Kirk Quotes

You will make better decisions once you begin thinking long-term rather than short-term. ~ Adam Kirk Smith

I've always loved horror, I've always loved collecting, I've always loved weird and macabre things, and I've always loved conventions. So what could be better than having your own Fear FestEviL where all those great and crazy things can be enjoyed by like-minded people under one pretty cool roof? Nothing! ~ Kirk Hammett

If you hadn't been jealous of Ayden and thrown me in your car, Eros would never have had to come to my rescue which started this whole fiasco." "Don't try to pin this on me!"
"The lonely lone wolf didn't deny he loved Aurora." Blake chuckled and dodged out of the Aussie's swack.
"Ugh." Ayden walked beside me and put a hand around my waist.
"Now I have to compete for your affection with both Blake and Matthias."
I rolled a dramatic shrug. "I tried to put him down easy, but he's so infatuated. It's embarrassing. Even with all those other girls after him."
"I can't bloody stand you!" Blake sighed. "Me thinks he doth confess too much."
A & E Kirk (2014-05-26). Drop Dead Demons: The Divinicus Nex Chronicles: Book 2 (Divinicus Nex Chronicles series) (p. 565). A&E Kirk. Kindle Edition. ~ A&E Kirk

Worlds may change, galaxies disintegrate, but a woman always remains a woman ~ James Kirk

She has the kind of beauty that takes your breath from your lungs, tears from your eyes and speeds your heart each time you look at her.

She has the kind of beauty reserved for works of art, where men spend years of their life mastering their craft to replicate.

She is beauty, stunning, transcendent, right down through to the bone, the unfathomable depth of her heart.

She is Muse. She is wonder. She is sublime. ~ Kirk Diedrich

Jayden didn't take his eyes off me as he put a hand on Blake's face and shoved him back. Be gone. ~ A&E Kirk

The bird skins surely held answers to questions that scientist didn't yet know to ask, and they must be protected at all costs.
"If this is not done," he warned, "future ages will certainly look back upon us as a people so immersed in the pursuit of wealth as to be blind to higher considerations. They will charge us with having culpably allowed the destruction of some of those records of Creation which we had it in our power to preserve."

quoted in The Feather Thief, Kirk Wallace Johnson ~ Alfred Russel Wallace

She chose books because they never left her lonely the way that Kirk had left her lonely. BEcause company was often nothing of the kind, whereas a good book always was.
She chose books for the smell of fresh-pressed pages, for the yellow-brown musk of library mould, but always for the breathy kiss of paper rustling. She chose books because some of the held prose that made her weep, or poetry that winded her, and words that mae her heart skip beats.
She chose books because some came readey-made with characters that seemed like perfect versions of hrself, all of them little proofs that somehow, somewhere, it might just be possible for her to be better: to be popular, powerful, sexy and smart.
She chose books because they lied to her with more conviction than people ever had. ~ Dan Micklethwaite

The more complex the mind, the greater the need for the simplicity of play. ~ James Kirk

She has the kind of beauty that shames your understanding of the word.
She is the waking dream I've had for so long. ~ Kirk Diedrich

Bob Sanders wasn't the biggest guy coming out of Erie, Pa., but I don't think anybody would dispute that he was a pretty good player for us. ~ Kirk Ferentz

Want to get your kids to read more? Try making books easily accessible. Put them where kids can easily reach and don't make them off limits. (within reason) ~ Melanie Kirk

I exercise a lot. I try to stay healthy. ~ Kirk Kerkorian

Ironic, is it not, that the great Divinicus Nex cowers in fear from that which should be her fated prey? A decidedly diametric circumstance.
What? It's irritating when the monster hunting you has a better vocabulary than your own. Maybe it could do my eulogy? ~ A&E Kirk

There aren't many male stars - that's a loose term - like Kirk [Douglas] around. Most of those virile personalities have to keep working, continue the image because they can't do anything else. They don't even read. Their real identity is in making those pictures. They have to keep jumping on horses and hitting somebody on the head with a gun. ~ Elia Kazan

When quitting is done correctly, it isn't giving up - it's making room for something better. ~ Adam Kirk Smith

