if I know I'm relaxed and happy, then I will do my best work. ~ Jonny Lee Miller

He rarely gathered news; people brought it to him. It was said he made up every edition of The Maycombe Tribune out of his own head and wrote it down on the linotype. ~ Harper Lee

I have a great deal of difficulty with those who live in a hugely prosperous country telling people in the developing world that they should be deprived of a critical source of energy. ~ Lee R. Raymond

Seventy-five percent of great art is hard work only about twenty-five percent is great talent. ~ Lee Strasberg

If you can't force or are unwilling to force your people to follow you, with or without threats, you are not a leader. ~ Lee Kuan Yew

No man is your friend
No man is your enemy
Every man is your teacher"
By a prisoner-Ronald Lee Sanford, on death row who killed 2 people at 13 years old for $5 ~ Ronald Lee Sanford

My worldview, my philosophy, my attitudes, my relationships, my parenting, my marriage - everything has been transformed by my relationship with Christ. ~ Lee Strobel

Since I'm so slow, I have to be fairly choosy about the projects I take on, and it can't be something that I'm only 'sort of' into. I knew that 'The Stand' would be an amazing challenge every month that would be a blast to illustrate. ~ Lee Bermejo

Keep saying no to her,
Since she was a baby.
Keep saying no to her,
Not even maybe.

from "Why?" by the Byrds ~ David Crosby

She seemed glad to see me when I appeared in the kitchen, and by watching her I began to think there was some skill involved in being a girl. ~ Harper Lee

I'm interested to see what happens to Spike Lee with limited resources, you know? I love Spike Lee's movies. But you know what? I kinda liked his movies when he used to scramble and fight more for them. ~ Mark Duplass

I would vote against raising the national debt ceiling. Again, this is about mortgaging the future of unborn generations of Americans. It's a form of taxation without representation. I don't think we can do that. ~ Mike Lee

Marriage is a partnership. Someone has observed that in the Bible account of the creation woman was not formed from a part of man's head, suggesting that she might rule over him, nor from a part of a man's foot that she was to be trampled under his feet. Woman was taken from man's side as though to emphasize the fact that she was always to be by his side as a partner and companion. ~ Harold B. Lee

Without knowing energy, you cannot approach your soul. ~ Ilchi Lee

I never said I was the King Of Rock'n' Roll. I said simply that I'm the best ~ Jerry Lee Lewis

[To] Immediately ... turn to our spirit and exercise our spirit to contact God ... practically means that we do not trust in ourselves but in God. ~ Witness Lee

Are you wondering yet why I'm telling you all this?" "Yes," said Olivia. "Very much." "It's to tell you that fate is seldom found in the first place you look for it. ~ R. Lee Smith

I definitely caught the acting bug, but that lasted for about two seconds when I found my way to L.A. and found that my talents were better suited behind the cameras. ~ Lee Daniels

I believe the connection is growing stronger. Just to think that 40-plus years ago, service members would return from combat to get spit on by so many civilians. Regardless of what we think about a conflict, we must always honor and be grateful for those men and women who serve. ~ Lee Zeldin

It's a tremendous challenge, because there have been so many characters created over the years. Every time you think you come up with a great name, you find out somebody has already done it. Dreaming up the stories isn't that hard, but coming up with a good title is the toughest part. ~ Stan Lee

Oh dear me, yes. The novel must tell a story. ~ Harper Lee

Writers are like gardeners - they have to prune to get to the beauty of their creation. ~ Lee Rene

Whether Maycomb knows it or not, we're paying the highest tribute we can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple.'
'Who?' Aunt Alexandra never knew she was echoing her twelve-year-old nephew.
'The handful of people in this town who that that fair play is not marked White Only; the handful of people who say a fair trial is for everybody, not just us; the handful of people with enough humility to think, when they look at a Negro, there but for the Lord's kindness am I. ~ Harper Lee