Doug Larson Quotes

Achieving it is not only the chief means of adding to your regular duties. ~ Doug Larson

Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away. ~ Doug Larson

There's nothing like having grandchildren to restore your faith in humanity. ~ Doug Larson

People are living longer than ever before, a phenomenon undoubtedly made necessary by the 30-year mortgage. ~ Doug Larson

If the English language made any sense, a catastrophe would be an apostrophe with fur ~ Doug Larson

Nostalgia: A device that removes the ruts and potholes from memory lane. ~ Doug Larson

A lifetime isn't nearly long enough to figure out what it's all about. ~ Doug Larson

More marriages might survive if the partners realized that sometimes the better comes after the worse. ~ Doug Larson

Real elation is when you feel you could touch a star without standing on tiptoe. ~ Doug Larson

Few things are more delightful than grandchildren fighting over your lap. ~ Doug Larson

The real secret of patience is to find something to do in the meantime. ~ Doug Larson

It's a wise person who knows the difference between free speech and cheap talk. ~ Doug Larson

Bad news travels fast. Good news takes the scenic route. ~ Doug Larson

The trouble with class reunions is that old flames have become even older. ~ Doug Larson

The idea that no one is perfect is a view most commonly held by people with no grandchildren. ~ Doug Larson

A lot of people mistake a short memory for a clear conscience. ~ Doug Larson

A true friend is one who overlooks your failures and tolerates your success! ~ Doug Larson

If all the cars in the United States were placed end to end, it would probably be Labor Day Weekend ~ Doug Larson

Establishing goals is all right if you don't let them deprive you of interesting detours. ~ Doug Larson

Wisdom is the quality that keeps you from getting into situations where you need it. ~ Doug Larson

Wisdom is the reward for a lifetime of listening when you would have preferred to talk. ~ Doug Larson

Wisdom is the reward you get for a lifetime of listening when you'd have preferred to talk. ~ Doug Larson

The surprising thing about young fools is how many survive to become old fools. ~ Doug Larson

Autumn is a season followed immediately by looking forward to spring. ~ Doug Larson

The only nice thing about being imperfect is the joy it brings to others. ~ Doug Larson

A clean basement, garage and attic are signs of an empty life. ~ Doug Larson

A perfect example of the power of prayer is when a blizzard closes the schools on the day of a big exam. ~ Doug Larson

Heredity is a splendid phenomenon that relieves us of responsibility for our shortcomings. ~ Doug Larson

Life expectancy would grow by leaps and bounds if green vegetables smelled as good as bacon. ~ Doug Larson

The world is full of people looking for spectacular happiness while they snub contentment. ~ Doug Larson

Setting a good example for your children does nothing but increase their embarrassment. ~ Doug Larson

They should have picked a different city to name after a man who reputedly never told a lie. ~ Doug Larson

It's your ability to inspire and uplift other people that matters, not your ability to outdo them. ~ Doug Larson

The aging process has you firmly in its grasp if you never get the urge to throw a snowball. ~ Doug Larson

The trouble with the last snowfall of the season is that you can't be sure. ~ Doug Larson

If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles. ~ Doug Larson

Ice hockey is a form of disorderly conduct in which the score is kept. ~ Doug Larson

The reason people blame things on previous generations is that there's only one other choice. ~ Doug Larson

A child is a person who can't understand why someone would give away a perfectly good kitten. ~ Doug Larson

Spring is when you feel like whistling even with a shoe full of slush. ~ Doug Larson

Instead of giving a politician the keys to the city, it might be better to change the locks. ~ Doug Larson

A weed is a plant that has mastered every survival skill except to be able to grow in rows ~ Doug Larson

One nice thing about telling a clean joke is there's a good chance no one's heard it before. ~ Doug Larson

The trouble with learning from experience is that you never graduate. ~ Doug Larson

Fancy Restaurant: one that serves cold soup on purpose. ~ Doug Larson

To err is human; to admit it, superhuman. ~ Doug Larson

Never doubt the courage of the French. They were the ones who discovered that snails are edible. ~ Doug Larson

For every little kid who still believes in Santa Claus, there is at least one adult who still believes in professional wrestling. ~ Doug Larson

Accomplishing the impossible means only that the boss will add it to your regular duties. ~ Doug Larson

Remember, you don't have to be mighty in stature to be mighty in battle. You don't have to be beautiful or strong, or even physically fit to change the world, you just have to know that far greater is He that is in you than he that is in the world (see 1 John 4:4). ~ Susie Larson

Suffering builds character and impels you to penetrate life's secrets. It's the path of great artists, great religious leaders, great social reformers. The problem is not suffering per se, but rather our identification with our own ego: our divided, dualistic, cramped view of things. 'We are too ego-centered,' Suzuki tells Cage.' The ego-shell in which we live is the hardest thing to outgrow. We seem to carry it all the time from childhood up to the time we finally pass away. ~ Kay Larson

