Cordell Walker Quotes

When life descends into the pit
I must become my own candle
Willingly burning my self
To light up the darkness around me. ~ Alice Walker

When I first made photographs, they were too plain to be considered art and I wasn't considered an artist. I didn't get any attention at all. The people who looked at my work thought, well, that's just a snapshot of the backyard. Privately I knew otherwise and through stubbornness stayed with it ... ~ Walker Evans

Can you handle it? ast Shug. How I'm gon keep from killing him, I say. ~ Alice Walker

I joke with my kids, who love history, that I'll be the only governor to be elected twice in his first term. ~ Scott Walker

One thing I will never do as long as I'm at Georgia is lose to Florida. ~ Herschel Walker

Storytelling, you know, has a real function. The process of the storytelling is itself a healing process, partly because you have someone there who is taking the time to tell you a story that has great meaning to them. They're taking the time to do this because your life could use some help, but they don't want to come over and just give advice. They want to give it to you in a form that becomes inseparable from your whole self. That's what stories do. Stories differ from advice in that, once you get them, they become a fabric of your whole soul. That is why they heal you."

~Alice Walker, in an interview about her work in Common Boundary, 1990 ~ Alice Walker

Taking over our own business and running it ourselves has tied us even more to our fans. ~ Jerry Jeff Walker

she say her head feel like its full of little white men with hammers. ~ Alice Walker

Todd came toward me with the squad trailing behind him like a street gang of angry thugs with breasts. ~ Kristin Walker

Children teach us how to chase without overrunning. ~ Darnell Lamont Walker

Oh, Jeannie, I am so glad you woke me. I was having the worst nightmare. I felt like I was suffocating. I dreamed the Devil was trying to choke me to death. ~ Jeannie Walker

Seeds send down a runner beneath the surface. Before making an appearance above ground, the seed first grows beneath the surface. In the same way, we must first go deep in order to find the source of living water to sustain our lives. We must go deep into the Word of G-D lest we build ourselves on a foundation of shifting sand and get blown over in the first storm that comes into our lives. We must first grow beneath the surface. ~ Eric Walker

At Sarah Lawrence, I realized that everybody was already what they were going to be. The painters were painting, the writers writing, the dancers dancing. And nobody wore any makeup. The art was uppermost. ~ Alice Walker

Kate thought Yolo was of the bear spirit. The bear, according to ancient people who had known bears well, was of a loyal, generous and young-loving nature. Bear mothers were the most dedicated parents imaginable. The most fierce in protecting their young; but also the most peaceful creatures when left unmolested. People with bear spirit had a certain level feel about them: they often seemed large and strong, even if they weren't particularly. They gave off a vibe that made you want to sit near them. Not to talk, necessarily, but to feel. ~ Alice Walker

Yes, damn you! Yes, that's why I always keep you at arms length. ~ Julie Ann Walker

While some have contested how accurate or sound the Edina test case is, well-controlled and far larger systematic studies have proved that Edina is no fluke. Numerous counties in several US states have shifted the start of schools to a later hour and their students experienced significantly higher grade point averages. ~ Matthew Walker

That was the beginning of her abstraction. ~ Alice Walker

All major religions have rules against murder. If they didn't, there would be few converts. Well, at least few converts that you'd want to be in the same room with. But that doesn't mean that there aren't plenty of people willing to kill in the name of their faith - that's true of most religions. ~ Rysa Walker

Something was happening to the earth's magnetic field. ~ Karen Thompson Walker

Let 'im hear me, I say. If he ever listened to poor colored women the world would be a different place, I can tell you. ~ Alice Walker

But I don't want massive layoffs of anyone - public or private. We are planning on shrinking government through attrition and reform, not through random pink slips. ~ Scott Walker

Historically, the women who have been the great painters of the canon have very often have been the wives or daughters of supportive men. Like Artemisia, whose father was a very established painter. I will say that the two current contemporary artists I admire the most are women: Kara Walker and Swoon. ~ Molly Crabapple

Bernard Harris is a great example of the American success story. In Dream Walker he describes how he is trying to pass on his experience and success to the next generation
we can all learn from his real life story. ~ Craig R. Barrett

Be in the World, Not of the World - Kind of like Lucky Charms cereal: there are lots of pretty marshmallows in with the cereal, but they're not the same. So live with the cereal, but remember: you're a pretty marshmallow. ~ Laura Jensen Walker

I've always been a fiction filmmaker and I've been heading in the direction of fiction filmmaking, doing documentaries along the way. ~ Lucy Walker

I am certain that, however great the hardships and the trials which loom ahead, our America will endure and the cause of human freedom will triumph. ~ Cordell Hull

I prefer to praise people and the world rather than criticize them and it. ~ Alice Walker

You see, I've read Mr. Grumbine's treatise on auras, and while it does depend on the shade, a green aura can be a mark of deception or dishonesty."
I shoot Kiernan a smug glance. While I'm certain this aura stuff is total bunk, he and Prudence both see the light as green. "Does this Mr. Grumbine say anything about blue auras?"
"Again, it depends on the shade. But it's usually associated with truth. ~ Rysa Walker

I do this 'Walker shake.' You got to get knocked down many times, shake it off. Life is about ups and downs, and you got to keep standing up. ~ Herschel Walker

I could never live happily in Africa-or anywhere else-until I could live freely in Mississippi. ~ Alice Walker

I'm a frustrated driver. I would love to be out on the track instead of them. I look at them with envy. ~ Murray Walker

Call me Ozzie, doll," he called back. He hunched over the keyboard like a starving man hunches over a plate of food. "And there's no need to conceal my weapons. I figure everyone should see what's in store for them should they attempt to fuck with me.""
Oh man." Dan groaned and rolled his eyes. "Next thing you know he'll be coming to work shirtless with bandoliers strapped across his chest and a red bandana tied around his head."
"Ah, so you have seen a movie or two." Ozzie swiveled in his chair, his eyes sparkling with devilish glee. "Rambo, huh? I can give you Rambo." He lowered his voice. "'They drew first blood. Not me…'"
"What a crock of bullsh - uh, crap." Dan scoffed.
"Are you sitting there dissing Stallone?" Ozzie demanded, making like he was about to stand in defense of the Italian Stallion.
"No. I'm sitting here dissing you, you stu - ~ Julie Ann Walker

I should have known by then that it's never the disasters you see coming that finally come to pass; it's the ones you don't expect at all. ~ Karen Thompson Walker

You can't tell who you're going to end up with. You might spend your whole life dreaming about one type of person, only to find happiness with somebody completely different. ~ Kristin Walker

Just because the situation turned out kind of messed up doesn't mean that my memories aren't valid," he says. "They're still true,still real. ~ Melissa C. Walker

With half the race gone, there is half the race still to go. ~ Murray Walker

When I told the therapist that the "me" that I am now is the best me I can be, I was truthful. I've always given you my best, so when you say it's not enough, it chips away at the "best me. ~ Darnell Lamont Walker

In 1960, I went to St. Catherine's College, Oxford, and received the B.A. degree in Chemistry in 1964. ~ John E. Walker