Unfortunately, once I did learn to smoke, I couldn't stop. I escalated to two packs a day very quickly, and stayed that way for about ten years. When I decided to stop, I adopted the method that my father had used when he quit. He would carry a cigarette in his shirt pocket, and every time he felt like smoking, he would pull out the cigarette and confront it: "Who stronger? You? Me?" Always the answer was the same: "I stronger." Back the cigarette would go, until the next craving. It worked for him, and it worked for me. ~ Kirk Douglas

The movie 'Black Cat,' from 1934, is one of my favorite movies. ~ Kirk Hammett

Jenny: Which would you rather face: a pissed off demon, a pissed off Guardian, or a pissed off Aurora?
Ayden: Demon. I have a lot more experience with them. And much more chance of survival. ~ A&E Kirk

If I have a rough day, and I'm angry, I'll just go into Kirk Douglas and throw over a table. And when I need to lift my spirits, Kermit can always do the trick. ~ Rich Little

The biggest challenge I have with Washingtonians is they think Illinois is exclusively a Democratic state. ~ Mark Kirk

My kids never had the advantages I had. I was born poor. ~ Kirk Douglas

Now let me ask you all a question, what's more pathetic and sad to you? A bunch of poor black people who listen to rich black rappers rapping about their wealth, or a bunch of poor white people who listen to rich white country singers singing songs about how much they love being broke rednecks? ~ T.J. Kirk

Acting is make-believe. I never believe I'm the character; I want you to believe. ~ Kirk Douglas

When people are confronted with something they've never seen before, they really don't know how to react. ~ Kirk Hammett

I'm not married and I don't have kids, and so I like to go to work. ~ Justin Kirk

The Constitution is a total living document that can change quite a bit. ~ Mark Kirk

Once again, Kirk Franklin takes the church beyond the traditional, transitioning his life's experiences into life lessons. Clearly there is more to this man than great music. You will feel the beat of his heart and faith. ~ T.D. Jakes

The ACLU has been able to harass out of existence public expressions of faith. ~ Russell Kirk

I'm touring and I'm bored and it's an off day or I'm travelling and boom, there ya go, it's fun again cause I'm drunk. ~ Kirk Windstein

Locke contended that government originates out of the necessity for protecting property. ~ Russell Kirk

Human Nature is not a problem that can be fixed by rules and regulations. All solutions to the existing problems must be based on how people behave, not on how we think they should behave. ~ Kirk Chisholm

Jesus did not get stuck in intellectual arguments with people. He did not go for the intellect; He went for the conscience. He spoke to that part of the person that knows the difference between right and wrong instinctively. ~ Kirk Cameron

The slinky and post-it notes are both products that came from mistakes. Don't forget that mishaps can be turned into triumphs. ~ Adam Kirk Smith

I told him that the lawyers were always saying 'You can't say that you'll get sued.' He said to me, 'Write fiction Michael, you can tell the truth.' (Kirk Douglas to Michael Caine) ~ Michael Caine

Fifteen years ago, I suffered a stroke, which caused me to lose my speech. Now, what does an actor who can't talk do? Wait for silent pictures to come back? I work with a speech therapist twice a week. ~ Kirk Douglas

For most of the day, thoughts of Kirk had played through her mind in myriad ways, making her feel excited, happy, nervous, and rebellious all at the same time. ~ Loki Renard

The true natural rights of men, then, are equal justice, security of labor and property, the amenities of civilized institutions, and the benefits of orderly society. ~ Russell Kirk

Actually," Jayden said, "Not completely unlike the Cloak of Invisibility, although different in that those individuals using these devices wouldn't become completely invisible. Exactly." "So nothing like it," Matthias said. "Moron status secured. ~ A&E Kirk

We ought not to endeavor to revise history according to our latter day notions of what things ought to have been, or upon the theory that the past is simply a reflection of the present ~ Russell Kirk

The funny thing is that making a pilot is sort of an audition, at least for me. There's something psychological there, where you're sort of asking for the job while you're acting. And then when it's been picked up, it's a completely different psychological dynamic. ~ Justin Kirk

And, you know, whenever you check yourself into rehab, they don't focus on, you know, the fact that you're an alcoholic. They go much deeper, you know? I mean, they go way deep. They crack you open and then spill you out and examine all the things that are on the table. ~ Kirk Hammett - Metallica

Whatever." I shrugged.
"Moving on. Blake, catch." I jumped into the air, legs straight, toes pointed, and dropped into Blake's waiting arms.
"Nice, babe. We could be cheerleaders together."