She had a brief affair with a novelist, W. L. River, whose Death of a Young Man had been published several years earlier. He called her Motsie and pledged himself to her in letters composed of stupendously long run-on sentences, in one case seventy-four lines of single-spaced typewriting. At the time this passed for experimental prose.
"I want nothing from life except you," he wrote. "I want to be with you forever, to work and write for you, to live wherever you want to live, to love nothing, nobody but you, to love you with the passion of earth but also with the above earthly elements of more eternal, spiritual love. ... "
He did not, however, get his wish. ~ Erik Larson

I just really like learning. I have to keep using my brain; otherwise, I get depressed. ~ Brie Larson

A kindred spirit? Perhaps
if not kindred to the man he is, or was, then to the sort of man he wouldn't mind being. ~ Doug Dorst

Larson would kick my butt! This is good. ~ Dorothea Benton Frank

Germans grew reluctant to stay in communal ski lodges, fearing they might talk in their sleep. They postponed surgeries because of the lip-loosening effects of anesthetic. Dreams reflected the ambient anxiety. One German dreamed that an SA man came to his home and opened the door to his oven, which then repeated every negative remark the household had made against the government. ~ Erik Larson

The president of the United States, Benjamin Harrison, attended its grand opening. ~ Erik Larson

So please, in the name of John, Paul, George, and possibly Ringo, do not be afraid to screw up once in a while. Life can beat every creative impulse out of you and make you scared to embark in new directions. I say, embark away. (Doug French) ~ Heather B. Armstrong

When we go to see comedians or funny movies, they don't address the wall behind them; they face us. This is why a game's first job is to entertain through gameplay and secondarily through humor, drama, or other traditional entertainment devices. The humor has to be a gentleman. I mean, it needs to be squeezed in around the game. ~ Doug TenNapel

What if I don't want a leader? Where does that vote go? I do good on my own. I don't want to be led. ~ Doug Stanhope

"This is Lakshmi Singh." It's like a tadpole dying in muck. Take a drink. Wet your mouth. ~ Doug Stanhope

Even if you are 18, my advice to you is: plan for your future. ~ Doug Benson

May I speak on behalf of your prison's commander, Axiyn Seir? He's most zealous for your cause and deserves a promotion." The king frowned. "Why should you petition for him? He's given you scars." Despite his pain, Nikaros actually grinned. "Sire, the Eosyths believe that a man who dies without scars has never lived." Josias managed a rueful chuckle. "I feel as if I've lived a lifetime already. ~ R.J. Larson

Hattie.' Grace patted my arm. 'My cows sing better than you do. ~ Kirby Larson

My parents called me the WB frog. Because when I was onstage, I would do this whole song and dance, but if my parents had a family friend over, I would just go hide in the bedroom. ~ Brie Larson

Jen- I have to tell you - I haven't said this before but I've wanted to + now I want to say it all the time: I LOVE YOU. I love you on the page + I love you in the library + in the coffee shop + in the last row of the Varsity. I love you here. I love you in negitive space - ok, i don't know exactly what that means but i'm pretty sure its true - + I love who you have been + who you will be. I should say this to you in person, and i'm going to - over & over - but I think I needed to say it here first. Jennifer Heyward, I love you. ~ Doug Dorst J. J. Abrams

One day I saw the big jaguar,Calypso, jump up from the sand and run quickly, snarling, into the jungle. I looked around and the monkeys were jumping and screeching in the trees. Gazing across the water I saw something moving out there, getting closer. It was a canoe with three men paddling towards my shore. I started to smile and then I worried that they might want to kill me. I ran to my house and brought out my bow and arrows. I stood there on the beach, with my feet shoulder-width apart, and prepared for their arrival. ~ Doug Hiser

Sometimes you pick up on the myth and it's just an accident. I think it comes naturally out of people, and some people are aware of it. ~ Brie Larson

McCoy, drained and hollow-eyed, couldn't take his eyes off the life vest belonging to the boy who'd slipped away from the group during the night. The empty vest spooked McCoy. All its straps were still tightly tied-it looked like some trick that Houdini might've played. Then McCoy peered into the water and got another shock: the boy was floating below him, spread-eagled, about fifteen feet below the surface. He lay motionless until a current caught him; then it was as if he were flying in the depths. Jesus, McCoy thought, Mother of God. He started saying the rosary over and over. McCoy had never been overly religious; his mom was the spiritual one in the family. But now he began the process of what he'd later call his purification; he'd started asking God to forgive him of his sins. He was resolved to live but he was getting ready to die. ~ Doug Stanton

I love conspiracy theories. I used to just live on it. You know it's all hype and garbage, but you're still really paranoid afterwards. It's fun entertainment. ~ Doug Stanhope

There are certain recordings where my voice sounds good to me. Singing live I really enjoy, but I don't know how good it sounds. ~ Doug Martsch

I lost my mother, who suffered from Alzheimer's disease, and we had to relocate my dad after 58 years in the family home. That was tough. ~ Doug Davidson

At its finest moments climbing allows me to step out of ordinary existence into something extraordinary, stripping me of my sense of self-importance. ~ Doug Scott

