E.B. White Quotes

When you go through abuse - the behavior - what happens is all behavior stems from faulty belief.

I started with self gone missing.

When those types of situations[like abuse] begin to occur in your life - I had bought in from a very early age that fundamentally something must be wrong with me.

That defining moment at my friend's house, when his uncle looks in my eye and reads me the word of God, I have an awakening.

I can go on and on. In the Appalachians. I fed the poorest part of this nation for years coming up at Christmas.

I've also found thousands that have reached out to me in a way that maybe they never did. And it's broadened the ministry in other ways that people now relate.

No one goes into a marriage - when I went into my marriage many years ago, I thought I'd end my life with Randy [White]. And the divorce is not anything that I ever wanted to happen.

I never heard the gospel of Jesus Christ. I had never attended church, was never raised in a religious home, never had any insight of God or who he was until I was 18 years old.

I think, [ "You're All That"] it's based around the biblical principles and truths that transformed me.

I came to let you know, God is not going to his authenticity be destroyed.

"You're All That" goes back to really building a life from the core of who you're. And all of those things are layers. That's just your authentic life.

I now have a greater compassion than I have ever had before to know what it is to have the pain of a broken marriage. And I'm not saying I have an answer or solution for everyone.

I have actually gotten to like fear.

There is no acting in a serial. You simply race through the reels.

Why should I have my picture taken when I can get paid for it?

All the home I know is a hotel. Why, I don't even have a dog... I don't know the first thing about cooking or taking care of a house.

Oh, if people only knew how this business has grown.

All the women in my family were superb cooks.

The tough thing about writing is you go into a room alone, you close the door and you do your work.

Not long ago I made a list of Doc Ford books I would like to do, and I came up with 11 pretty easily. I like to let the characters go their own ways and see what happens. I find them fascinating.

My aunts still try to fatten me up.

Anybody could say anything they want about me, and it literally never penetrates my skin.

Apparently I ain't the only cat on the block digs cheetos.

I do live like a rock star, but it's not as great as it sounds. It's a lot of traveling.

I'm definitely guilty of thinking something is funny but thinking the audience won't. Then three years later I will finally try it and it'll kill them. I got to give them more credit.

I don't have a specific plan except for as long as people want to listen to me talk, I'm going to keep talking. I can't imagine a life without doing standup.

The hardest that I've laughed at a movie was probably Team America. I laughed 'til I thought I was just gonna throw up. I almost had to turn it off.

I don't do any corporate work.

I was a huge fan of comedy when I was a child.

The secret to failing isn't failing; the secret to failing is failing forward.

If you don't live in your strengths, you'll die in your weaknesses. Do first and most what you're good at, and bring others along who are good at your weaknesses.

We learn to trust man when he does what we expect him to do; we learn to trust God when He doesn't do what we expect Him to do.

When no one is selfless in a relationship, there is war. When one is selfless, there is peace. When both are selfless, there is joy.

Great leaders remove obstacles-including themselves.

It is home. The Twin Cities are home and [Ames] is home. It’s definitely always a place that’s going to be very special to me.

Take 30 seconds to encourage everyone you meet today. Everyone. Be genuine and transparent. And do it. Then do it tomorrow. Repeat.

If you can't change the status quo, make the status quo, change.

I'm just one of the kids, and all because the students at Hamilton Heights High School listened to the facts, educated their parents and themselves, and believed in me.

Entertainers, athletes, and stars started giving me support.

How could these people in the public eye not be afraid of me, but my whole town was?

I spent Christmas and the next thirty days in the hospital.

I received thousands of letters of support from all around the world, all because I wanted to go to school.

Eventually, I won the right to attend school, but the prejudice was still there.

Twice a week I would receive injections or IV's of Factor VIII which clotted the blood and then broke it down.

The first five to six years of my life were spent in and out of the hospital.

People would get up and leave so they would not have to sit anywhere near me.

Given six months to live and being the fighter that I am, I set high goals for myself.

A lot of my time was spent searching, thinking and planning my life.

Mayor Koch, of New York, was the first public figure to give me support.

This brought on the news media, TV crews, interviews, and numerous public appearances.