Tamiko Jones Quotes

I suggest that if we are truly hungering and thirsting after righteousness we shall not only avoid things that we know to be bad and harmful, we shall even avoid things that tend to dull or take the edge off our spiritual appetites. ~ D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

I don't know if I'm a method actor. ~ Caleb Landry Jones

Howl's very fickle," said Calcifer. "He's only interested until the girl falls in love with him. Then he can't be bothered with her. ~ Diana Wynne Jones

I would love to be a grinder on some race yacht. ~ Dhani Jones

But I discovered that people like me
they do, you know, if you like them
and then it was all right. ~ Diana Wynne Jones

I could be irksome when I put my left ventricle into it. ~ Darynda Jones

I always felt like acting was something I could just do if I wanted, which was wrong. ~ Rupert Penry-Jones

Being able to channel my creativity, emotions and experience through a character was and is freedom for me. ~ April Parker Jones

Looks like macho boy's cool just melted like a Slush Puppie in August. ~ Darynda Jones

The name 'Chuck Jones', according to my uncle, limited my choice of profession to second baseman or cartoonist. ~ Chuck Jones

Compassion is a wonderful thing. It's what one feels when one looks at a squashed caterpillar. An elevating experience. One can let oneself go and spread
you know, like taking a girdle off. You don't have to hold your stomach, your heart or your spirit up
when you feel compassion. All you have to do is look down. It's much easier. When you look up, you get a pain in the neck. Compassion is the greatest virtue. It justifies suffering. There's got to be suffering in the world, else how would we be virtuous and feel compassion? ... Oh, it has an antithesis
but such a hard, demanding one ... Admiration, Mrs. Jones, admiration. But that takes more than a girdle ... So I say that anyone for whom we can't feel sorry is a vicious person. Like Howard Roark. ~ Ayn Rand

She held on, knowing that sometimes that was all a person could do. ~ Emily Lloyd-Jones

We are an integral part of beauty, not something separate. ~ Dewitt Jones

The nicest thing about not planning is that failure comes as a complete surprise and is not preceded by a period of worry and depression.' John Harvey Jones ~ Peter Taylor

I guess it's a good thing you can have a relationship with a departed," he said. "Why's that?" "We can still see each other after I die. ~ Darynda Jones

Did we love so forcefully that night because we knew or because we didn't? Was there an alarm from the future, a furious bell without its clapper? Did this hopeless bell manage to generate a breeze, causing me to reach to the floor to find my slip and use it to cover myself? Did some subtle warning cause Roy to turn and pin me to my side with his heavy arm? In his sleep, he mumbled something but did not wake. ~ Tayari Jones

Seek the elixir of life often referred to as java, ~ Darynda Jones

I am kind of a freak of nature who has loose joints, and I was able to put my legs behind my head, and it looked weird to people when I was a kid, so I kept doing it. It's a great party gag. ~ Doug Jones

I always believe that prices move first and fundamentals come second ~ Paul Tudor Jones

I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere. ~ Tommy Lee Jones

I think that's the whole point of Bridget Jones. It's all about that it's okay to fail. ~ Hugh Grant

The truth between two people always cuts two ways. ~ Diana Wynne Jones

The acid test of our love for God is obedience to His Word. The greatest ability is dependability. The test of your character is what it takes to stop you. Trust God as if it all depends upon Him, and work as if it all depends upon you. ~ Bob Jones, Sr.

I'm never happy with what I've written. You imagine, before you start, there's a cathedral, and the moment it starts on the page, it's a garden shed. And then you just try to make it the best shed you can. ~ Sadie Jones

I feel as though I should say something profound, or enact some rite, or trade something to make it official. I want to transfer some trinket which would allow me to say that she's my girl, some kind of currency that proves to people that she likes me back. Something that would permit me to think about her all the time without feeling guilty or helpless or hopelessly far away. I guess I'm just so excited, I want to cage this thing like a tiny red bird so if can't fly away, so it stays the same, so it's still there the next time. For keeps, like a coin in your pocket. Like a peach pit from Mad Jack Lionel's tree. Like scribbled words in a locked suitcase. A bright balloon to tie to your bedpost. And you want to hug it close, hold it, but not so tight it bursts. ~ Craig Silvey

these things aren't completely your fault completely. ~ P.A. Jones

Chrestomanci smiled and swept out of the room like a very long procession of one person. ~ Diana Wynne Jones