A & E Kirk (2014-05-26). Drop Dead Demons: The Divinicus Nex Chronicles: Book 2 (Divinicus Nex Chronicles series) (p. 349). A&E Kirk. Kindle Edition. ~ A. Kirk

Kirk is a man, and he loves it. He loves women. ~ Lee Grant

For me, one of the most perfect times to watch a horror movie is when it's cold and raining outside and there's pretty much no outdoor activity to be done. It kind of sets the mood. ~ Kirk Hammett

Horror movies started to wane around the onset of World War II, and after World War II, when all the troops came home, people weren't really interested in seeing horror movies, because they had the real horror right on their front doorsteps. ~ Kirk Hammett

Milk money: cash, cows, and the death of the American dairy farm / Kirk Kardashian; foreword by Senator Bernie ~ Kirk Kardashian

For Tammy Duckworth to blame the junior senator from Illinois for Islamic terror shows that she is a naive fool not fit for office in the Senate. ~ Mark Kirk

I have a fairly limited drawing style. I'm not like my friend Derek Kirk Kim, who can pretty much change his style at will. My drawing style can handle some of my stories, but not all of them. ~ Gene Luen Yang

Everybody has bad at-bats
except McCutchen. ~ Kirk Gibson

Although I'm a lead guitarist, I'd say that a good 95 percent of my time onstage is spent playing rhythm. ~ Kirk Hammett

Aurora?"
"Logan?"
He poked his head in and gawked. "He handcuffed you?"
"Nah, it's my latest fashion statement. ~ A&E Kirk

But it was difficult to remain faithful when all about you was blackness and exertion. ~ David Kirk

Schooling deprived of religious insights is wretched education. ~ Russell Kirk

Humans are naturally social; civilization causes us to be antisocial.
From my next book: The Five Forgotten Truths ~ Kirk D. Sinclair

This was a conversation I had with a so-called-fellow-trekkie the other day:
'So Picard or Kirk?' I asked.
'What?'
'Star Trek ... '
'Oh, Kirk.'
'Why?'
'I like the name better.'
I could have slammed his head against the table. ~ Melanie Kay Taylor

eRemember though, that happiness can never be achieved through the expectations levied on another; such a notion is not doomed to fail - but is just doomed! Happiness can never be achieved through the distress or destruction that one imposes on the other person. When a child, now grown-up, does not resolve their deep-seeded anger with a parent or parents, the "other person" plays Hell trying to make-up for it. Married, divorced or dead, the 'other person' can never replace what was lost so much
earlier in the life and soul of the oppressed. Forgiveness must be the course for any future, substantive relationships. ~ H. Kirk Rainer

You worry too much."
"Because you worry not enough. ~ A&E Kirk

Fall.
My words will guide you
softly
down into
the safety
of my arms. ~ Kirk Diedrich

Tradition is a guide to the permanent qualities in society and thought and private life which need to be preserved in one form or another, throughout the process of inevitable change. ~ Russell Kirk

I bought the book, One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I paid to have it made into a play and I played in it for six months. I came back and I tried to make it into a movie, without success. ~ Kirk Douglas

I came all this way for a reason. Today is the day of salvation. Trust Jesus to save you. Then be sincere as God knows a pretender. ~ Kirk Cameron

We need to focus on issues where we all agree, which is spending discipline and control and making sure that government, both in Springfield and in Washington, doesn't take more from your family budget. ~ Mark Kirk

The good society is marked by a high degree of order, justice, and freedom. Among these, order has primacy: for justice cannot be enforced until a tolerable civil social order is attained, nor can freedom be anything better than violence until order gives us laws. ~ Russell Kirk

