Selected support quotes

1. You write in your letter something which I sometimes feel also: Sometimes I do not know how I shall pull through.

2. In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the old they are a comfort and aid in their weakness, and those in the prime of life they incite to noble deeds.

3. Hold on to me: Someday I may be quite valuable.

4. Is there life in other families?

5. I've lived on royalties all my life. It is the readers who have supported me.

6. The friend who holds your hand and says the wrong thing is made of dearer stuff than the one who stays away.

7. Jah show every mon him hand, and Jah has show I mine.

8. If the angels are unkind or the season is dark Or if in the end Love just falls apart Well then here's to our destruction Baby let me be your soul driver.

9. Daddy pays for the water, daddy pays for the gas, daddy pays for the electricity, and if daddy didn't pay for the electricity, he'd pay for the candle on your nightstand, so you can study for the big test tomorrow.

10. As you get older you will gain a bit more control over everything. Don't let anyone, even your parents, break you. Find good people who care about you and surround yourself with just them. If you can't find them at first, find good music and fall into it, let it hold you until they come. I truly hope you enjoy the new record.

11. That's the public-school system all over. They may kick you out, but they never let you down.

12. Never build your emotional life on the weaknesses of others.

13. In this dim world of clouding cares, We rarely know, till wildered eyes See white wings lessening up the skies, The angels with us unawares.

14. The separation of families to me is very close to my heart because we lived that as immigrants. I strongly feel that we all connected, and having felt people's love and support first-hand through difficult moments in my life, makes me feel it's our responsibility to help one another. I am privileged to help in some way, and I will always take that opportunity.

15. She was married for seven years to a concrete castle king. She said she wanted to learn to play the guitar and to hear her children sing. So I'd show up about once a week in my faded tight-legged jeans with a backlog full of hobo stories and dilapidated dreams.

16. He was dancing to some music No one else had ever heard He'd speak in unknown languages She would translate every word And then when the world was laughing At his castles in the sky She'd hold him in her body Till he once again could fly.

17. Our power is not so much in us as through us.

18. Now that our troops are mired in a dangerous effort to defeat the insurgency and are also trying to help rebuild the country, Americans of all political persuasions simply want the United States to succeed and our troops to be as safe as possible.

19. My best friend is the one who brings out the best in me.

20. I was right to back Muhammad Ali, but it caused me major enmity in many areas of this nation.

21. Among doctors in general, I think more than half support what I'm doing.

22. I was very much in my own world, never the popular kid. But I had a great family, a great brother and mother.

23. When things get too heavy, just call me helium, the lightest known gas to man.

24. I have pondered long, and I know now that only the pure of heart forgive the thirst that leads to dead waters. And only the sure of foot can give a hand to him who stumbles.

25. Adversity does teach who your real friends are.

26. I'm sorry. I can love you. I can grieve for you, or with you. I can share your pain. But I cannot judge you.

27. Elected leaders who forget how they got there won't the next time.

28. It's always worthwhile to make others aware of their worth.

29. The more sympathy you give, the less you need.

30. Nobody has ever before asked the nuclear family to live all by itself in a box the way we do. With no relatives, no support, we've put it in an impossible situation.

31. I've never dropped anyone I believed in.

32. I am a big believer that you have to nourish any relationship. I am still very much a part of my friends' lives and they are very much a part of my life. A First Lady who does not have this source of strength and comfort can lose perspective and become isolated.

33. As long as our souls remain strong, that is all that matters; as long as they don't decline. Because with the fall of certain souls in this world, the world itself will collapse. These are the pillars which support it. They are few, but enough.

34. My ambition has always been to reduce a building's support to a minimum. The more we diminish supporting structures, the more audacious and important the architecture is. That has been my life's work.

35. The laws are with us, and God on our side.

36. If we admit our depression openly and freely, those around us get from it an experience of freedom rather than the depression itself.

37. In social situations I still feel scared. My best friend and husband give me the freedom to be myself.

38. Our duty is to encourage every one in his struggle to live up to his own highest idea, and strive at the same time to make the ideal as near as possible to the Truth.

39. The general election of 1983 has produced one important result that has passed virtually without comment in the media. It is that, for the first time since 1945, a political party with an openly socialist policy has received the support of over eight and a half million people. This is a remarkable development by any standards and it deserves some analysis ... the 1983 Labour manifesto commanded the loyalty of millions of voters and a democratic socialist bridge-head in public understanding and support can be made.

