Justin Vernon quote: "I'm really honored that Bon Iver gives me a platform to do whatever I want, but there's only so much time you can spend digging through yourself before you become insular. I'm not in a hurry to go back to that temperature."

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 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

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

I'm really honored that Bon Iver gives me a platform to do whatever I want, but there's only so much time you can spend digging through yourself before you become insular. I'm not in a hurry to go back to that temperature.

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Justin Vernon

I'm really honored that Bon Iver gives me a platform to do whatever I want, but there's only so much time you can spend digging through yourself before you become insular. I'm not in a hurry to go back to that temperature.

Justin Vernon

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