John Quotes

Our deeds disguise us. People need endless time to try on their deeds, until each knows the proper deeds for him to do. But every day, every hour, rushes by. There is no time.

If by gaining knowledge we destroy our health, we labour for a thing that will be useless in our hands.

He that judges without informing himself to the utmost that he is capable, cannot acquit himself of judging amiss

Curiosity in children is but an appetite for knowledge.

An excellent man, like precious metal, is in every way invariable; A villain, like the beams of a balance, is always varying, upwards and downwards.

When ideas float in our mind, without any reflection or regard of the understanding, it is that which the French call reverie.

Try to realize all the blessings you have, and you will find perhaps that they are more than you suppose.

Before buying anything, it is well to ask if one could do without it.

We must not sit still and look for miracles; up and doing, and the Lord will be with thee.

Though it is a great mistake to make friends of the wicked and foolish, it is unwise to make enemies of them, for they are very numerous.

Empty vessels make the most sound.

A voluminous, prosaick, and drivelling Monk.

You should never, ever be understood completely. That's like the kiss of death, isn't it? It's a full stop. I don't ever think you should put full stops on thoughts. They change.

I nearly die of fear before I go on stage. Something wicked. I can't eat a thing the day before a gig.

He that loseth his honesty hath nothing else to lose.

Lips are no part of the head, only made for a double-leaf door for the mouth.

We're all living on borrowed time. The trick is to come up with works of sufficient interest to pay off the debt.

Christian action in the world will not be sustained or carried on in an intelligent and effective manner unless it is supported by doctrinal convictions that have achieved some degree of clarity.

You can't win a game if you don't score any points.

He would have scored a touchdown if he hadn't been tackled right there.

I believe in divine inspiration and things like that and I really relish a good, attentive, participating audience.

If we want to deliver opportunity for all, we need an economy that delivers jobs for the future.

People always say life is short. I've never been convinced of that - mine seems to have a tendency to go on and on.

You have to play your characters, not like them.

Theater is so ephemeral, and I love that.

How to paint the landscape: First you make your bow to the landscape. Then you wait, and if the landscape bows to you, then, and only then, can you paint the landscape.

I live in the light, But carry my dark with me.

The peculiar circumstances of the moment may render a measure more or less wise, but cannot render it more or less constitutional.

Don't be too eager to grow up. It ain't as much fun as it looks

My side ain't chosen. My side was given.

In our culture, the Oedipal drama succeeds in making us assume either a male or female sexual position. Certainly this is an ancient construct that's rapidly coming apart.

I need some kind of emotional stake in it to write my lyrics, assuming that place. It might just be an emotion I understand but am not currently experiencing necessarily.

I believe that my life's gonna see the love I give returned to me.

I love you more than songs can say, but I can't keep running after yesterday.

I know the heart of life is good.

Half of my heart's got a real good imagination, half of my heart's got you. . .Half of my hearts got a right mind to tell you that half of my heart won't do.

It is a good thing to make mistakes so long as you're found out quickly.

It is generally agreed that casinos should, in the public interest, be inaccessible and expensive. And perhaps the same is true of Stock Exchanges.

It is a mistake to think that one limits one’s risk by spreading too much between enterprises about which one knows little and has no reason for special confidence.

When the capital development of a country becomes a by-product of the activities of a casino, the job is likely to be ill-done

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

One's knowledge and experience are definitely limited and there are seldom more than two or three enterprises at any given time in which I personally feel myself entitled to put full confidence.

Paradoxically, it has turned out that game theory is more readily applied to biology than to the field of economic behavior for which it was originally designed

Mathematics is so much easier than words mathematics makes things clear that words merely muddle and confuse and mess up.

Bitcoin, generally, is a great idea. Keeping wallets on smartphones is the worst idea of the decade

Remember the words of Chairman Mao: 'It's always darkest before it's totally black.'.

If Serena Williams played the men's circuit she'd be like 700 in the world.

The best of life is life lived quietly, where nothing happens but our calm journey through the day, where change is imperceptible and the precious life is everything.

I practice all the scales. Everyone should know lots of scales. Actually, I feel there are only scales. What is a chord, if not the notes of a scale hooked together?

My entire life is dedicated to music, and at my age, that makes a lot of years! But all the work and dedication is only that I'm able to forget myself and let the music do the 'talking.'