You're the only one mean enough to make her think we're kidnappers and killers."
I'd never heard Logan so passionate.
"We are killers," Matthias said.
Bad news.
"Not girls. We don't kill girls."
Good news.
"She's no girl."
Insulting news?
A & E Kirk (2012-01-07). Demons at Deadnight (Divinicus Nex Chronicles series Book 1) (p. 311). A&E Kirk. Kindle Edition. ~ A&E Kirk

People who succeed in business aren't afraid to hear feedback from their customers -- they actually thrive from it. ~ Adam Kirk Smith

Sarek frowned. "Insubordination?"
"Eccentricity," Spock replied. "Captain Kirk allows a great deal of leeway as long as his crewmembers do their jobs well. Mr. Chevron simply takes advantage of it."
"That good at his job, is he?" asked Sarek.
"Indeed. Extremely good. ~ Jean Lorrah

Faith in God ... produces character; character will produce courage, courage to face the challenges of the day. ~ Kirk Cameron

My life before the flood was manageable; during the flood it was chaos. The National Weather Service only reported river levels, and at times, crest predictions. It didn't report or predict everything else that could go wrong. ~ David J. Kirk

I never had any desire to be a film actor. I never thought I was the good-looking movie type, which I assumed they wanted. ~ Kirk Douglas

My eyes ran away from his. "I don't know what you're talking about."
"Your blush says otherwise."
"It's - it's just hot in here."
His grin deepened. "Yes, it is."
"Oh, shut up. ~ A&E Kirk

Oh, sorry. My excitement must be clouding my ability to judge comedic hyperbole. ~ Daniel Palladino

The main riff for 'SandMan' was just something I wrote one night. ~ Kirk Hammett

Choke
me to death
with the hands
of the man
who hurt you. ~ Kirk Diedrich

John Knox's dying words were, 'Lord, grant true pastors to Thy kirk.' Such was the last prayer of a great man without whom there would have been no America, no Puritans, no Pilgrims, no Scottish covenanters, no Presbyterians, no Patrick Henry, no Samuel Adams, no George Washington. Could it have been so simple? John Knox's agenda was far from political. All he wanted were more pastors and elders. This is our agenda. Lord grant true pastors to Thy church! ~ Kevin Swanson

She is every good childhood memory happening at once. ~ Kirk Diedrich

[Kirk] Johnson throws some heavy punches and is a knockout fighter. This is what people want to see. They want to see a fight, they want to see punches and they want to see action. ~ Lennox Lewis

Life is like a B-picture script. ~ Kirk Douglas

Our problem is how to reconcile respect for true human dignity, personality, with the demands of social cooperation. And that is a most difficult problem. Very few people really are interested in true freedom, in any era; most folk always go for security, secular conformity, and enforced routine, at the price of independence. But the freedom of the few who really deserve freedom - and they are fewer in our time than ever they were before, I am inclined to believe - is infinitely precious; and in the long run, the security and contentment of the whole of humanity depends upon the survival of that freedom for a few. The great danger just now is that, in the name of general security, we shall neglect altogether the claims of the minority who need and deserve freedom. We seem bent on establishing a universal equalitarian domination which will call itself free and democratic, but which will have made existence almost impossible for those natures that seek to obey the will of God and to abjure desire. ~ Russell Kirk

A rap on my window. I cringed. With a smirk, Luna pushed the curtains aside. She waved and opened the window. "Hey, Tristan."
"Hey, Luna. What's up?"
"Just blackmailing my sister."
"Good for you."
"You coming in?"
"Ah, Ayden, are we?"
Ayden eased off the bed. Finally. "Nope. Gotta go." He started out the window.
"You giving us a ride?" Luna asked.
Ayden paused, straddling the sill. "You blackmailing me too?"
Luna lifted a shoulder. "Nah, just asking."
"In that case, I'll pick you up in an hour. Car preference?"
"Surprise me."
"Will do." He gave me a wink and disappeared. ~ A&E Kirk

I believe that that's why you see all these Pew studies that come out that a lot of people are walking away from the faith. A lot of people are changing what they believe because they really feel lied to. I think that it's very important for people to know what they're signing up for. ~ Kirk Franklin

