Tennessee Williams Quotes

I'm interested when things are upside down - because there are so many possibilities in that one moment. There is a lot that is exposed.

One of my favorite things about what I do for a living is that there is no certainty that, at any hour of any day, I could get a phone call that could change everything. Good or bad. I never know.

You never know what the future might hold.

Who knows what the heck the future will bring.

The point of the future is that anything can happen.

You never know what's around the corner.

I don't know what's next, and I like that idea. It's a little scary, but it's also beautiful. When you're open, anything can come your way.

You never know what next week brings.

It's exciting not knowing what tomorrow, or the next month, or the next year holds.

I can't run no more with that lawless crowd while the killers in high places say their prayers out loud. But they've summoned, they've summoned up a thundercloud and they're going to hear from me. Ring the bells that still can ring Forget your perfect offering There is a crack in everything That's how the light gets in.

Dark clouds become heaven's flowers when kissed by light.

That,” she says, “was never here before.

It's terrifying. It's so scary, because you get used to being around the crew and being friendly with everyone and then suddenly, at a certain point, everything switches and you're the one standing behind the lights and nobody's going to help you. And that can be really difficult sometimes.

We can change in one day. We can fall in love in one day. Anything can happen in one day.

The thoughts that occur to me while I’m running are like clouds in the sky. Clouds of all different sizes. They come and they go, while the sky remains the same sky always. The clouds are mere guests in the sky that pass away and vanish, leaving behind the sky.

These are the days in which a true leader wants to live. These are days when opportunities to change lives and even destinies are nearly endless. You are running the anchor leg of the relay because you were born to lead. You were born for glory.

Summer runs out the way a centerfielder runs out of real estate - slowly at first, then all at once.

World is suddener than we fancy it.

Clouds out of control decoct anticipation. What use can any of us have for two moons? The miracle of order has run out and I am left in an unmiraculous city where anything may happen.

I'm no reformer; for I see more lightThan darkness in the world; mine eyes are quickTo catch the first dim radiance of the dawn,And slow to note the cloud that threatens storm.

Inspiration is very nice when you get it. It's like being given a present you weren't expecting. You don't hand the present back and say, 'My birthday's not till November.' You take it and run.

Chance arrives unannounced. It emerges, and when it leaves, we are lucky if the changes it has produced are only external.

I used to think that running an organization was equivalent to conducting a symphony orchestra. But I don't think that's quite it; it's more like jazz. There is more improvisation. Someone once wrote that the sound of surprise is jazz, and if there's any one thing that we must try to get used to in this world, it's surprise and the unexpected. Truly, we are living in world where the only thing that's constant is change.

Tomorrow I see change, a chance to build a new. Built on spirit intent of heart, and ideals based on truth.