John Quotes

Never apologize for being nerdy.

The story of your life is not your life; it's your story.

Is man a savage at heart, skinned o'er with fragile Manners? Or is savagery but a faint taint in the natural man's gentility, which erupts now and again like pimples on an angel's arse?

The evil of infatuation is illustrated by the drunkard.

Modern thought has transferred the spectral character of Death to the notion of time itself. Time has become Death triumphant over all.

This world is gradually becoming a place Where I do not care to be any more.

I conclude now I have no inner resources, because I am heavy bored. Peoples bore me, literature bores me, especially great literature.

History must not be written with bias, and both sides must be given, even if there is only one side.

Focus on where you are instead of where you wish you were. The joy will follow.

An Affront to the Rule of Law and to the Constitution Itself

There's no such thing as the United Nations.

If Iran obtains nuclear weapons, then almost certainly Saudi Arabia will do the same, as will Egypt, Turkey and perhaps others in the region.

My nerves before a gig got worse; I had terrible bad nerves all the time. Once we started... I was fine.

The more extreme and the more expressed that passion is, the more unbearable does life seem without it. It reminds us that if passion dies or is denied, we are partly dead.

I want to see more people of different backgrounds being cast in films. I want to see people from inner cities being discovered, because that's where you find some really brilliant artists.

Sitting around miserable all day won't make you any happier.

The E.U. imports more agricultural goods from developing countries around the world than does the U.S., Canada and Japan, combined.

They will attach you in the morning and they will come booming - skirmishers three deep. You will have to fight like the devil until supports arrive.

Old truths are always new to us, if they come with the smell of heaven upon them.

The man that takes up religion for the world will throw away religion for the world.

Though it be said that faith cometh by hearing, yet it is the Spirit that worketh faith in the heart through hearing, or else they are not profited by hearing.

The same yesterday, today, and forever.

If I were to name the three most precious resources of life, I should say books, friends, and nature.

Nature is not benevolent; Nature is just, gives pound for pound, measure for measure, makes no exceptions, never tempers her decrees with mercy, or winks at any infringement of her laws.

Successful investing is about owning businesses and reaping the huge rewards provided by the dividends and earnings growth of our nation's - and, for that matter, the world's - corporations.

If the data do not prove that indexing wins, well, the data are wrong.

The will of a majority is the will of a rabble. Progressive democracy is incompatable with liberty.

Japan is a great nation. It should begin to act like one.

In all large corporations, there is a pervasive fear that someone, somewhere is having fun with a computer on company time. Networks help alleviate that fear.

The more you do, the more you fail. The more you fail, the more you learn. The more you learn, the better you get.

There are two kinds of people in this world: those who want to get things done, and those who don't want to make mistakes.

To achieve all that is possible, we must attempt the impossible. To be all we can be, we must dream of being more.

There is absolutely no way to increase your income quicker than reading 30 minutes a day

Diligent follow-up and follow-through will set you apart from the crowd and communicate excellence.

Although it's admirable to be ambitious and hard-working, it's more desirable to be smart-working.

Integrity is not a given factor in everyone's life. It is a result of self-discipline, inner trust, and a decision to be relentlessly honest in all situations in our lives.

If you're a leader, it's important to set aside time to quiet yourself and listen for God's direction.

Leaders don't rise to the pinnacle of success without developing the right set of attitudes and habits; they make every day a masterpiece.

The timing of your decision is just as important as the decision you make.

No one achieves greatness by becoming a generalist. You don't hone a skill by diluting your attention to its development. The only way to get to the next level is focus.

Attitudes are nothing more than habits of thought.

Man is the only kind of varmint sets his own trap, baits it, then steps in it.

To finish is sadness to a writer — a little death. He puts the last word down and it is done. But it isn't really done. The story goes on and leaves the writer behind, for no story is ever done.

The object of love is the best and most beautiful. Try to live up to it.

The command to judge not is not a requirement to be blind, but rather a plea to be generous. Jesus does not tell us to cease to be men... but to renounce the presumptuous ambition to be God.

The Cross is the blazing fire at which the flame of our love is kindled, but we have to get near enough for its sparks to fall on us.

The symbol of the religion of Jesus is the cross, not the scales.

It is impossible to pray for someone without loving him, and impossible to go on praying for him without discovering that our love for him grows and matures.

In the long-run, the best proof of a good character is good actions.

When one's ideas are not challenged, one's ability to defend them weakens.