We stared straight ahead in silence until Blake said,"Wanna talk about plants?"
"I'd love to talk about plants.
And, boy, did we. ~ A&E Kirk

Over time, the federal government should move the nation to a single standard, clean-burning gasoline. ~ Mark Kirk

I remember little things that break my heart. We were coming out of Michael's house one day, and he noticed my shoelaces were undone. He bent down and tied them. I almost cried. To me, it was such a gesture of love. ~ Kirk Douglas

I think it's morally wrong to keep someone away from what keeps him happy. ~ Kirk Hammett

I was fortunate to be around a couple of coaches who took me under their wing and taught me how to train, how to work and how to prepare myself for a game. They gave me so much, and I saw the passion they had for the game and for teaching it. What I learned from them led me to want to become a teacher and coach. ~ Kirk Ferentz

I ended up in the nurse's office after falling asleep in second period. She only agreed to not call my parents if I stayed under her supervision and rested. She wasn't taking any chances with Dr. Lahey's daughter and the heroine who'd saved the Ishida's only girl, who, by the way, Ayden mentioned wasn't back at school.
She probably got to recover in her native habitat. Some far off exotic locale, lounging on a tropical beach drinking fruity umbrella drinks brought to her by hunky, scantily clad beach boys who rubbed her back with suntan oil and hung on her every word while I ran for my life in the Waiting World, woke from a coma, and, bam, back at school with ten million pounds of schoolwork to make up, and no beach boys. Except for Ayden. He'd make a good beach boy. But don't get too excited. He's just a pretend boyfriend.
"You alright?" the nurse asked.
"Fine."
"You're sighing and making odd noises."
"Sorry. ~ A&E Kirk

He had such faith in me. It was so adorable. And so utterly stupid. ~ A&E Kirk

To say anything negative about Stephen Hawking is like bullying a blind man. He has an unfair disadvantage, and that gives him a free pass on some of his absurd ideas. ~ Kirk Cameron

I crave you
Like hunger
Like thirst
Like madness
And, nothing
Will sate or slake
Or, make me sane
But you. ~ Kirk Diedrich

The day I showed up to South Carolina to work, I was with my kid and my ex and our dog and Kirk was hanging with this weird guy and I kind of defined the two of them by his friend and made a vow to avoid him. ~ Donal Logue

A hand came out of the portal. On a surprising note - because everything else so far had been completely mundane - it wasn't decomposing.
A & E Kirk (2014-05-26). Drop Dead Demons: The Divinicus Nex Chronicles: Book 2 (Divinicus Nex Chronicles series) (p. 526). A&E Kirk. Kindle Edition. ~ A&E Kirk

Michael [Douglas] was just leaving the TV series The Streets of San Francisco and he said, 'Dad, let me try it.' I thought, 'Well, if I couldn't make it ... ' So, I gave it to him and he got the money, the director and the cast. The biggest disappointment for me, I always wanted to play McMurphy. They got a young actor, Jack Nicholson. I thought, 'Oh God. He will be terrible.' Then I saw the picture and, of course, he was great in it! That was my biggest disappointment that turned out to be one of the things I'm most proud of because my son Michael did it. I couldn't do it, but Michael did it. ~ Kirk Douglas

There's something about a wah pedal that really gets my gut going! People will probably say, 'He's just hiding behind the wah.' But that isn't the case. It's just that those frequencies really bring out a lot of aggression in my approach. ~ Kirk Hammett

I was living in a terrible time when people were being accused of being communists, and they attacked the movie industry, especially the writers. People couldn't work if they were on the blacklist. The studios banned them. It was the most onerous period in movie history. I don't think we have ever had a period so dark as that. ~ Kirk Douglas

They'd rather hate you for the truth than love you for the lies. ~ Kirk Jones

A girl
with eyes
like forever
and a mouth
that makes forever
not nearly long enough. ~ Kirk Diedrich

Extreme busyness, whether at school or college, kirk or market, is a symptom of deficient vitality. ~ Robert Louis Stevenson

If my kid came to me and said 'I'm gay,' I'd say, 'Son, I love you.' ~ Kirk Cameron

You're right," Ayden said. "Course I am." Blake folded his arms. "About what? ~ A&E Kirk