Yes, long hours and a hard life for my parents, but for a six to seven year old every new day dawned...
VERNON L. SMITH I gradually became persuaded that the subjects, without intending to, had revealed to me a basic tru...
VERNON L. SMITH After graduating in engineering I went to the University of Kansas to get an MA in economics as a ve...
VERNON L. SMITH I still have my original social security card signed when I was 13.
VERNON L. SMITH In the 9th grade I began my first wage work for the West Side Drug store delivering prescriptions an...
VERNON L. SMITH After my stellar first grade academic achievements, I continued to perform well in the city primary ...
VERNON L. SMITH I can still memory - taste the fresh buttermilk pancakes and hot buttermilk biscuits - both made wit...
VERNON L. SMITH In 1941 I finished at Allison Intermediate School (grades 7-9), and started at North High School, co...
VERNON L. SMITH I'm tired of living in a police state.
L. NEIL SMITH City governments ought to be abolished, if only as a public health measure.
L. NEIL SMITH I propose a Constitutional Amendment providing that, if any public official, elected or appointed, a...
L. NEIL SMITH I'll remind you all, however, that for government, existence is a privilege, not a right.
L. NEIL SMITH It's often been observed that the first casualty of war is the truth. But that's a lie, too,...
L. NEIL SMITH Collective states are constitutionally incapable of reliably producing anything but corpses.
L. NEIL SMITH Violent crime is a solved problem - all they have to do is repeal the laws that keep those intellige...
L. NEIL SMITH Poverty is a solved problem - all they have to do is abolish taxes and regulations which cripple tho...
L. NEIL SMITH Beloved friends and comrades... the national Libertarian Party is dead.
L. NEIL SMITH Government is waging war against the people.
L. NEIL SMITH The claim that the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were attacked because fundamentalists hate ou...
L. NEIL SMITH We must oppose programs that would take food from the mouths of younger generations to buy prescript...
L. NEIL SMITH A libertarian presidential candidate isn't going to win anyway, so he can afford to say that all...
L. NEIL SMITH Lincoln emancipated nobody. The man freed not a single slave.
L. NEIL SMITH Today, human civilization is drowning in a sea of lies.
L. NEIL SMITH I'm tired of being considered property.
L. NEIL SMITH What happened in America in the 1860s was a war of secession, a war of independence, no different in...
L. NEIL SMITH The War on Drugs employs millions - politicians, bureaucrats, policemen, and now the military - that...
L. NEIL SMITH We are expected to believe that anyone who objects to the Department of Homeland Security or the USA...
L. NEIL SMITH The main problem is that for a boycott to be effective, you must first persuade thousands - maybe ev...
L. NEIL SMITH I'm tired of being considered some kind of criminal or dangerous throwback for no other reason t...
L. NEIL SMITH As to the media, they are protected by the First Amendment, as they should be.
L. NEIL SMITH I don't know how to make Harper and Alloy want me, not just my name.
L. J. SMITH 'Shadow Souls' pushes probably every border that you can.
L. J. SMITH I've thought that 'Soulmate' in the 'Night World' series would make a really nic...
L. J. SMITH I like strong female characters. I try to write them as role models for young girls.
L. J. SMITH He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree.
ROY L. SMITH We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching. -Roy L. Smi...
ROY L. SMITH The greatest difficulty with the world is not its ability to produce, but the unwillingness to share...
ROY L. SMITH It is individuals who must be encouraged to undertake the unprecedented - and unprecedentedly profit...
L. NEIL SMITH More people are troubled by what is plain in Scripture than by what is obscure.
ROY L. SMITH The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else. The basis of all integrity an...
ROY L. SMITH We are apt to forget that children watch examples better than they listen to preaching.
ROY L. SMITH The successful man is the one who finds out what is the matter with his business before his competit...
ROY L. SMITH Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.
ROY L. SMITH This planet is 15 million years overdue for an asteroid strike like the one that killed the dinosaur...
L. NEIL SMITH People in the mass media tend more and more every day to look and act like elected and appointed off...
L. NEIL SMITH I'm tired of being lied to by government, by the media, and by every corporation I have anything...
L. NEIL SMITH Each morning puts a man on trial and each evening passes judgment
ROY L. SMITH Hate ain't any good. It just tears us apart. Only the haters lose.
ROY L. SMITH I respectfully suggest the propriety of having stationed at the arsenal a full company of U. S. troo...
THOMAS L. SMITH In the event of fire in any of the public buildings troops would be of vast service in the protectio...
THOMAS L. SMITH The fact is that surveys which media people openly admit to show that fewer than twelve percent of t...