40. But oars alone can ne'er prevail To reach the distant coast; The breath of Heaven must swell the sail, Or all the toil is lost.

41. 'Dear Vincent Gallo, Thank you for the tape which I am listening to at this moment. All the best for 1983 and forever.' -William S. Burroughs.

42. These Are the music of meet resignation; these The responsive, still sustaining pomps for you To magnify, if in that drifting waste You are to be accompanied by more Than mute bare splendors of the sun and moon.

43. There is great comfort and inspiration in the feeling of close human relationships and its bearing on our mutual fortunes - a powerful force, to overcome the 'tough breaks' which are certain to come to most of us from time to time.

44. I've never endorsed a presidential candidate before. But when I talk to General Clark, and when I listen to him, I can see him as a president for all Americans.

45. Good research clearly indicates that Americans would support affirmative action programs that capture the idea of equal opportunity.

46. No other major Western democracy has such a weak family support program.

47. If we, citizens, do not support our artists, then we sacrifice our imagination on the altar of crude reality and we end up believing in nothing and having worthless dreams.

48. Nobody could believe in me the way I believed in myself.

49. Oh, we'm come up from Somerset, Where the cider apples grow, We'm come to see your Majesty, An' how the world do go. And when you're wanting anyone, If you'll kindly let us know, We'll all come up from Somerset, Because we loves you so!

50. And I just want to tell you this - we're in favor of a lot of things and we're against mighty few.

51. Marcia: It's lovely to see you stand so still and so metered, and sing so beautifully. I do believe in you very much Hayley, but I mean, I believe in everyone who has performed tonight. I fought for you, and I will always fight for you no matter what, because I think you're a very beautiful singer.

52. Marcia: First of all, thank you very much for listing me as a highlight. That's very, very kind. I really mean it. You know, Hayley I've believed in you since the day we saw one another in Canberra and these guys have been giving you a pretty hard time. And I've just believed that you've metamorphosized into what you've just done. I really believe in you as a singer, as a person and I know you're one of the only people that helps in the kitchen in the house. That's good too. But you did a great job Hayley. I'm so proud of you.

53. Marcia: I love you, they love you, always sing from your heart.

54. My sister Jacqueline is 12, and Idol is her favorite show. Every week she'd be so nervous for me, even though she loved watching me. She was actually having panic attacks and my family didn't know why, then they realized it was all about the show. She would get so worked up! Now she's breathing better (laughs).

55. I need you around To remind me what not to become.

56. She knew he was telling his soul what it needed to hear so that he could gather his courage to go and go what he must

57. To my little sick pal. I will try to knock you another homer, maybe two today

58. 'I believe that my brother was a great man. But, unlike most other great men, his greatness did not come from diminishing those around him. He made himself great, in part, by finding the best in those around him.' ~ James Chapin

59. :and for the dozens:and dozens of Mankind fans:

60. trouble me disturb me with all your cares and you worries trouble me on the days when you feel spent

61. Maybe I took the first step toward healing him

62. There was once a man who knew me better than I knew myself. Who saw strength in me that I didn't know was there

63. I think I wont sleep tonight.... I'll stay awake. I'll watch you all night. I'll hold your hand

64. It was nice to be reminded that she was looking out for me almost as certainly as I always looked out for her

65. I think you need help Don't we all

66. Rest your head you worry too much it's going to be alright When times get rough you can fall back on us don't give up please don't give up

67. My sister Shehnaz is very naive and sweet. She is also very spoilt and pampered. I love her a lot. I've grown in her shadow, as she was the older child in the house. I'd look up to her. She is very quite now, after my parents demise. She stays with me. She is an educated girl. She has done a management course; she used to work as an officer for the Indira Gandhi memorial. She has also done her MBA in psychology - Shahrukh

68. Cause when I was low you was there for me/And never left me alone because you cared for me/And I could see you comin home after work late/You're in the kitchen tryin to fix us a hot plate

69. Hopin you listenin, catch you payin attention/to my ambitions as a ridah

70. knew in my heart you was the same motherfucker bad/Go toe to toe when it's time for roll you got a brother's back

71. You can't complain you was dealt this/hell of a hand without a man, feelin helpless

72. It's a small thang through and true/What could I do? Real homies help ya get through,

73. 'Weel done, Cutty Sark!'

