John Prine Quotes

As I get older, people do come up to me just to give me a hug.

My main message is for people to live your life through love. That doesn't necessarily mean through a relationship. It could be your friends, your family, your workplace, even just walking down the street and smiling, saying 'Hi!' Embracing positivity!

Smile, it is the key that fits the lock of everybody's heart.

The only way to get love is to be lovable. It's very irritating if you have a lot of money. You'd like to think you could write a check: 'I'll buy a million dollars' worth of love.' But it doesn't work that way. The more you give love away, the more you get.

We can begin to become more diligent and concerned at home by telling the people we love that we love them. Such expressions do not need to be flowery or lengthy. We simply should sincerely and frequently express love.

It's beautiful to have people look me in the eyes and actually treat me like a human.

I really care about my readers. I care about anyone who reads my books.

I answer a fan with a hearing heart first.

I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve.

Let us always meet each other with smile, for the smile is the beginning of love.

Respect is what we owe; love, what we give.

There are moments that you suffer a lot, moments you won't photograph. There are some people you like better than others. But you give, you receive, you cherish, you are there. When you are really there, you know when you see the picture later what you are seeing.

We feel really blessed to have been asked to come here, and to have the opportunity for our family to be able to look into the eyes of these people, and in some way help.

I don't know the vast majority of you personally, and it may sound kind of corny, but I really feel as if we've become friends through the years. And you've been with me during a lot of good times and some very difficult ones. I can't tell you how grateful I am.

But I still feel like a normal person... I've walked the streets and I know what it feels like. I speak with humility, and apparently those songs connect with people.

Life's too short. We have to love each other.

I have a wonderful respect for old people.

The person whose doors I enter with most pleasure, and quit with most regret, never did me the smallest favor.

And say my glory was I had such friends.

I have many valentines. My mom and my sister and my directors. I got calls from all of them. And my friends. I respect what Valentine's Day stands for because it is about love.

I like the nice guys. I like when they show the stories, the human element behind it all.

Kindness can come from someone on Twitter, it can come from someone on the street, it can come from someone at work. Without kindness, I don't know what I would do. The greatest part of life is the simple things.

The thing I really love about my fans is the vulnerability and openness, the crying and the hugs. They are so kind.

In this place called victory, the elderly know that we will give them the respect and care that they deserve for having lived and walked for so long among us.

I am so constantly amazed by people's care and love for Cristina Yang.