Don Williams

Don Williams
Don Williamsis an American country singer, songwriter and a 2010 inductee to the Country Music Hall of Fame. He grew up in Portland, Texas, and graduated in 1958 from Gregory-Portland High School. After seven years with the folk-pop group Pozo-Seco Singers, he began his solo career in 1971, singing popular ballads and amassing 17 number one country hits...
ProfessionCountry Singer
Date of Birth27 May 1939
CityFloydada, TX
dream lying goal
World unity is the wish of the hopeful, the goal of the idealist and the dream of the romantic. Yet it is folly to the realist and a lie to the innocent.
daughter father son
It's something families could do together. They can be passed on from father to son, or father to daughter.
mean agreement battle
Certainly the soda companies, the junk food companies fought hard against this and today's agreement doesn't mean the battle is over, we still have to pass this bill.
cutting fire police
We need nearly every department, with the exception of police, fire and rescue, to look at what they can cut. Maybe there are some projects we need to put on hold.
hatred branches fists
Why is it that an extended olive branch often turns to a clinched fist of hatred?
farewell years kingdoms
I more or less intended it (the farewell tour) to be for the United Kingdom and not so much over here, but everywhere I've worked, they've been aware this is my final tour ? my final year ? which in all likelihood is gonna be the case.
aspire capable
What we aspire to be is more than what we are yet less than what we are capable of.
sea wave crash
Glorious is the tumult of the waves that crash against a vessel, preparing it for the seas of life.
hollywood alive stills
Superman and Robinhood are still alive in Hollywood.
religious believe waiting
I don't believe that heaven waits for only those who congregate.
being-alone heart men
When the sparrow sings its final refrain, the hush is felt nowhere more deeply than in the heart of man.
children blood color
On an altar of prejudice we crucify our own, yet the blood of all children is the color of God.
luck lesson-learned lessons
Lessons that come easy are not lessons at all. They are gracious acts of luck. Yet lessons learned the hard way are lessons never forgotten.
country technology california
It ended up being a great quarter across the country. The national trend was more on the IT (information technology) side of things. When you look at Southern California and San Diego specifically, it's driven largely by the life sciences and biotech side of things.