John Quotes

To live is to change, and to be perfect is to have changed often.

Be very careful what you say to yourself because someone very important is listening . . . YOU!

I do not like Melbourne in its present state.

There is no data that can be displayed in a pie chart, that cannot be displayed BETTER in some other type of chart.

We can guess that the unacceptable conduct of the soldiers at Abu Ghraib resulted in part from the dangerous state of affairs on the ground in a theater of war.

In light of the Abu Ghraib prison scandal, critics are arguing that abuses of Iraqi prisoners are being produced by a climate of disregard for the laws of war.

Originality is the one thing which unoriginal minds cannot feel the use of.

The loss of liberty in general would soon follow the suppression of the liberty of the press; for it is an essential branch of liberty, so perhaps it is the best preservative of the whole.

The outstanding faults of the economic society in which we live are its failure to provide for full employment and its arbitrary and inequitable distribution of wealth and incomes.

The attitude, and the mind, is where it all starts.

Don't give up! Don't give in! Keep the faith! And keep your eyes on the prize!

I like when things are crazy. Something good comes out of exhaustion.

When I went to school, they asked me what I wanted to be when I grew up. I wrote down happy.

I have always loved you.

In the dark night of the soul, bright flows the river of God.

It seems we are capable of immense love and loyalty, and as capable of deceit and atrocity. It's probably this shocking ambivalence that makes us unique.

You just never know when somebodys gonna die. It could happen at any moment so youve got to really treat everybody that way. Just really let everybody know how you feel about them.

I would rather be the candidate of the NAACP than the NRA.

The more the merrier.

I would rather hire a man with enthusiasm, than a man who knows everything.

A man can fail many times, but he isn't a failure until he begins to blame somebody else.

Land and sea, weakness and decline are great separators, but death is the great divorcer for ever.

What we see depends mainly on what we look for.

Proliferation of nuclear weapons to terrorist organisations is far more dangerous than proliferation of nuclear weapons to states, even states like North Korea.

Sometimes you lose a battle. But mischief always wins the war

I would always love Alaska Young, my crooked neighbor, with all my crooked heart.

Every right implies a responsibility; Every opportunity, an obligation, Every possession, a duty.

Kids are at my level. I like goofing around with them.

Melbourne is wonderfully altered since I last saw it. There are some very fair buildings in it now, and things are a little cheaper than they used to be.

Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is near.

I didn't vote for him, but he's my President, and I hope he does a good job.

You either learn your way towards writing your own script in life, or you unwittingly become an actor in someone else's script.

It is plain to me that our prelates in granting indulgences do commonly blaspheme the wisdom of God.

What is classical music if not the epitome of sensuality, passion, and understated erotica that popular music, even with all of its energy and life, cannot even begin to touch?

You can set up an altar to God in your minds by means of prayer. And so it is fitting to pray at your trade, on a journey, standing at a counter or sitting at your handicraft.

Riches are not forbidden, but the pride of them is.

Technological possibilities are irresistible to man. If man can go to the moon, he will. If he can control the climate, he will.

My favorite water cooler topic is fantasy football. I used to make fun of friends for doing it and now I'm obsessed.

You will never become who you want to be if you keep blaming everyone else for who you are now.

First, it was not a strip bar, it was an erotic club. & And second, what can I say? I'm a night owl.

The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.

Strategic planning is worthless - unless there is first a strategic vision.

Our tools are extensions of our purposes, and so we find it natural to make metaphorical attributions of intentionality to them; but I take it no philosophical ice is cut by such examples.

Geography has made us neighbors. History has made us friends. Economics has made us partners, and necessity has made us allies. Those whom God has so joined together, let no man put asunder.

If you want to succeed you should strike out on new paths, rather than travel the worn paths of accepted success.

We choose what attitudes we have right now. And it's a continuing choice.

You know as well as I do that counterinsurgency is a very nuanced type of military operation.

God doesn't author hardship but uses it to strengthen us for greater conquests. He never leads us into a storm that He doesn't give us the power to overcome.

I’m concerned about the fact there seems to be a war on the poor - that if you’re poor, somehow you’re shiftless and lazy.

Many people are so poor because the only thing they have is money.