James Thomas

James Thomas
summer heart sunshine
Inner sunshine warms not only the heart of the owner, but all who come in contact with it.
age youth produce
What we sow in youth we reap in age; the seed of the thistle always produces the thistle.
home apples mills
Oh, to be home again, home again, home again! Under the apple-boughs, down by the mill!
kindness giving world
Courtesy gives its owner a passport round the world. It transmutes aliens into trusting friends.
humor men doe
The man who tells me an indelicate story does me an injury.
owl fault-finding faults
Just then, with a wink and a sly normal lurch, The owl very gravely got down from his perch, Walked round, and regarded his fault-finding critic (Who thought he was stuffed) with a glance analytic.
ocean land
Is n't God upon the ocean Just the same as on the land?
blessing doors wife
A farmer travelling with his load Picked up a horseshoe on the road, And nailed if fast to his barn door, That luck might down upon him pour; That every blessing known in life Might crown his homestead and his wife, And never any kind of harm Descend upon his growing farm.
sweet flower men
How sweet and gracious, even in common speech, Is that fine sense which men call Courtesy! Wholesome as air and genial as the light, Welcome in every clime as breath of flowers, It transmutes aliens into trusting friends, And gives its owner passport round the globe.
connect god gotta guy human next time
You can't be a human and a guy and not connect with Pippin... I often feel like Pippin. I come offstage sometimes like 'Oh my God, I've got to do this next time! I've gotta go there. I'm going to make this choice.'
age brilliant excited hard kids loved reminded seeing taken work
I loved 'Matilda.' The kids are so brilliant and uninhibited. They were inspiring. Seeing them onstage, just going wild, reminded me of when I was that age. I was excited for them and completely taken by their innocence and hard work.