I hope to live long enough to be the great-grandmother of all agitators. ~ Mother Jones

If you really wanna fly, learn to befriend the winds. ~ Curtis Tyrone Jones

I love Florida Georgia Line. I love 'Round Here.' So if a fan wants to listen to that, and if a fan that wasn't listening to country music before is listening to 'Cruise' on Pandora, and after that a song by George Jones comes on, they may have never heard George Jones before. I think it's a good thing for the genre. ~ Scotty McCreery

She dug around in her bag, found what she was looking for, and brought the little stuffed dog back to bed with her. Childish, yeah. She didn't care. He was soft and cuddly-unlike Jones-and she had a need for soft and cuddly right now. She'd like to meet a woman who could breeze through a shotgun blast and not need something to hold on to. Even if it was just an old stuffed pup.( ... )She swallowed hard,then caught her breath when he opened his eyes, turned his head on the pillow toward her. He searched her face in the dark.
"Come here," he whispered.
When she hesitated, he reached for her. "The dog can come, too. ~ Cindy Gerard

You'll find your life greatly simplified if you only worry about stuff you can fix. ~ Deacon Jones

More and more, when I single out the person out who inspired me most, I go back to my grandfather. ~ James Earl Jones

What I wouldn't give to be the object of someone's desire, just for one moment. What I wouldn't give to taste that fruit, that heady sweetness, of being wanted. I wanted. I wanted what Käthe took for granted. I wanted wantonness. ~ S. Jae-Jones

I gave up drinking before my twentieth birthday. I haven't touched the stuff since. And I've discovered that not everyone who does horrible things is a horrible person. ~ Brent Jones

I pointed in the general vicinity of my left ovary, "This is Beam Me Up." Then to my right. "And this is Scotty." Garret chuckled and buried his face in his hands. He asked. ~ Darynda Jones

There are two words that you should use frequently in your youth: ´sorry´ and ´thank-you´. Use the first one as often as possible, so that on your death bed all that you have to say to your friends is ´thank-you!´. ~ Robin Jones Gunn

It was not long until it became manifest that I would have to either give up the Indians or lose my standing with the white brethren. I chose the natives. ~ Daniel W. Jones

Many of us seem to live our lives looking for happiness. That is not always a bad thing, but it can be if we continually believe that happiness is someplace else and not in the present. ~ Barbara Barrington Jones

If they're willing to stand at polls for countless hours in the rain, as many did, then I should surely stand up for them here in the halls of Congress. ~ Stephanie Tubbs Jones

I look at failure as the fertilizer to success. ~ Thomas Jones

I asked a man in prison once how he happened to be there and he said he had stolen a pair of shoes. I told him if he had stolen a railroad he would be a United States Senator. ~ Mary Harris Jones

Shit happens, but it only stinks as long as you keep it around. ~ Lisa Renee Jones

Oh no. I got a customer service person from another country. ~ Jon Jones

And your life,' Katie said to Christy, 'is turning into a rather predictable romance. Girl meets boy. Boy is a dork for four years. Girl blossoms into a gorgeous woman. Boy finds his brain. Girl turns into starry-eyed mush head. ~ Robin Jones Gunn

The best 45 years of my life were the 5 years I spent with Ton Jones. ~ Jim Sullivan

How can you possibly be sympathetic to every fool on the planet? Just the other day, I heard a man whining about his hopeless love of cross-dressing. Call me unenlightened, but I started to laugh. ~ Deacon Jones

She wanted to savor him slowly like a lemon cream pie on a lazy summer day. One bite at a time. ~ Sandra Jones

I have six brothers and sisters. We all look totally different: blonde hair, curly hair, green eyes, dark eyes, dark skin, light skin. It's just how it is. ~ Rashida Jones