74. I need an easy friend I do, with an ear to lend

75. (On his Catholic faith): 'Certainly it has been the rock on which I have always been able to rely in good times and in bad, and it is the lodestone of my life.'

76. 'I had been in touch with a lot of people I thought would stand by me in the front row of the scrum, (I) didn't know it was going to collapse.'

77. Before 1938, the German generals were not opposed to Hitler because he produced the results they desired.

78. When there were periods of crisis, you stood beside him. When there were periods of happiness, you laughed with him. And when there were periods of sorrow, you comforted him.

79. (about Paula Abdul) She's just a wonderful woman. She has so much support and so much love in her heart - she's just been amazing through this whole thing, and we can't forget she's a rock star. She was a huge rock star. She has so much to offer us and teach us that we just need to shut up and listen, because she's the bomb.

80. Je ne sais ou va mon chemin, mais je marche mieux quand ma main serre la tienne. ('A mon frere revenant d'Italie', mars 1844)

81. In your heart you know he's right.

82. Without publicity there can be no public support, and without public support every nation must decay.

83. 'You have listened to fears, Child,' said Aslan. 'Come, let me breathe on you. Forget them. Are you brave again?'

84. We seek, and have, the support of the Church in what we do. At the head of the pilgrimage we carry La virgen de la Guadalupe because she is ours, all ours, Patroness of the Mexican people. We also carry the Sacred Cross and the Star of David because we are not sectarians, and because we ask the help and prayers of all religions.

85. When the strike started in 1965, most of our friends forsook us for a while. They ran - or were just too busy to help. But the California Migrant Ministry held a meeting with its staff and decided that the strike was a matter of life or death for farm workers everywhere, and that even if it meant the end of the Migrant Ministry they would turn over their resources to the strikers. The political pressure on the Protestant Churches was tremendous and the Migrant Ministry lost a lot of money. But they stuck it out, and they began to point the way to the rest of the Church. In fact, when 30 of the strikers were arrested for shouting Huelga [Strike], 11 ministers went to jail with them.

86. But I found in a song And in the people I love, They will lift me up out of darkness.

87. I know you have a heavy heart, I can feel it when we kiss So many men stronger than me Have thrown their backs out trying to lift it.

88. 'I was just wondering if you'd come along,hold up my head when my head won't hold on. I'll do the same if the same is what you want. But if not I'll go... I'll go alone'

89. 'I'll lean on you and you lean on me and we'll be OK.'

90. I want to back the favourite, please. My sweetheart gave me a pound to do it both ways!

91. I tell you what : I give you all of my strength - I seal it inside a little green envelope and mail it to you with hope and peace and much much love. Take all you need and take it quickly.

92. The tragedy of Korea is further heightened by the fact that its military action is confined to its territorial limits. It condemns that nation, which it is our purpose to save, to suffer the devastating impact of full naval and air bombardment while the enemy's sanctuaries are fully protected from such attack and devastation. Of the nations of the world, Korea alone, up to now, is the sole one which has risked its all against communism. The magnificence of the courage and fortitude of the Korean people defies description. They have chosen to risk death rather than slavery. Their last words to me were: 'Don't scuttle the Pacific!'

93. I will fight for you, yes, and you will fight for me. And if you have sacrificed joy and courage and beauty and wisdom for my sake, I will give them all to you again; and yet you must also give them to me, for they are things in which without you I am wanting. But together we can make them.

94. Give, and thou shalt receive. Give thoughts of cheer, Of courage and success, to friend and stranger. And from a thousand sources, far and near, Strength will be sent thee in thy hour of danger.

95. Well, what is essential about you? And who are those who have helped you become the person that you are? Anyone who has ever graduated from a college, anyone who has ever been able to sustain a good work, has had at least one person and often many who have believed in him or her. We just don't get to be competent human beings without a lot of different investments from others.

96. Love is a passion that hath friends in the garrison.

97. In a sane society no woman would be left to struggle on her own with the huge transformation that is motherhood, when a single individual finds herself joined by an invisible umbilical cord to another person from whom she will never be separated, even by death.

98. Behind every successful man is a woman, behind her is his wife.

99. It's really, really sad. I hope his family is okay. I wish them the best.

100. Any law that takes hold of a man's daily life cannot prevail in a community, unless the vast majority of the community are actively in favor of it. The laws that are the most operative are the laws which protect life.