Billy Joel on answers
Billy Joel130 quotes“Don’t wait for answers, just take your chances. Don’t ask me why.”
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You’ve got your passion. You’ve got your pride. But don’t you know that only fools are satisfied? Dream on, but don’t imagine they’ll all come true.
Billy JoelBilly Joel It’s nine o’clock on a Saturday, the regular crowd shuffles in / There’s an old man sitting next to me making love to his tonic and gin / He says, ‘Son, can you play me a memory?
Billy JoelBilly Joel Like family, we are tied to each other. This is what all good musicians understand.
Billy JoelBilly Joel She’s got a smile that heals me.
Billy JoelBilly Joel I see the children with their boredom and their vacant stares.
Billy JoelBilly Joel And the only people I fear are those who never have doubts… Save us all from arrogant men, and all the causes they’re for.
Billy JoelBilly Joel I may be an antique like the Stones, but antiques are valuable.
Billy JoelBilly Joel I haven’t met the person I can sustain a relationship with yet. So I’m discontented about that. I’m angry with myself. I have regrets.
Billy JoelBilly Joel What will it take for you to believe in me, the way that I believe in you?
Billy JoelBilly Joel What if she figures out you’re not very smart?
Billy JoelBilly Joel There ain’t much future for a man who works the sea, there ain’t no island left for islanders like me.
Billy JoelBilly Joel Well we’re waiting here in Allentown For the Pennsylvania we never found For the promises our teachers gave If we worked hard If we behaved So the graduations hang on the wall But they never really helped us at all No they never taught us what was real.
Billy JoelBilly Joel There will be miracles After the last war is won Science and poetry rule in the new world to come Prophets and angels Gave us the power to see What an amazing future there will be
Billy JoelBilly Joel If I need a cause for celebration, Or a comfort I can use to ease my mind, I rely on my imagination, And I dream of an imaginary time.
Billy JoelBilly Joel My friends and I are crazy. That’s the only thing that keeps us sane!
Billy JoelBilly Joel I don’t want clever conversation, I never want to work that hard, I just want someone I can talk to, I want you just the way you are.
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Even with broken wings, she dares to fly. And even with a broken heart, she dares to love.
Divya khandalDivya khandal And I refuse to apologize until the very end for the way that I feel – my feelings are valid too.
Carmen AmadosCarmen Amados Contemplate your own mortality daily, then see how much we must change.
Chris AllchinChris Allchin Poetry is the voice of the soul and the inspiration of the heart.
Teresa PeresTeresa Peres We parted sadly, like children in the street on a pleasant june afternoon.
Iestyn TudorIestyn Tudor And what shall I call you? Yours. In this life, the ones before, and all others thereafter.
Alexandra MichelleAlexandra Michelle If I could go back to a time I’d be with you. And I’d thank you again for almost being the healing to my heart.
Aimee C. HoveyAimee C. Hovey I was a living breathing nightmare and he was my favorite dream catcher.
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Ask who wants to live to be a hundred, and the answer is the person who is ninety-nine.
Betty ComdenBetty Comden Questions would be asked. Answers would be ignored.
Ben AaronovitchBen Aaronovitch In love, there’s sentiment and passion; I know only sentiment through myself, passion through others. I hear certain voices I know say: sentiment=love of the intellect; I can answer: passion=the love of the body.
Berthe MorisotBerthe Morisot Before you speak ask yourself if what you are going to say is true, is kind, is necessary, is helpful. If the answer is no, maybe what you are about to say should be left unsaid.
Bernard MeltzerBernard Meltzer So far from being able to answer for my sins, I cannot even answer for my righteousness!
Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux I did not know that children think the hard questions they ask are easy and thus expect easy answers to them, and that they are disappointed when they get cautious, complex answers.
Bernhard SchlinkBernhard Schlink I have nothing to hide. I am a servant of the living God. He is the only one I answer to.
Benny HinnBenny Hinn The value of the security analyst to the investor depends largely on the investor’s own attitude. If the investor asks the analyst the right questions, he is likely to get the right or at least valuable answers.
Benjamin GrahamBenjamin Graham
