Year One – Quotes

You can never escape

You can never escape me. Bullets don’t harm me. Nothing harms me. But I know pain. I KNOW pain. Sometimes I share it. With someone like you. Frank Miller

I fell asleep during

I fell asleep during ‘Year One’ twice. And my son, who never falls asleep during a Jack Black movie, also nodded off. That’s how bad it was. I was incredibly disappointed. Denis Leary

Well, years and years ago, I started to ask myself three very simple questions, which dominated my life for many years. One of them was, Why are organizations everywhere, whether commercial, social, or religious, increasingly unable to manage their affairs? The second question was, Why are individuals throughout the world increasingly in conflict with and … Read more

As fast as I

As fast as I can tell there are only two emotions that keep the world spinning year after year…One is fear. The other is desire. Deborah Harkness

Every year I write

Every year I write a tax advice column and I used to always make fun of that. One year, one of my favorite IRS commissioners, I think his name was Roscoe somebody, wrote that one of the most often-asked questions by taxpayers was, How can I contribute more? Well, I tell ya, ol’ Roscoe’s really … Read more

I have heard from

I have heard from people that the first year of marriage is the toughest. Brie [Bella] and I have definitely had our share of life difficulties with me having neck surgery and that sort of thing, but things are going really well and it is getting better after year one and that is phenomenal. Daniel … Read more

On a certain day,

On a certain day, month and year one should observe the ceremony of tree-planting. Thus, one fulfils one’s responsibilities, serves one’s fellow-beings which not only brings happiness but benefits all. Dalai Lama

Take all the pleasures

Take all the pleasures of all the spheres, And multiply each through endless years,- One minute of heaven is worth them all. Charles Lamb

I remember, in my

I remember, in my senior year, one of my teachers taking me aside and saying: ‘You look really tired.’ This was when I was being a bad kid and she knew that something was wrong. Cecily von Ziegesar

It is impossible not

It is impossible not to react to the current state of affairs through personal action and artistic production. We have been at war for three years. One desperately feels the need for someone to speak some sort of truth, either poetic or factual. Casey Spooner