John Quotes

Getting you a date to prom is so hard that the hypothetical idea itself is used to cut diamonds.

Being on a movie set is like one long financial crisis.

The American spirit wears no political label. In service to others and yes, in sacrifice for our country, there are no Republicans; there are no Democrats; there are only Americans.

My buddies wanted to be firemen, farmers or policemen, something like that. Not me, I just wanted to steal people's money!

The man who starts out simply with the idea of getting rich won't succeed, you must have a larger ambition.

The ability to deal with people is as purchasable a commodity as sugar or coffee and I will pay more for that ability than for any other under the sun.

Too often we... enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought.

Scripture is like a pair of spectacles which dispels the darkness and gives us a clear view of God.

The only way I'll ever make the Ryder Cup team is when I become captain; then I can name myself to the team.

There's nothing wrong with sobriety in moderation.

I need people to call me, I never remember to call anyone - otherwise I'll just sit in my house and listen to music all day.

Programming is not a zero-sum game. Teaching something to a fellow programmer doesn't take it away from you. I'm happy to share what I can, because I'm in it for the love of programming.

The bond between friends cannot be broken by chance; no interval of time or space can destroy it. Not even death itself can part true friends.

Learn to say 'no' to the good so you can say 'yes' to the best.

All war is a symptom of man's failure as a thinking animal.

Talking, talking. Spinning a web of words, pale walls of dreams, between myself and all I see.

Limitless undying love which shines around me like a million suns it calls me on and on across the universe.

Google is a global Rorschach test. We see in it what we want to see. Google has built an infrastructure that makes a lot of dreams closer to reality.

As people are walking all the time, in the same spot, a path appears.

There is no language like the Irish for soothing and quieting.

But there is merit even in the mentally retarded legislator. He asks the questions that everyone is afraid to ask for fear of seeming simple.

... just as food is necessary to the life of the body, so good reading is necessary to the life of the soul.

We are all members of the same great family ... On social occasions the formality of strictly military occasions should be relaxed, and a spirit of friendliness and goodwill should prevail.

The onset of bayonets in the hands of the valiant is irresistible.

Beauty has no relation to price, rarity, or age.

Each generation must assume the responsibility of securing their manhood, their womanhood, the definition of their being on earth that in the final analysis is nationhood.

The show is being changed right now, by the way. Jeff Burke is doing it for the Magic Kingdom. And I think it will be better, with new birds, master of ceremonies, etc.

The main thing between you and God is not so much your sins; it's your damnable good works.

How much money does it take to make a man happy? Just one more dollar.

Lets talk to one another instead of about one another.

A great change is at hand, and our task, our obligation, is to make that revolution, that change, peaceful and constructive for all.

I'm not interested in meeting people's expectations, and I'm not interested in pleasing people.

Focus is a matter of deciding what things you're not going to do.

Note to self: Pasty-skinned programmers ought not stand in the Mojave desert for multiple hours.

Come dance with the west wind and touch on the mountain tops Sail o'er the canyons and up to the stars And reach for the heavens and hope for the future And all that we can be and not what we are.

Civility is not a sign of weakness.

I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.

You've got to stay humble and hungry. Just keep working and thank God you have a chance to play in the NBA.

It is simply impossible to lead, without the aid of prayer, a virtuous life.

If each day is a gift, I'd like to know where to return Mondays!

A peaceful man does more good than a learned one.

Euthanasia is a grave violation of the law of God, since it is the deliberate and morally unacceptable killing of a human person.

Four hoarse blasts of a ship's whistle still raise the hair on my neck and set my feet to tapping.

Men of integrity, by their very existence, rekindle the belief that as a people we can live above the level of moral squalor. We need that belief; a cynical community is a corrupt community.

Abortion, euthanasia, human cloning, for example, risk reducing the human person to a mere object: life and death to order, as it were!

The object of universities is not to make skillful lawyers, physicians or engineers. It is to make capable and cultivated human beings

Let me do all the good I can, to all the people I can, as often as I can, for I shall not pass this way again.

I shall not die, but live; and again declare the evil deeds of the friars.

A leader must listen to those under their supervision.

The good news is that Jesus is praying for us. The bad news is that we are going to need it!