Pary Quotes

All wars signify the failure of conflict resolution mechanisms,

and they need post

war rebuilding of faith,

trust and confidence.

You may think it was a very little thing,

and in these days it seems to me like a trifle,

but it was a most important incident in my life.

I could scarcely credit that I, the poor boy,

had earned a dollar in less than a day;

that by honest work, I had earned a dollar.

I was a more hopeful and thoughtful boy from that time.

I do not believe in the God of theology

who rewards good and punishes evil.

I’m a firm believer in the power of the individual.

The reason a lot of people do not recognize opportunity is because

it usually goes around wearing overalls looking like hard work.

Every role I play teaches me something about life.

We are very enthusiastic about what we do.

Freedom is what you do with what’s been done to you.

Small aim is a crime.

Courage is found in unlikely places.

Much learning does not teach understanding.

Too many of us look upon Americans as dollar chasers.

This is a cruel libel,

even if it is reiterated thoughtlessly by the Americans themselves.

The problem of the twentieth century is

the problem of the color line.

There is nothing in the world

so irresistibly contagious as laughter and good humor.

You can either see yourself as a wave,

in the ocean or you can see yourself as the ocean.

The problem with writing a book in verse is,

to be successful,

it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon.

It has to sound easy.

When you can do it,

it helps tremendously because it's a thing that forces kids to read on.

You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop.

Whoever has courage and faith will never perish in misery.

Just because something doesn't do

what you planned it to do doesn't mean it's useless.

I’ve always been drawn to eccentric people

they keep life interesting.

Love is merely a madness,

and I tell you deserves as well a dark house

and a whip as madmen do.