Grace S. Richmond quotes

“If one isn't parsimonious before Christmas one can't be munificent when it arrives.”
-- Grace S. Richmond

#Christmas Quotes

“the creative mind is as delicately balanced as the needle trembling in a compass; the presence of antagonistic metal deflects it instantly.”
-- Grace S. Richmond

#Creativity Quotes #Creative Quotes #Mind Quotes

“Cynicism's always a pose - always.”
-- Grace S. Richmond

#Cynicism Quotes

“When in doubt, always start a new paragraph.”
-- Grace S. Richmond

#Doubt Quotes #Paragraph Quotes

“The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of 'Black Beauty.' Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall and an occasional bran mash in the form of a Christmas bonus, sometimes he falls into the hands of a mean owner who drives him in spite of spavins and expects him to live on potato peelings.”

“When you have kids, you instantly feel that you do not want to do them wrong. Those dads that go off to Florida and start a new life, I couldn't imagine that: seeing my kid once every Christmas, every three years. If I'm gone for six days it feels like too much.”

“God seeks to influence humanity. This is at the heart of the Christmas story. It is the story of light coming into the darkness, of a Savior to show us the way, of light overcoming the darkness, of God's work to save the world.”

Source : "No, Everything Doesn’t Happen for a Reason" by Adam Hamilton, www.huffingtonpost.com. December 20, 2012.

“Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.”

“Christmas is the day that holds all time together.”

“Washington's birthday is as close to a secular Christmas as any Christian country dare come this side of blasphemy.”

“God bless you and utterly satisfy your heart...with Himself.”

“I'm sure most of us remember being a kid and you have all of this endless time where two weeks before Christmas feels like ten years. I used to go to bed to try and go to sleep to try and make it go faster.”

“I'm going to take the kids away over Christmas but I don't, I've written 14 musicals now, I don't want to rush into doing something just for the sake of doing it. I want to do it when I find a story.”

“I had this idea when I was in the hospital, .. It seems like every year I always have different people come and ask for a Christmas song and it seemed strangely appropriate for me this year because Christmas is the time that I am supposed to be sort of back and up and running and whatnot. So I just wrote a song about returning from this very interesting journey and kind of getting back to normal and getting back to work and my regular life.”