L. NEIL SMITH The ability to accept responsibility is the measure of the man.
ROY L. SMITH Discipline is the refining fire by which talent becomes ability.
ROY L SMITH It is notoriously true that the public mind is seriously agitated with apprehensions of negroes insu...
THOMAS L. SMITH As a novelist, I have a somewhat higher soapbox to stand on than most people do when it comes to tal...
L. NEIL SMITH The great solution to all human problems is individual inner transformation.
VERNON HOWARD I think you start hitting home runs, and you start getting caught up in seeing how far you can hit t...
VERNON WELLS I remember the first time I played the triple-A Yankees when I was 20 years old, and Darryl Strawber...
VERNON WELLS As hitters, I think we take for granted at times how good our hands are and just how much the value ...
VERNON WELLS I guess my name was gonna be Michael Vernon Wells, and I came out, and my dad saw my nose. He always...
VERNON WELLS I keep a lot of things inside. I don't like showing too much emotion. Early in the minor leagues...
VERNON WELLS I think I'm a guy who loves to play defense. I have a great time in the outfield. I think it'...
VERNON WELLS I think hitting's just repetition. The more you hit, the better you're gonna get.
VERNON WELLS You get caught up in hitting home runs and seeing how far you can hit them, and your swing changes.
VERNON WELLS My dad was a designer for Upper Deck, and I had hundreds of Ken Griffey Jr. cards. Hundreds. I could...
VERNON WELLS If I'm going to wind up playing left, I want to be the best left fielder in the game. I'll w...
VERNON WELLS If I could go the ballpark and play the game for three hours and then go home? It would be awesome. ...
VERNON WELLS There's a fine line between playing through things and sitting out. I was always on the side of,...
VERNON WELLS I got to the big leagues when I was 20. I thought I had it all figured out. Went to spring training ...
VERNON WELLS You're going to fail. It's how you respond to that failure that kind of defines you as a per...
VERNON WELLS I never lose confidence. As soon as you lose confidence, you're done.
VERNON WELLS There is too little courtship in the world.
VERNON LEE The greatest pleasure of reading consists in re-reading.
VERNON LEE Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade.
VERNON LAW September 11 stands on its own as a terrible tragedy.
VERNON JORDAN Terrorism is not new to black people.
VERNON JORDAN My mother was the president of the PTA at every school I attended.
VERNON JORDAN What I know about this world is that white people will take care of themselves. And what I have lear...
VERNON JORDAN I had a sense of what leadership meant and what it could do for you. So am I surprised that I am sit...
VERNON JORDAN The last job I applied for was to be a bus driver for the Chicago Transit Authority in 1957.
VERNON JORDAN But there will come a time and a place to give back, and each individual will recognize that time an...
VERNON JORDAN Every company, every boardroom in which I sit, has a plan, and they have objectives, goals, and a pr...
VERNON JORDAN I'm here because I stand on many, many shoulders, and that's true of every black person I kn...
VERNON JORDAN You have to be careful how you're using the word boycott.
VERNON JORDAN A lot of companies make diversity a part of the performance goals against which an executive gets pa...
VERNON JORDAN Well we really meant you to visit Paris in May, but the rhythm required two syllables.
VERNON DUKE Your friends will be as careless with your life as they are with their own.
VERNON HOWARD It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition.
VERNON HOWARD Question the motives of those who make requests of you. Discover what they really want. You may not ...
VERNON HOWARD The fact is, everything we want or yearn for is won through other people. No man on an island is hap...
VERNON HOWARD Remember above all that mental stability comes by examining the contents of the mind, not by avoiden...
VERNON HOWARD For every problem or confusion and for every desire or ambition there is an available force waiting ...
VERNON HOWARD Some folks hesitate to seize additional strength because they think it wrong or dangerous to be a po...
VERNON HOWARD To change what you get, you must change who you are.
VERNON HOWARD All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is den...
VERNON HOWARD Learn to see things as they really are, not as we imagine they are.
VERNON HOWARD A certain number of people seek power over other people in a desperate attempt to find themselves. T...
VERNON HOWARD Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash...
VERNON HOWARD Truth is not a matter of personal viewpoint.
VERNON HOWARD Our freedom can be measured by the number of things we can walk away from.
VERNON HOWARD What you really want for yourself is always trying to break through, just as a cooling breeze flows ...
VERNON HOWARD Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the othe...
VERNON HOWARD Start your day in a upward direction, and the rest of the day will follow the uphill path.
VERNON HOWARD Whatever you want, you have the power to attain it. The man or woman who calmly and matter-of-factly...
