I kind of miss writing songs the way that I used to write songs, in the sense that I would just sit down, and all these words that told a story would come out. There's one Bon Iver song called 'Blood Bank' that is more representative of an older lineage of songs, which I like and I sort of miss. But it just doesn't happen anymore for me.
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TINY TIM I don't think songs have to be like these super-#1-smash-hit-sounding songs, because I think it&... DAVID ARCHULETA I do gravitate towards the sad songs because I find them to be more of a challenge for me from a wri... LUKE COMBS I don't do filler songs. I don't get them. They don't make any sense to me. Why would I ... BETTY WHO Getting to do 'December Songs' in a cabaret-style format was so interesting because it's... LAURA OSNES The way I write my songs is that I have to believe what I'm writing about, and that's why th... ADELE In Mudcrutch we all wrote songs, and when it got to the focus on Tom and the Heartbreakers, I kept w... BENMONT TENCH I'm very lucky that people are able to say, 'Oh, that's that Moody Blues guy!' I'... JUSTIN HAYWARD I remember hanging out at Starbucks. There were these older guys who would sit around and play Crosb... LEON BRIDGES I didn't want to play these people any more songs and have them say that they weren't good e... AIMEE MANN I'd go to the farmers' market in Santa Barbara, and I'd put out my guitar case, and I... KATY PERRY I think a lot of people think that my parents' deaths is why I write such sad songs, but that... SHELBY LYNNE All roads lead to 'American Pie.' 'As American as apple pie' was the saying. It was ... DON MCLEAN He told me that when you record a love song, there is no better song for people to relate to. My fir... JOSH TURNER There's nothing wrong with the screaming style of singing, and I'll be the first to admit th... COREY TAYLOR I'd like to be writing songs for other people - I just like writing songs. DARREN CRISS I love singing. It's who I am. When I act, I take a small part of myself and just magnify it, bu... LAINIE KAZAN I just always wrote songs as a side hobby. So it was sort of a natural thing to write comedy songs. ... KYLE DUNNIGAN A lot of times, that's hard to capture: what you sound like in person versus what you sound like... DARLENE LOVE I have no reason to sit home and write songs all day without going out and playing for the folks. An... GUY CLARK I just write a song, and it just comes out however it wants to. And some of them are catchy songs li... GEORGE HARRISON It's not that I'm trying to write another '7 Years' or a new version of 'Mama Sa... LUKAS FORCHHAMMER Starting a band is the easy part. Once you've formed the band, you have to tell a story, and tha... THE EDGE And the thing about me is, I have a lot of mellow songs, because they're the easiest for me to w... PRISCILLA AHN I feel that Jane's is really a vibe and a time. It wasn't like we were the Beatles. We didn&... ERIC AVERY Many times, people have come up to me after singing some songs, and they'd say, 'Richie, do ... RICHIE HAVENS It's good fun, making a solo album, because there's perhaps songs that wouldn't get used... RONNIE WOOD Actually, if I could deliberately sit down and write a pop hit, all my songs would be pop hits! Let&... EDDIE VAN HALEN That's what I find with any good song, you just have to let it happen. Out of about twenty songs... MICK RALPHS I love nothing more than to perform my songs in front of a live audience. And whatever I'm doing... LUKE BRYAN I don't write all my stuff. Everybody always thinks that. But in just about every album I've... ALAN JACKSON 'Unbreakable Smile' was based off one of the songs I wrote for the album - it was actually t... TORI KELLY I like 'Bewitched' off the first album because it's one of the happiest songs I've e... MALCOLM WILSON I write songs very quickly, so the 20 minutes of joy I get out of writing a song doesn't compare... HALSEY Too many times you come across lyrics that sound like you've heard them before or you can't ... EMMY ROSSUM When I first started writing songs and being very explicit, it was hard, but one of the main things ... ANI DIFRANCO For 'Narrow Stairs', the majority of the songs I brought in were guitar songs - songs we cou... BEN GIBBARD Funny songs aren't usually that good. Like Weird Al and maybe a couple of Beatles songs, but it&... WIN BUTLER Writing doesn't come real easy to me. I couldn't write a novel in a year. It wouldn't be... CHARLES FRAZIER I feel the only way I can survive is to spend a lot of time writing songs. I have to have incredible... DAN HILL I don't write down my experiences, but I have a very decent memory. I have tons of books in whic... EVAN DANDO I've written songs before, and I don't want to share them with anybody. It's really pers... JEREMY JORDAN I just write songs that I strongly believe in and that are coming from inside. There's no tricks... BRUNO MARS There isn't a dearth of it, but I will confess that it's harder for me to find songs on whic... MEL TORME I don't want to think that anything is off limits for me to write about, but I also don't wa... J. D. SOUTHER I don't think I've ever laid out a batch of songs that pick myself apart the way that these ... RICHARD MARX I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. There's still a lot more about Christmas that can be c... CLINT BLACK I try not to be overly literal. When I'm writing songs, I write down a lot of words, and then I ... NEKO CASE I used to think that my songs were the best things that I would leave