How long have you known?" My body thrummed with tension.
He lifted one hand slowly and I froze. He took a lock of my short hair and rubbed it gently between his fingers. "I've always known. ~ Sara B. Larson

With the physique of a bank safe, he was the embodiment of quiet strength. ~ Erik Larson

I started my career wanting to make a 'James Bond' movie, and I couldn't get hired! I made 'The Bourne Identity,' and ultimately the impact of that film was that it changed the 'James Bond' franchise. ~ Doug Liman

Summer in Pittsburgh had a way of hating you, had a way of beating you down, getting into your bones and thoughts. Only the strongest survived the humidity of Pittsburgh summers, until winter came on and brought with it a test of a different sort, to see who was strong enough to make it to summer. All weather in Pittsburgh had an attitude, forced you to submit to it. Dared you to survive. ~ Doug Rice

If I die soon, don't ever say I died too young. ~ Doug Stanhope

Each step of the way, I'm learning. When I leave an interview, I learn whether I feel, 'Oh, that was nice,' or that made me feel like a little piece of me was taken. ~ Brie Larson

Doug Crowley was going to go the way of all flesh, and as quickly as possible I would find him and flense him and send him off to the ocean's floor in four neat and separate garbage bags, and I would do it before he could write another taunting drivel-filled blog bragging about his insult to me. I would tape him and teach him what it truly meant to be Me, and I would make him wish he had chosen someone else to fill out his shadow, and the only question at all was a very simple one-word query: How? ~ Jeff Lindsay

When the conversation turned to Germany's persecution of Jews, Colonel House urged Dodd to do all he could "to ameliorate Jewish sufferings" but added a caveat: "the Jews should not be allowed to dominate economic or intellectual life in Berlin as they have done for a long time." In this, Colonel House expressed a sentiment pervasive in America, that Germany's Jews were at least partly responsible for their own troubles. Dodd ~ Erik Larson

Excuse me, sir." One the young officers put his hand up to stop them. "Are you Furious Barkley?"

"Maybe. Maybe not. Is there a problem, officers?" Doug stepped in front of Furi.

"Damn straight there's a problem." Syn stepped inside the door, yanking his dark aviator glasses off his face. The scowl he wore told Furi this was not a pleasant coincidence. "Thanks guys, you can go."

Furi stood with his mouth hanging open while Syn dismissed the officers.

"Seriously, Starsky. You gonna track my boy down every time he leaves the house?" Doug said angrily, still blocking Furi.

"He's not your boy. And what I do regarding Furi is none of your goddamn business." Syn's clenched jaw made his words sound like an evil hiss. He shouldered past Doug and got directly in Furi's face. "When I've been calling him for over six hours and he hasn't picked up or returned any of my calls, I'll send a fuckin' SWAT team to find him if I want to."

Syn spun and pointed his finger in Doug's face, "That's my say, not yours." Syn's voice was rising with his growing temper, and all eyes were on them.

"Okay, let's get out of here." Furi pushed at both men, urging them out the door.

As soon as they were out in the brisk fall air, Syn rounded on Furi, pushing their chest together. "Where have you been, Furious? I've been going crazy trying to check on you, and you're sitting here casually eating pancakes," Syn growled.
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When the mind becomes so completely absorbed in perfect health that all sickness is forgotten, all the powers of mind will proceed to create health, and every trace of sickness will soon disappear. When the mind becomes so completely absorbed in higher attainments and in greater achievements that all thought of failure is forgotten, all the forces of mind will begin to work for the promotion of those attainments and achievements. The person will be gaining ground every day, and greater success will positively follow. ~ Christian D. Larson

His achievements read like the graffiti on the walls of a hangman's changing room. ~ Jonathan Larson

Bravely ventured is half won. ~ M.A. Larson

It's a dirty little secret that I'm pretty self-conscious about coloring my own work. I just see so many people who love color more than me that I get freaked out every time I hit Photoshop. Black and white? I know exactly what to do, but color offers a million solutions to problems I don't even know exist. ~ Doug TenNapel

I'm very perverse. If someone tells me I have to read a book, I'm instantly disinclined to do so. ~ Erik Larson

The genius' behind the new Rocky movie decided to call it Rocky Balboa so that we'll probably forget that it's number six. Or Rocky Balboa can't count past five. ~ Doug Benson

- I can't make choices like that without knowing who I am. Without knowing all the implications.
- You can't ever know in advance. Big decisions require faith. ~ Doug Dorst

For big Hollywood movies, I'm on the more character-driven side of the equation. So, TV is a natural place for me to be because you've got no choice, but to be character-driven. ~ Doug Liman

The Lusitania remained a passenger liner, but with the hull of a battleship. ~ Erik Larson

Why some men choose to fill their brief allotment of time engaging the impossible, others in the manufacture of sorrow. ~ Erik Larson

The more grateful you are for everything good that comes into your life, the more closely you place your mind in contact with that power in life that can produce greater good. ~ Christian D. Larson

That person who declares that there is always something wrong is always doing something to make things wrong. ~ Christian D. Larson