John Quotes

I pride myself on the fact that my work has no socially redeeming value.

People vomitied at my movies; not because of the movie but because they were drunk. I took credit anyway.

Men forget everything; women remember everything.

Do you not weep? Other sins only speak; murder shrieks out. The element of water moistens the earth, But blood flies upwards and bedews the heavens.

We are always open to instruction, willing to be wiser every day than we were before, and to change whatever we can change for the better.

The bottom of the soul may be in repose, even while we are in many outward troubles; just as the bottom of the sea is calm, while the surface is strongly agitated.

Every one, though born of God in an instant, yet undoubtedly grows by slow degrees.

When you set yourself on fire, people love to come and see you burn.

Knowledge is a public good and increases in value as the number of people possessing it increases.

Since 'tis Nature's law to change, Constancy alone is strange.

Discipline yourself, and others won't need to.

Discipline of others isn't punishment. You discipline to help, to improve, to correct, to prevent, not to punish, humiliate, or retaliate.

Promise to think only the best, to work only for the best, and to expect only the best from yourself and others.

Make a decision! Failure to act is often the biggest failure of all.

Next to love, balance is the most important thing.

If you have a problem in mass society, you call the cops. The experts. You no longer have any operative connection with yourself or others, or with a functioning community.

We don't need more stupid ideas.

We have the freedom to choose between brand A, brand B, and brand C. That´s about it for freedom.

Humanity should question itself, once more, about the absurd and always unfair phenomenon of war.

The goal and target of our life is He, the Christ who awaits us -- each one singly and altogether -- to lead us across the boundaries of time to the eternal embrace of the God who loves us.

Violence is a crime against humanity, for it destroys the very fabric of society.

By dialogue, we let God be present in our midst, for as we open ourselves to one another, we open ourselves to God.

Prayer joined to sacrifice constitutes the most powerful force in human history.

My memories are inside me - they're not things or a place - I can take them anywhere.

Early detection is key," she said. "And if I hadn't found my lump early, I don't know what would have been. I am still here and I want to encourage women to do that on a regular basis.

I am extremely grateful. And that brings me back to reality on the days I am complaining about something.

All my life I have prayed to God that I should remain religiously orthodox, culturally conservative, politically liberal and economically pragmatic.

This is the highest point of philosophy, to be simple & wise; this is the angelic life.

Endurance is the queen of all virtues.

The drunken man is a living corpse.

Intemperance is a hydra with a hundred heads. She never stalks abroad unaccompanied with impurity, anger, and the most infamous profligacies.

The work to me is everything, and I would throw every rule overboard and send them to the bottom of the sea tomorrow, if I felt there were a more excellent way.

When they operated, I told them to put in a Koufax fastball. They did-but it was Mrs. Koufax's.

I consider nothing low but ignorance, vice, and meanness, characteristics generally found where the animal propensities predominate over the higher sentiments.

We have to solve the encryption problem. It is not easy.

People have accused me at times of having too big of a heart.But I have to also to say I must keep the people of my state safe. So we take a pause [in taking refugees].

Here is the thing about Donald Trump. Donald Trump is hitting a nerve in this country.

Its better to lose your ego to the One you Love than to lose the One you Love to your Ego

Pleasure is oft a visitant; but pain Clings cruelly to us.

The poppies hung Dew-dabbled on their stalks.

Blest are the pure in heart, for they shall see our God. The secret of the Lord is theirs; Their soul is Christ's abode.

It's great to be with William Buckley, because you don't have to think. He takes a position and you automatically take the opposite one and you know you're right.

The happiest time of anyone's life is just after the first divorce.

At best, in such depression times, monetary policy is a feeble reed on which to lean.

It would be foolish to suggest that government is a good custodian of aesthetic goals. But, there is no alternative to the state.

Education, particularly higher education, will take Africa into the mainstream of globalization.

I think maybe the most important thing that I or anybody at my company and any of my colleagues can do is establish a trusting, productive, collaborative relationship with creative people.

At Pixar, after every movie we have postmortum meetings where we discuss what worked and what didn't work.

Animation is the only thing I ever wanted to do in my whole life. I have no desire for live-action or anything else.

It struck him as a bit unfair that, at the age of eight, he should have manifested the same sense of solitude that haunted him at forty-three.