John Quotes

What exactly was the difference? He wondered to himself. And who decided which people wore the striped pajamas and which people wore the uniforms?

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.

A man's got two shots for jewelry: a wedding ring and a watch. The watch is a lot easier to get on and off than a wedding ring.

I saw courage both in the Vietnam War and in the struggle to stop it. I learned that patriotism includes protest, not just military service.

Gratitude bestows reverence.....changing forever how we experience life and the world.

Economics is extremely useful as a form of employment for economists.

In the end, it doesn’t matter how well we have performed or what we have accomplished—a life without heart is not worth living.

You got one guy going boom, one guy going whack, and one guy not getting in the endzone.

When economic power became concentrated in a few hands, then political power flowed to those possessors and away from the citizens, ultimately resulting in an oligarchy or tyranny.

You've got to win in your mind before you win in your life.

You stupefied me. We waxed, Carnivores, late and alight In the beaded winter. All was ominous, luminous.

Here's the problem. Most people are thinking about what they don't want, and they're wondering why it shows up over and over again.

We only see what we look at. To look is an act of choice.

It's supposed to be automatic but actually you have to press this button.

Drumming was the only thing I was ever good at.

We only have one story. All novels, all poetry are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves of good and evil.

If I had 300 men who feared nothing but God, hated nothing but sin, and were determined to know nothing among men but Jesus Christ and Him crucified, I would set the world on fire.

My greatest strength is that I have no weaknesses.

America does not go abroad in search of monsters to destroy.

When cryptography is outlawed, bayl bhgynjf jvyy unir cevinpl.

It turns out that moving our muscles produces proteins that travel through the bloodstream and into the brain, where they play pivotal roles in the mechanisms of our highest thought processes.

I have so much of you in my heart.

Better to reign in hell than serve in heav'n.

Him that yon soars on golden wing, guiding the fiery-wheelèd throne, the Cherub Contemplation.

Every great political campaign rewrites the rules; devising a new way to win is what gives campaigns a comparative advantage against their foes.

Animals do not ‘give’ their life to us, as the sugar-coated lie would have it. No, we take their lives. They struggle and fight to the last breath, just as we would do if we were in their place.

But there is only one thing which gathers people into seditious commotion, and that is oppression

Don't let the things you don't have prevent you from using what you do have.

An artist painting a picture should have at his side a man with a club to hit him over the head when the picture is finished.

We all travel the Milky Way together, trees and men.

I kind of thought, wouldn't it be funny to take a swing at being on the weird side of mainstream?

If all else fails immortality can always be assured by adequate error.

You learn so much from taking chances, whether they work out or not. Either way, you can grow from the experience and become stronger and smarter.

I want to take TSA to the next level.

The view of the cross as the sacrifice for the sins of the world is a barbarian idea based on primitive concepts of God and must be dismissed.

Economics is like the Dutch language - I'm told it makes sense, but I have my doubts.

I believe animals should be respected as citizens of this earth. They should have the right to their own freedom, their own families, and their own life.

…So when the last and dreadful hour This crumbling pageant shall devour, The trumpet shall be heard on high, The dead shall live, the living die, And Music shall untune the sky

He with a graceful pride, While his rider every hand survey'd, Sprung loose, and flew into an escapade; Not moving forward, yet with every bound Pressing, and seeming still to quit his ground.

As God did not at first choose you because you were high, He will not now forsake you because you are low.

When the bird and the book disagree, believe the bird.

Humility leads to strength and not to weakness. It is the highest form of self-respect to admit mistakes and to make amends for them.

Along the river's summer walk, The withered tufts of asters nod; And trembles on its arid stalk the hoar plum of the golden-rod.

O woman, perfect woman! what distraction Was meant to mankind when thou wast made a devil!

Jesus never called the poor 'lazy,' fought for tax cuts for the wealthiest Nazarenes or asked a leper for a copay.

Expression is when you are at one with nothingness.

Ricardo Montalban is to improvisational acting what Mount Rushmore is to animation.

...we should realize that there are three sources for our thoughts - God, the devil, and ourselves.

Washington is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.

The world is very different now. For man holds in his mortal hands the power to abolish all forms of human poverty, and all forms of human life.