A.M. Jenkins Quotes

It's important to face down your demons.

What we value about music and literature are the moments that they create in our minds when we encounter them.

Confidence is one of the sexiest things.

I think science has enjoyed an extraordinary success because it has such a limited and narrow realm in which to focus its efforts. Namely, the physical universe.

I am among those who firmly believe that a round of golf should not take more than three and a half hours, four at most. Anything longer than that is not a round of golf, it's life in Albania.

Always keep in mind that if God didn't want a man to have mulligans, golf balls wouldn't come three to a sleeve.

Ironically, in today's marketplace successful nonfiction has to be unbelievable, while successful fiction must be believable.

I was raised as a Christian but the transaction has to be made by yourself - you and God - at some point.

The theater of the mind is impossible to compete with, and I like the idea that with a few suggestions, each reader forms in his or her own mind what a character or a place looks like.

Unfortunately, the current format for this lottery program are subject to fraud and abuse and leave our nation exposed to those who may seek to do harm on American soil.

Only two things can stop Tiger — injury or a bad marriage.

The devoted golfer is an anguished soul who has learned a lot about putting, just as an avalanche victim has learned a lot about snow.

Laughter is the only thing that'll cut trouble down to a size where you can talk to it.

Maps are essential. Planning a journey without a map is like building a house without drawings.

The permissive society has been allowed to become a dirty phrase. A better phrase is the civilised society

Much to my surprise, the Islamic scriptures in the Quran were actually far less bloody and less violent than those in the Bible.

You get out what you put in. If you want more, give more.

Never accept other people's limited perceptions of you. Define yourself. You can do anything.

Fiber has a beneficial effect in preventing colon cancer.

I try to be the fixer of situations and I gravitate to people who are institutional misfits.

I like that gathering moment where the music is about to begin, that moment right there. It's like jumping out of an airplane. It's that moment when the lights go out and then you're in it.

There are always great dangers in letting the best be the enemy of the good.

One of the most powerful things you can do is take responsibility for your life. Your choices. Your actions. Your Life.

Regardless of what the tour pros think, golf is a rich and varied game, and what all of us awkward fools do on weekends is what golf is truly all about.

Ronald Reagan's well documented final battles with Alzheimer's disease were fought with the same conviction and courage that his many public battles were fought.

The one-handed palmer can always reach higher, they say. They may be right, but the result is that nearly every line-out is like a tropical island - all waving palms.

But I'm not worried about seeking out the approval of others - that high school thing of joining the club.

I was not someone who participated in other people's castles.

The job of the media is not to protect the powerful from embarrassment.

Kids are natural little outdoor people. It is we, the adults, who turn them into indoor people. If you don't get of fyour computer, why should they?

At the weekend, one of the paparazzi left their lunch box filled with half-eaten pasta salad on my doorstep: it was like a little warning, you know? 'We have been here.'

To err is human, but when the eraser wears out ahead of the pencil, you're overdoing it.

I'm reluctant to draw many conclusions from private correspondence leaked without permission.

Gil Thorpe is a great diversion and is to book writing as poetry is to prose.

I would love to see as many of the black players as possible in today's Major League Baseball make every effort to go to the Negro Leagues Museum and get a first-hand view of how it all started.

Over the course of two terms, President Reagan revolutionized the Republican Party and changed the political atmosphere in a way still being felt today.

If a martian were to land on earth now and be told that the best batsman in the world was playing in this match, he would think it was Rahul Dravid and not Sachin Tendulkar.

A man is only as strong as the woman who holds him.

To aspiring writers, I say : Don't give up. Storytelling has been an integral part of the human condition since the beginning of time. Don't let anyone tell you your dreams don't have value. They do.

For stage wear and gowns, Julien McDonald, who is a friend of mine. I love that he can be totally over the top for stage wear!

Deep thoughts (come) from a deep well. Society is useful because when we see ourselves reflected through others we can gain a deeper understanding of ourselves.

All of the charities we're involved with have touched me in one way or another on a personal level. There are about eight or nine charities that I support.

Hello. My name is Henry. I am a fan. Somewhere in the late 1980s’, I got tired of people telling me to get a life. I wrote a book instead

I have heard of bloggers who don't accept awards. I accept them with open arms...why not? When we spread the love and gratitude around, we have more love and gratitude to give.

Left Behind takes what to some people may be unbelievable predictions from the Bible and shows how they might play out. It makes the events of biblical prophecy understandable and thus believable.

SOON was the first novel where I used a rough outline. Usually I have characters and an idea and write as a process of discovery. Like working without a net.

I've written enough books with real celebrities, such as Walter Payton and Hank Aaron and Billy Graham, to know that fame looks good only to people who don't have it.

Of course, bad marriages are so pervasive that they have invaded the faith community too.

I've only ever wanted to be a singer; I never wanted to be famous.

There is a lot of talk about a centre party - and that I might lead it. I find this idea profoundly unattractive