behind me. And I definitely th... KRIS KRISTOFFERSON I don't know if I have a favorite color. KATE MIDDLETON It's very special having a new little girl. KATE MIDDLETON I take my hat off to people like the Stones, but it's not for me. I couldn't do that. Jagger... PAUL WELLER When you find a song that you love, you just have to do it - why would I try to match it? When I wro... BONNIE RAITT A song just doesn't have verse-chorus-verse. It could just be one line. There are Chinese love s... JEFF BUCKLEY I'd want it to be really special to both of us, but I'm a huge fan of 'At Last' as a... MARY LAMBERT With some artists, I've noticed that after their songs have been licensed, on their next album y... PRISCILLA AHN I've done lots of songs for film soundtracks and things like that - stuff I'm not ashamed of... CHRISSIE HYNDE I started writing my own songs from the time I was a little kid. I would write my own lyrics to othe... BONNIE MCKEE I don't miss the limelight, not at all. I'm just more comfortable out of it. I don't mis... DON MEREDITH I don't really need to stand out, there's room for everyone. Although I haven't built a ... ADELE Even if my songs are quite sad or quite dark, I don't want my songs to make people sad. It's... AURORA I don't have time to sit up and write songs all day. Maybe one day when my kids get older. FAITH EVANS I'm definitely gonna do another solo record at some point. 'Flamingo' wasn't just me... BRANDON FLOWERS I would say just start writing. You've got to write every day. Copy someone that you like if you... ELMORE LEONARD Actually, the funny thing is, after all these years, I've got all these new songs to learn for t... LESLEY GORE There's probably a couple someones that are gonna hear the songs and go, 'I think that might... CHRIS YOUNG The writing process is more... it becomes a case of more like a diary for me. I mean, I write stuff ... CHRISTINA MILIAN When you play all that as a body of work there are four great songs, four mediocre songs and four ba... RANDY BACHMAN I'm self-deprecating, but I'm an artist, too. I have to write new songs to chronicle stuff f... STEVE FORBERT I've covered Avril Lavigne. I like good pop songs, and I don't think there should be any kin... BEN GIBBARD Yes, if I had it my way I would do all the shots myself - I used to do that when I was just a camera... DENNIS MUREN One of my favorites has always been 'Swap Meet.' One of the reasons why I like that is it... CHAD CHANNING That's one of my problems is that there are so many songs to sing that I sort of get indecisive ... ALISON ELLIOTT I don't know what any of my songs are about. I don't sit down to write about anything. They&... LIAM GALLAGHER Before I was 12 years old, I had no interest in music; I was just into football. Then I heard Don Mc... JAKE BUGG I basically taught myself how to sing and play by copying records, and that's just how it was fo... SUSANNA HOFFS I used to make my grandparents pay a dollar to watch me sing 'Grease' songs and 'Somewhe... ZOE KRAVITZ I love music, of course, and many, many, many genres. There are hardly any songs I would say that I ... DAVID LYNCH I don't want to hear songs about how sunshiny things are. I don't like songs that feel like ... GARY ALLAN I don't play the traditional Charlie Parker songs. But I do improvise and I do create with my in... KENNY G I don't like guitar solos that are like, 'Look at me, look at me!' I like guitar solos t... TAYLOR HAWKINS I like to sing. I write music. Country songs. You have to if you're in Nashville. It's part ... JIM VARNEY I can remember when I was just, like, about four years old in Compton, and my mother would have me s... DR. DRE I'm very conscious of developing my singing, technically and stylistically. I want it to become ... MADELEINE PEYROUX I can sit and analyze everything and beat myself up and say you don't quite sing as good as you ... VINCE GILL I have more of a desire to write songs about being an independent woman than being in love, songs ab... KAT GRAHAM I've always loved the songs of the sea. I was first introduced to them back in 1957, at the Old ... ROGER MCGUINN Female artists I love the most are Fiona Apple, Paramour and Regina Spektor - those girls that reall... JENNIFER DAMIANO I remember listening to the radio as a kid and finding that the songs always made me feel more peace... CHRIS ISAAK There's not a whole lot to do in Athens. When I was 13, I just started entertaining myself by wr... BRITTANY HOWARD When I think of folk music, I think of topical songs. And I don't write topical songs. RAY LAMONTAGNE 'Something/Anything?' was kind of a different record, since I'm playing everything mysel... TODD RUNDGREN
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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 Those old Appalachian singers use a falsetto sometimes. They can change their voices to sound high o... JUSTIN VERNON I don't want to get myself in trouble - and I don't think I'm super important or anythin... JUSTIN VERNON I don't want the big flashing lights and red carpet, like, 'Here comes another Bon Iver albu... JUSTIN VERNON I really have to be in a specific headspace to even begin to illuminate an idea that would create an... JUSTIN VERNON I'm really honored that Bon Iver gives me a platform to do whatever I want, but there's only... 