VERNON HOWARD Inner guidance is heard like soft music in the night by those who have learned to listen.
VERNON HOWARD The terrible immoralities are the cunning ones hiding behind masks of morality, such as exploiting p...
VERNON HOWARD Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at la...
VERNON HOWARD By cultivating the beautiful we scatter the seeds of heavenly flowers, as by doing good we cultivate...
VERNON HOWARD Let's not be narrow, nasty, and negative.
VERNON GROUNDS We are exactly where we have chosen to be.
VERNON HOWARD Quit thinking that you must halt before the barrier of inner negativity. You need not. You can crash...
VERNON HOWARD We must become acquainted with our emotional household: we must see our feelings as they actually ar...
VERNON HOWARD We are enslaved by anything we do not consciously see. We are freed by conscious perception.
VERNON HOWARD Insight into the two selves within a man clears up many confusions and contradictions. It was our un...
VERNON HOWARD Just be honest with yourself. That opens the door.
VERNON HOWARD Freedom begins as we become conscious of it.
VERNON HOWARD We clearly realize that freedom's inner kingdom cannot be touched by exterior attacks.
VERNON HOWARD A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval...
VERNON HOWARD I've played in Boston and New York, and it doesn't matter if you're sick, aching - once ...
VERNON WELLS Autumn in New York, why does it seem so inviting?
VERNON DUKE Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterward.
VERNON LAW Just in general as a person, not necessarily as a songwriter, being in cities wasn't the right f...
JUSTIN VERNON The way I see it is that I grew up with a good set of values, but it was never too strict. I was alw...
JUSTIN VERNON I'm just living in Eau Claire, not really leaving for much. I go to the farmers market, go to th...
JUSTIN VERNON Truth never pleads or compromises or wavers. It invites and awaits your acceptance.
VERNON HOWARD Those old Appalachian singers use a falsetto sometimes. They can change their voices to sound high o...
JUSTIN VERNON A truly strong person does not need the approval of others any more than a lion needs the approval o...
VERNON HOWARD Humanity appreciates truth about as much as a squirrel appreciates silver.
VERNON HOWARD Evil is an attack against human spiritual development and enlightenment. All evil, badness, neurosis...
VERNON HOWARD I don't want to get myself in trouble - and I don't think I'm super important or anythin...
JUSTIN VERNON Personal power gives you a sense of accomplishment. It enables you to live fully and zestfully. It p...
VERNON HOWARD Their intent was to soften the blow, but, you know, the fact is it was not the truth.
BILL VERNON If small business is the engine of economic recovery and if Massachusetts is a very large small-busi...
BILL VERNON Mandates do not solve, but only exacerbate the problem. Mandates will seriously impact the state's a...
BILL VERNON We're leaving. That line is too long.
BILL VERNON You've got employers who are facing the highest energy costs, the highest wages, the highest unemplo...
BILL VERNON Even in the Pixar and DreamWorks animated movies, there are themes that could be taken into an adult...
CONRAD VERNON In order to reach home, where you have the guidance of cosmic insight, you must first depart from yo...
VERNON HOWARD You must dare to disassociate yourself from those who would delay your journey... Leave, depart, if ...
VERNON HOWARD You have succeeded in life when all you really want is only what you really need.
VERNON HOWARD A clear understanding of negative emotions dismisses them.
VERNON HOWARD We are slaves to whatever we don't understand
VERNON HOWARD Where is home? Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness. Home is where the heart's tears ca...
VERNON BAKER I don't want the big flashing lights and red carpet, like, 'Here comes another Bon Iver albu...
JUSTIN VERNON True independence comes when we cease to FORCE and start to FLOW.
VERNON HOWARD I didn't expect it (the comeback). But as long as you don't get 18 outs you don't win the game.
VERNON ISABELLA You are not condemned for anything, but you are also not excused from anything. See these two ideas ...
VERNON HOWARD There is something about a bathroom that feels like a fortress. A closed bathroom door may only be a...
URSULA VERNON These are children we and the schools work with every day, but they're failing because they need one...
VERNON WALTERS The program, ... is basically set to get these children in a place where they're safe, give them a c...
VERNON WALTERS [The new building will be dedicated next Sunday ?] and when we get the license, ... we'll start adve...
VERNON WALTERS But we're not going with a Level 4 program, ... because we don't provide lock-up facilities, which t...
VERNON WALTERS They have truly dedicated their entire lives to making a positive difference in the lives of each ch...
