John Quotes

The processes of growth are gradual, bearing fruit in a decade, not a day.

The time is not far off when many nations in many parts of the world of many political shades and commitments will possess nuclear or even thermonuclear weapons.

The leadership of the American Legion has not had a constructive thought for the benefit of this country since 1918.

Since the time of the ancient Greeks, we have always felt that there was a close relationship between a strong, vital mind and physical fitness.

Unless liberty flourishes in all lands, it cannot flourish in one.

The great enemy of the truth is not the lie, deliberate, contrived and dishonest but the myth persistent, persuasive and unrealistic.

The only unchangable certainty in life is that nothing is unchangable or certain.

I do not speak for my church on public matters; and the church does not speak for me.

I have said that control of arms is a mission that we undertake particularly for our children and our grandchildren and that they have no lobby in Washington.

If I don't have a woman for three days, I get terrible headaches.

A Canadian newspaperman said yesterday that this is the President's "Easter egghead roll on the White House lawn." I want to deny that!

The new and terrible dangers which man has created can only be controlled by man.

We believe that when men reach beyond this planet, they should leave their national differences behind them.

This is not the land of my birth, but it is the land for which I hold the greatest affection, and I certainly will come back in the springtime

For only when our arms are sufficient beyond doubt can we be certain beyond doubt that they will never be employed.

Never have the nations of the world had so much to lose, or so much to gain. Together we shall save our planet, or together we shall perish in its flames.

The hope is there. The sun is rising. Our best days are yet to come.

Values spoken without actions taken are merely slogans.

Ask Osama bin Laden is he is better off now than he was four years ago.

I still believe Americas destiny is to become a living testament to what free human beings can accomplish by acting in unity.

Medicare is paid for by the American taxpayer. Medicare belongs to you. Medicare is for seniors, who many of them are on fixed income, to lift them out of poverty.

America is the most powerful economy in the world. We're an $18-trillion-dollar economy.

Unlike Washington, which is stuck in ideological gridlock, Americans feel the impact of climate change in their own hometowns and they know something must be done.

How can I be a folk? I'm from the suburbs you know.

Great editors do not discover nor produce great authors; great authors create and produce great publishers.

I learned that once it's over, it's really over, and to not take anything for granted.

Inconsistency is the bugbear of fools! I wouldn't give a damn for a fellow who couldn't change his mind with a change of conditions.

‎Halt looked up at the trees above him. "Why does this boy ask so many questions?" he asked the trees. Naturally, they didn't answer.

Then the two friends leaned back and watched the sun rise clear of the trees. “Best time of day,” said Will. Yes,” Horace agreed. “What’s for breakfast?

But then, in his lifetime, Halt had often ignored what was technically legal. Technicalities didn't appeal to him. All too often, they simply got in the way of doing the right thing.

Will raised both eyebrows. 'Well, you learn a new thing everyday,' he said reflectively. 'In your case, that's no exaggeration,' Halt said, completely straight-faced.

I am the lord of Redmont Fief. He is my tenant. I am his commander. End of story. Ipso facto. Case-o closed-o.

He had lost control over his own body, he realized dully.

Then, driven by the same impulse, they kissed him--Aylss on the let cheek, Evanlyn on the right. And then they glared daggers at each other. -pg 372

I'll build mine tomorrow," Horace said through a mouthful of food. "This is excellent, Will! When I have grandchildren, I'll name them all after you!

It's hard to tell a shallow person that they should care more about the feelings of the awkward and the alienated.

I wrote a thirty-second song that I couldn't finish for a year.

Christ's resurrection is the ground-work of our hope. And the new birth is our title or evidence of our interest in it.

Ask how to live? Write, write, write, anything; The world's a fine believing world, write news.

One hand washeth another, both the face. [Lat., Una mano lava l'altra, ed ambedue lavano il volto.]

There's just not a lot of guys around playing like that these days; a lot of steel players are plugging into stomp boxes, trying to sound like Jeff Beck on a steel guitar.

I'm now comfortable playing a lot of the old songs, and I've gotten out a lot of the old equipment.

Titles of honor add not to his worth, who is himself an honor of his titles.

Man is not the lord of all the world's animals. He is the protector.

You can say things in a comedy that you never can say in a drama.

We walked to the brink and we looked it in the face.

I am aware how almost impossible it is in this country to carry out a foreign policy not approved by the Jews.

You come to the United States not knowing what to expect. Then all your worst prejudices are confirmed.

All novelists should live in two different worlds: a real one and an unreal one.

Adulthood is not an age, but a stage of knowledge of self.