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 Emma is not a person; Emma is a place that you get stuck in; Emma is a pain that you cannot erase. JUSTIN VERNON There's a large opportunity for Bon Iver to be a special thing, even from a business standpoint ... JUSTIN VERNON I can pour myself into Bon Iver. It's a thing about self- and mental discovery, and those are al... JUSTIN VERNON 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 Truth never pleads or compromises or wavers. It invites and awaits your acceptance. VERNON HOWARD 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 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 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 Let's take a minute to talk about spellbooks, since, in this day and age when magic is no longer tau... URSULA 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 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 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 In my opinion, the patents are worthless, IT managers and entrepreneurs shouldn't be afraid of paten... VERNON KEENAN There's been a series of these in surrounding counties for four or five months, but never of this le... VERNON KEENAN They're ready-made victims. They're reluctant to go to the police. They speak very little English. W... VERNON KEENAN We believe the same two suspects committed all four home invasions. VERNON KEENAN He told her, 'If you do what I say, I won't kill you,' VERNON KEENAN This is a horrendous crime; they just crashed into the residences and began hitting and shooting. Th... VERNON KEENAN She asked some hard questions about why something like this happens, ... She talked about the fear t... VERNON KEENAN We are aggressively pursuing this around the clock and we are making progress in the case, VERNON KEENAN Beauty is only skin deep, but it's a valuable asset if you're poor or haven't any sense. VERNON HOWARD When you're dealing with a little tiny detail, you put it in that context. Is this going to affect s... STEVE VERNON It was just devastating. I've never encountered anything like it in my life. It just kept rising and... BRYAN VERNON [One analyst said the new features should result in lower maintenance costs for businesses.] The cos... VERNON TURNER There are poets who sing you to sleep and poets who ready you for war and I want to be bot... ASHE VERNON I think J.C. brings a different poise than you see from the average quarterback. A lot of them are g... JAMES VERNON I don't think anybody likes us to be picked second, but I think that's one of the best things that c... JAMES VERNON He will be a great quarterback. JAMES VERNON When I was born my father spent three weeks trying to find a loophole in my birth certificate. JACKIE VERNON It is midnight in the hard part of town. The mask is itching like it always does. The ragged end of ... STEVE VERNON He shook his head. "No, we do. I may be a little buzzed and really fucking horny, but I also need yo... MAGAN VERNON Incendiary That one small boy with a face like pallid cheese And burnt-out little ey... VERNON SCANNELL The program spawned illegal immigration. VERNON BRIGGS I was not aware of that resolution. VERNON COOPER I am very proud to claim Mrs. Parks as a resident of Michigan and to help lead the effort to honor h... VERNON EHLERS There are a lot of trees that merit preservation. This isn't one of them. VERNON ESPLIN That was not necessary to do what he did to her body. That's a utility to prevent screaming. VERNON GEBERTH It's been hard and we're trying to get open sometime this spring. VERNON GUTHRIE We've been battling back and forth about it. I told her this year would be our year to get them. VERNON HAMILTON It is an arson, and we are looking for three individuals. VERNON HUGHES It was the most awful construction project I've ever been involved with. It wasn't a swamp, but the ... VERNON KELLY We've had more growth in the last five years in this coastal region than we had in the previous 10 y... VERNON MARTIN I haven't looked ahead. The only thing I know is we have St. Albans tonight. We're not looking ahead... VERNON REDMAN It was fun. Going and watching him on a day-to-day basis and seeing what he's able to do still at th... VERNON WELLS 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 Caltech was a meat grinder like I could never have imagined. 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 Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. VERNON SAUNDERS LAW Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. VERNON SANDERS LAW Desire, like the atom, is explosive with creative force. PAUL VERNON BUSER Experience is the worst teacher; it gives the test before presenting the lesson. VERNON S. LAW Aviation is proof that given, the will, we have the capacity to achieve the impossible. EDWARD VERNON RICKENBACKER Experience is a hard teacher because she gives the test first, the lesson afterwards. VERNON SANDERS LAW I don't think we should tell them what we're going to do in advance. Let them think. Worry. ... VERNON A. WALTERS In 1941 I finished at Allison Intermediate School (grades 7-9), and started at North High School, co... VERNON L. SMITH Americans have always had an ambivalent attitude toward intelligence. When they feel threatened, the... VERNON A. WALTERS I'm not saying the plot doesn't have holes. VERNON D. BURNS Each time we face our fear, we gain strength, courage, and confidence in the doing. EDWARD VERNON RICKENBACKER The four cornerstones of character on which the structure of this nation was built are: Initiative, ... EDWARD VERNON RICKENBACKER The enemy that we're dealing with is very adaptable and very smart, so we need to have realistic and... COL. VERNON SEVIER Life is like a restaurant: you walk in, hopefully find good food and good company, and walk back out... TAYLOR VERNON RYAN