Tufaro Hopkins Quotes

Is it wrong to leave relative security in favor of unknown risk at the side of someone you love? ~ Ellen Hopkins

Standing Here My entire world far beneath my feet, I should be filled with pride. Instead, I feel overwhelmed by a sense of defeat. Suddenly it comes to me, toes tempted to test the ledge, that there is a way out of this. Clam surety flows through my veins, and as I turn to wave good-bye, I wonder if it will hurt or if a single person will cry at my funeral. I take a deep breath, a final taste of sweet mountain air. I conjure Leona, Emily. Move my feet closer. Closer There's Grandma One, Grandma Two, and their spouses, waiting for me. I see Dad. Cara. Mommy. I screw up my courage, step over ~ Ellen Hopkins

I write books for young adults because I truly connect with them on some very deep level. They are our hope, our future, and inspiring them to be the best they can be is very important to me. ~ Ellen Hopkins

In a word, if any kind of slavery can be vindicated by the Holy Scriptures, we are already sure our making and holding the Negroes our slaves, as we do, cannot be vindicated by any thing we can find there, but is condemned by the whole of divine revelation. ~ Samuel Hopkins

My father wasn't a cruel man. And I loved him. But he was a pretty tough character. His own father was even tougher - one of those Victorians, hard as iron - but my dad was tough enough. ~ Anthony Hopkins

Willingness to be damned for the glory of God. ~ Samuel Hopkins

Girls get Screwed. Not that kind of screwed, what I mean is, they're always on the short end of things. The way things work, how guys feel great, but make girls feel cheap for doing exactly what they beg for ~ Ellen Hopkins

Walking away from bad situations and negative people sets a healthier tone for the rest of your life. It also gives those who do not know any better the opportunity to self-correct. ~ Gary Hopkins

We are all Masters. Every thought, word, and action creates our individual reality from one moment to the next. Each individual's creation, combines to form a shared reality that we all experience ... . Consciousness. Being Masters requires us to take responsibility and great care in all that we do, so that the greater, combined consciousness is not hindered by our individual limitations. As Masters, we all have the ability to create, and live in Nirvana. Actively engaging in this personal responsibility, gives each of us the power to live harmoniously as well as to contribute positive re-enforcement to the greater Consciousness that we all share ~ Gary Hopkins

Denial is a powerful thing. It makes you believe lies. ~ Ellen Hopkins

I know it may sound weird, but looking death square in the eye made me question the unknown. What happens after we exhale our last breathe? Do we really see an otherworldly light? Does God send angels to guide us home? Or when our eyes close, do we forfeit sight? And will our earthly spirits forever roam? ~ Ellen Hopkins

By the by, if the English race had done nothing else, yet if they left the world the notion of a gentleman, they would have done a great service to mankind. ~ Gerard Manley Hopkins

If I spent all my time criticising myself, I wouldn't be able to function. There are actors who theorise till the cows come home. I haven't the patience for them. It's maybe shallow, but that's why I'll never be part of the acting set. ~ Anthony Hopkins

Boredom is simply romanticism with a morning-after thirst. ~ Samuel Hopkins Adams

These were not people you could disagree with. If you disagreed, you were wrong."
Juliet Hopkins, Tavistock Institute, as quoted in Relationships and how They Shape Our Capacity to Love By Robert Karen ~ Juliet Hopkins

You begin by always expecting good things to happen. ~ Tom Hopkins

When we are on Earth, God is with us; when we are in heaven, we are with God. ~ E. David Hopkins

Acting is about listening and reacting. John Wayne was right: Acting is just reacting. You don't have to do much - as long as you stay out of the way of others. That's why it works. ~ Anthony Hopkins

When a bully is held accountable for his actions, his future actions will change. Bad behavior only continues for those who allow it. ~ Gary Hopkins

We must empower our weak to be strong, and teach our strong to be compassionate. This will open a door to oneness. ~ Gary Hopkins

What would the world be, once bereft Of wet and wildness? Let them be left, O let them be left, wildness and wet, Long live the weeds and the wildness yet. ~ Gerard Manley Hopkins

Every time I see Anthony Hopkins I think that, to some extent, he has just been getting away with it all these years. ~ Liam Neeson

Smile. Nod. Say
something witty
before he finds
out what an incredible
geek you are. ~ Ellen Hopkins

I used to be a bit obsessed by acting but not anymore. I do enjoy acting but I probably enjoy it more now because it's easier. I can't work in the theater because to me it's too serious. It's like being in prison for me. I admire people that can do that but I can't do it. I'd rather live my life and do a bit of acting in between. ~ Anthony Hopkins

I've admired Anthony Hopkins for so long, and when I finally got to meet him in person, I became totally immobile and speechless! I stood there looking at him and couldn't say a word. ~ Bryce Dallas Howard

Your example is a witness - of God's love and yours. - James Hopkins - ~ Gary Chapman

Think of how they must have loved when all they had was each other. ~ Ellen Hopkins

...Where we, even where we mean
To mend her we end her,
When we hew or delve:
After-comers cannot guess the beauty been.
Ten or twelve, only ten or twelve
Strokes of havoc únselve
The sweet especial scene,
Rural scene, a rural scene,
Sweet especial rural scene. ~ Gerard Manley Hopkins

There are so many remarkable playwrights working right now, that I see everything I can. Annie Baker is a genius, I'll see anything she writes. The same for Lynn Nottage, Cynthia Hopkins, and Lisa D'Amour. Anything they've got going on, I'll go see. ~ Lucy Alibar

We shall tax and tax, and spend and spend, and elect and elect. ~ Harry Hopkins

Life is all about change. If it were static, think about how boring it would be. You can't be afraid of it, and you can't worry that you'll mess things up. You deserve good things, and I want to be one of them. ~ Ellen Hopkins

One kiss, I was totally hooked. ~ Ellen Hopkins

the past will influence your future, but it doesn't have to destroy it. ~ Ellen Hopkins

Repeat anything often enough and it will start to become you. ~ Tom Hopkins

All mental discipline and symmetrical growth are from activity of the mind under the yoke of the will or personal power. ~ Mark Hopkins

Words have power. The power to soothe. The power to skewer someone through the heart. The power to render someone speechless. ~ Ellen Hopkins

life before the monster ~ Ellen Hopkins

Did Anthony Hopkins really have to be a serial killer to be in 'Silence of the Lambs?,' I don't think so, no. It's called acting, people. ~ Bryan Batt

The weight of an argument may often be multiplied by making it specific ~ Claude C. Hopkins

I couldn't say I ever dreamt of becoming a composer, a pianist, or anything else for that matter. I have the kind of brain where nothing is set in stone. ~ Anthony Hopkins

If it be not a sin, an open, flagrant violation of all the rules of justice and humanity, to hold these slaves in bondage, it is indeed folly to put ourselves to any trouble and expense in order to free them. ~ Samuel Hopkins

How could I share the
way my heart was breaking
when my confessor
didn't believe ~ Ellen Hopkins