VERNON WALTERS I cannot think of any other couple who deserves this honor any more than Jim and Arlene,
VERNON WALTERS I really have to be in a specific headspace to even begin to illuminate an idea that would create an...
JUSTIN VERNON Let's take a minute to talk about spellbooks, since, in this day and age when magic is no longer tau...
URSULA VERNON I'm really honored that Bon Iver gives me a platform to do whatever I want, but there's only...
JUSTIN VERNON Environment and safety are the two biggest keys to being hired today. You not only have to be produc...
RICHARD VERNON I couldn't keep up. After an hour and 15 minutes, I had blisters. But it made an impression on me. T...
VERNON WELLS I kind of miss writing songs the way that I used to write songs, in the sense that I would just sit ...
JUSTIN VERNON There's a few times in the past when I wrote a song, and I put the words together, and they were...
JUSTIN VERNON It's great just to see Doc back on the mound. Obviously what happened with A.J. is unfortunate, hope...
VERNON WELLS Okay. Morality in a nutshell. Don't hurt people if you can avoid it. Don't steal stuff unless you're...
URSULA VERNON We're hitting line drive outs ... what we need is so string together some bloopers. The good thing i...
VERNON WELLS Yeah, it looked like it was a good pitch. He hit his spot and obviously you think the catcher is goi...
VERNON WELLS When you're dealing with something as massive as this, it takes everyone.
VERNON LEE If you can add a couple of pieces to the puzzle, things can turn around in a heartbeat.
VERNON WELLS It's amazing. It just comes at the times when you never know what can happen. [Comebacks] come in a ...
VERNON WELLS Experience teaches only the teachable.
VERNON LAW Inner liberty can be judged by how often a person feels offended, for you can no more insult a mat...
VERNON HOWARD Where is home? Home is where the heart can laugh without shyness. Home is where the heart's tears ca...
VERNON BAKER They are the people who will set up in preparation for the main headquarters coming in here. The All...
CHRIS VERNON But we should not be carried away by the campaign fever.
VERNON MWAANGA In a situation like that, we need to get as many runs as possible. Obviously, one run is not going t...
VERNON WELLS Several of the victims have suffered multiple gunshot wounds, and the infant appears to have been st...
VERNON KEENAN They are usually snatched up before the first bit of ground has been turned. It is not unusual for a...
VERNON PEARCE Between now and 2009, we expect 12 million additional square footage of raised floor going into mark...
VERNON TURNER We must get to the point in our lives. What is the point? To become a new kind of man or woman, havi...
VERNON HOWARD It's always been a goal of mine, no matter what my situation has been throughout the season. I'm sho...
VERNON WELLS All the builders are having to come south. The Davenport and Haines City areas are going to be filli...
VERNON PEARCE Tax increases are a dirty word, but the question is if the public would be willing to accept a small...
VERNON EHLERS I can't say thanks enough to Chief Holmes and all of his staff, the Kansas Highway Patrol, the KBI, ...
VERNON CHINN Jeremy's real aggressive. He doesn't stop going. You have to get leverage on him first. If he takes ...
VERNON DAVIS It's going to be a strong challenge, but I think we have the talent to beat anybody. We lost to them...
VERNON DAVIS I knew if I had a good season I'd probably think about leaving. There wasn't anything holding me bac...
VERNON DAVIS They had a nice bond. It went beyond just trying to get me to go to school there. When I told Ron Pr...
VERNON DAVIS I feel like I'm ready. I'm ready to go out there right now.
VERNON DAVIS I sit back and watch guys like Heath Miller coming in as a rookie and doing things like he has done,...
VERNON DAVIS No one has ever encountered a scene like this,
VERNON KEENAN The problem with hydrogen is that it is not a very portable fuel.
VERNON ROAN It is a true miracle when a man finally sees himself as his only opposition
VERNON HOWARD Permitting your life to be taken over by another person is like letting the waiter eat your dinner.
VERNON HOWARD All forms of self-defeating behavior are unseen and unconscious, which is why their existence is den...
VERNON HOWARD Emma is not a person; Emma is a place that you get stuck in; Emma is a pain that you cannot erase.
JUSTIN VERNON I am to snakes what Colonel Sanders is to chickens.
VERNON KELLY They're two totally different pitchers. Anybody can mess your swing up for two days or two weeks. Ou...
VERNON WELLS A stupid mule is still smarter than a good horse or a bad man.
URSULA VERNON We've made some calculations about whether we could put a plant in northern Minnesota, based on the ...
VERNON EIDMAN Global impacts should generally be weaker.
VERNON KOUSKY We're finding bodies faster than we can recover them,
VERNON KEENAN