John Quotes

Awake, arise or be for ever fall’n.

But neither money nor machines can create. They shuttle tokens of energy, but they do not transform. A civilization based on them puts people out of touch with their creative powers.

Why don’t we break up? I guess I stay with her because she stays with me. And that’s not an easy thing to do.

I wanted to be one of those people who have streaks to maintain, who scorch the ground with their intensity. But for now, at least I knew such people, and they needed me, just like comets need tails.

Nothing truly wild is unclean.

If there is such a phenomenon as absolute evil, it consists in treating another human being as a thing.

All political parties die at last of swallowing their own lies.

The only dreams that matter are the ones you have when you're awake.

Beware the fury of a patient man.

Life is entrusted to man as a treasure which must not be squandered, as a talent which must be used well.

I would wish that people would accept people for who they are, not be judgemental, allow people to live their lives and enjoy themselves and that would be my wish for people.

Learn to do thy part and leave the rest to Heaven.

The purification of politics is an iridescent dream.

I'm so thankful for the active obedience of Christ. No hope without it.

To be a human being is to be in a state of tension between your appetites and your dreams, and the social realities around you and your obligations to your fellow man.

My work is to reach people with ideas, hopes, dreams, encouragement, insight, and revelation. That's what an actor wants to do.

One of the reasons people stop learning is that they become less and less willing to risk failure.

The stars, that nature hung in heaven, and filled their lamps with everlasting oil, give due light to the misled and lonely traveller.

Nature is the most beautiful thing we have. It's better than art because it's from the creator.

If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that.

Being born into the Royal Family is like being born into a mental asylum. Marrying into it is not something to be taken lightly.

In marketing I've seen only one strategy that can't miss - and that is to market to your best customers first, your best prospects second and the rest of the world last.

He who laughs most, learns best.

As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars.

Do you know the only thing that gives me pleasure? It's to see my dividends coming in.

If there is one eternal truth of politics, it is that there are always a dozen good reasons for doing nothing.

It is of great use to the sailor to know the length of his line, though he cannot with it fathom all the depths of the ocean.

I ask the people of Connecticut for their forgiveness, I should have paid more attention to people around me and people that I trusted but I am sorry for my actions and take full responsibility.

Every article on these islands has an almost personal character, which gives this simple life, where all art is unknown, something of the artistic beauty of medieval life.

My loving sister Mary has always shared the pain and pleasure of my heartbeat in a unique and special way. We have sung our sad and warm songs together.

The importance of money flows from it being a link between the present and the future.

Tradition wears a snowy beard, romance is always young.

Things of this world are in so constant a flux, that nothing remains long in the same state.

If you're spending so much time at the gym that your mail is forwarded there, you're not dedicated - you've got a mental disorder.

In my mind, there are too many copycat web products out there that are doing the same thing.

The great thing about rock and roll is that someone like me can be a star.

And I talked to my doctor, and I must admit, you know, I'm sometimes quite renowned for my outbursts and I was just very frustrated, maybe a little frightened.

Well, I'm a huge fan of Ryan Adams, who's from North Carolina. And he's beginning to break really quite big.

Get the love you deserve and gave your partner the love and support he deserves

Music's the medicine of the mind.

Mathematics is no more computation than typing is literature.

Know, then, whatever cheerful and serene supports the mind supports the body too.

The Patriot Act allows and provides a basis for an exchange of information.

The most important part of living life on your own terms and having it all is having faith and belief in yourself and in the intelligent power that created you.

Everybody free-solos. When you walk to the store, you're free-soloing. It's just a matter of the difficulty of the route.

Have I today done anything to fulfill the purpose for which Thou didst cause me to be born?

There's no such thing as a bad photograph.

Photos should suggest a word(s) and vice versa. They should be equal and interchangeable.

That should be the goal for all art, to be as simple as a flashcard.

There's a lot of me in Captain Jack and there's a lot of Captain Jack in me. And there is no pun intended.