Mr Townsend Quotes

Time, Ms. McHenry," Townsend said. "It can be a cruel, cruel thing ~ Ally Carter

Children driven good are apt to be driven mad. ~ Sylvia Townsend Warner

And another day is tucked under my wing. ~ Sylvia Townsend Warner

Emotions, or feelings, have a function. They tell us something. They are a signal....Anger tells us that our boundaries have been violated. Much like a nation's radar defense system, angry feelings serve as an "early warning system" telling us we're in danger of being injured or controlled. ~ John Townsend

Love is the only thing that keeps me sane ... ~ Sue Townsend

I'd be lying if I said I went into any project with any premeditated ideas of what's gonna happen or what's gonna be perceived as a result of it. I just kinda work on autopilot and then, when it's done, it's done and I have more of an internal sense of when that is. And then I leave it up to the audience to decide if one's better than the other. ~ Devin Townsend

My grandma let the dog out of the coal shed. She said my mother was cruel to lock it up. The dog was sick on the kitchen floor. My grandma locked it up again. ~ Sue Townsend

It's true that life seems so more much exciting when you write it down as fantasy. But then again, there are some experiences in life that are simply too wondrous to be condensed into words. These are the things that must be felt in reality. The rest I will attempt to convey with the written word. ~ Ashley Townsend

Holdfast the Dream ~ Tom Townsend

On turf and curb and bower-roof
The snow-storm spreads its ivory woof;
It paves with pearl the garden-walk;
And lovingly around the tatter'd stalk
And snivering stem its magic weaves
A mantle fair as lily-leaves. ~ John Townsend Trowbridge

When other helpers fail and comforts flee, when the senses decay and the mind moves in a narrower and narrower circle, when the grasshopper is a burden and the postman brings no letters, and even the Royal Family is no longer quite what it was, an obituary column stands fast. ~ Sylvia Townsend Warner

We were sent to this country by the President, who desires to promote the welfare of Japan, and are quite different from the ambassadors of other countries. ~ Townsend Harris

Can you suggest any suitable aspersions to spread abroad about Mrs. Thatcher? It is idle to suggest she has unnatural relations with Mrs. Barbara Castle; what is needed is something socially lower: that she eats asparagus with knife and fork, or serves instant mash potatoes. ~ Sylvia Townsend Warner

Is what I'm doing or about to do getting us closer to our objective? ~ Robert Townsend

Idleness is righteous if it is comfortable. Uncomfortable idleness is sin & sinful waste. ~ Sylvia Townsend Warner

Two things are desired in order that intercourse may be had: First, that a minister or agent be allowed to reside at the capital. Second, that commerce between different countries be freely allowed. ~ Townsend Harris

The amusement she had drawn from their disapproval was a slavish remnant, a derisive dance on the north bank of the Ohio. There was no question of forgiving them. She had not, in any case, a forgiving nature; and the injury they had done her was not done by them. If she were to start forgiving she must needs forgive Society, the Law, the Church, the History of Europe, the Old Testament, great-great-aunt Salome and her prayer-book, the Bank of England, Prostitution, the Architect of Apsley Terrace, and half a dozen other useful props of civilization. All she could do was to go on forgetting them. But now she was able to forget them without flouting them by her forgetfulness. ~ Sylvia Townsend Warner

Elizabeth ... had the prerogative of the rich that she could be generous with large sums and niggardly over small ones ... ~ Sylvia Townsend Warner

Unless a man has considerable skill with and reliance in his weapon, he will not remain cool in the presence of dangerous game close by. ~ Townsend Whelen

If you don't do it excellently, don't do it at all. Because if it's not excellent, it won't be profitable or fun. ~ Robert Townsend

Proclaim the Word more and argue about it less. ~ William Cameron Townsend

Not in rewards, but in the strength to strive, the blessing lies. ~ John Townsend Trowbridge

Love is the only real patriation, and without one's dear one sits in a dreary and boring exile. ~ Sylvia Townsend Warner

It is only for a week or two that a broken chair or a door off its hinges is recognised for such. Soon, imperceptibly, it changes its character, and becomes the chair which is always left in the corner, the door which does not shut. A pin, fastening a torn valance, rusts itself into the texture of the stuff, is irremovable; the cracked dessert place and the stewpan with a hole in it, set aside until the man who rivets and solders should chance to come that way, become part of the dresser, are taken down and dusted and put back, and when the man arrives no one remembers them as things in need of repair. Five large keys rest inside the best soup-tureen, scrupulously preserved though no one knows what it was they once opened, and the pastry-cutter is there too, little missed, for the teacup without a handle has taken its place. ~ Sylvia Townsend Warner

[T]he historian lays humanity on the couch. ~ Lynn Townsend White, Jr.

In real life I can play guitar, sure, but badly. ~ Stuart Townsend

I used to think I had nice arms, but I don't even think that anymore. ~ Sue Townsend

The central message of the Bible is about God redeeming a humanity that is in trouble and suffering. ~ John Townsend

For me as a musician, there is this weird transition thing. I mean, I love to make music and everyday that goes by I think get a little dumber, to be honest. You know when you are 21, you are like 'this is what it's all about; this is the meaning of life' and then you know you're 40 and you're like 'okay, as long as I can pee in public I am okay at this point'. ~ Devin Townsend

I have an idea that conscience impedes quite as many merits as faults, is a sort of alloy, a nickel which may prevent silver from bending but also prevents it from shining. ~ Sylvia Townsend Warner

I would like to clarify one thing about the 1970 USC game. Talk about urban legend. There have been numerous stories and documentaries about Coach going to the USC dressing room after that game and bringing Sam Cunningham back into our locker room and saying, "This is what a real football player looks like." I was there and it didn't happen. It wasn't unusual for Coach Bryant to go to a visiting locker area after a game and congratulate the other team if they beat us and he did do that after the game. But he never brought anyone back to our dressing room. ~ Mal Moore With Steve Townsend

It was as easy for him to quit Bloomsbury for the Chilterns as for a cat to jump from a hard chair to a soft. Now after a little scrabbling and exploration he was curled up in the green lap and purring over the landscape. ~ Sylvia Townsend Warner

It's been my experience that the people who gain trust, loyalty, excitement, and energy fast are the ones who pass on the credit to the people who have really done the work. A leader doesnt need any credit ... He's getting more credit than he deserves anyway. ~ Robert Townsend

In the playground, I always made people laugh; I used to charge them three pence for an impression of a teacher. It kept me in toffees. ~ Sue Townsend