John Quotes

Bats have no bankers and they do not drink and cannot be arrested and pay no tax and, in general, bats have it made.

The poverty of our century is unlike that of any other. It is not, as poverty was before, the result of natural scarcity, but of a set of priorities imposed upon the rest of the world by the rich.

You can commit no greater folly than to sit by the road side until someone comes along and invites you to ride with him to wealth or influence.

If you want to succeed, you must make your own opportunities as you go.

We mistakenly assume that if our partners love us they will react and behave in certain ways - the ways we react and behave when we love someone.

Ask anyone. If it hadn't been for Elvis, I don't know where popular music would be. He was the one that started it all off, and he was definitely the start of it for me.

Ten geographers who think the world is flat will tend to reinforce each other's errors ... Only a sailor can set them straight.

A society regulated by a public sense of justice is inherently stable.

Life is but a day; A fragile dewdrop on its perilous way From a tree's summit.

Wedlock is a padlock.

Pandemonium, the high capital Of Satan and his peers.

Comedians and impressionists used to be two different showbiz animals entirely, but now there's no such thing as a comedian who doesn't do impressions.

There is no hope for television by means of cathode-ray tubes.

A portrait is a painting with something wrong with the mouth.

The Kingdom of Heaven is within you.

It doesn't matter how long my hair is or what colour my skin is or whether I'm a woman or a man.

I was a busy kid in high school - a little bit of an overachiever, I guess. Prom king was kind of silly, but the rest of the stuff was important to me.

I do not understand how a man can be a true believer, in whom sin is not the greatest burden, sorrow and trouble.

I've been all over the world, and to be in Milan and see guys dressed as Jake and Elwood is amazing. They really have become a part of the culture.

The Confederate flag is one of those things that should only be seen on t-shirts, belt buckles and bumper stickers to help the rest of us identify the worst people in the world.

For me the printing process is part of the magic of photography. It's that magic that can be exciting, disappointing, rewarding and frustrating all in the same few moments in the darkroom.

study to practice in life that which the Lord commands, and then be you assured that you shall never hear nor read the same without fruit.

Headline?" he asked. "'Swing Set Needs Home,'" I said. "'Desperately Lonely Swing Set Needs Loving Home,'" he said. "'Lonely, Vaguely Pedophilic Swing Set Seeks the Butts of Children,'" I said.

When he spoke, what tender words he used! So softly, that like flakes of feathered snow, They melted as they fell.

I put everything I can into the mulberry of my mind and hope that it is going to ferment and make a decent wine. How that process happens, I'm sorry to tell you I can't describe.

If we are intended for great ends, we are called to great hazards.

I question the political judgement of those who would have the nerve to paint Christ white with his obvious African nose, lips and wooly hair.

But hopes are shy birds flying at a great distance, seldom reached by the best of guns.

I set myself up to be a bass guitarist and bass players get a lot more work than people like me.

We must make the invisible kingdom visible in our midst.

Everywhere immigrants have enriched and strengthened the fabric of American life.

I don't care what anybody says. The first tournament is not the hardest one to win. It's always the second one.

Six bucks and my right nut says we're not landing in Chicago.

If you're not happy without it, you'll never be happy with it.

Wherever you go in the world, you just have to say you're Canadian and people laugh

A dog is not almost-human, and I know of no greater insult to the canine race than to describe it as such.

Every inhabitant of this planet must contemplate the day when this planet may no longer be habitable .. The weapons of war must be abolished before they abolish us.

If you are doing things the same way as two years ago, you are almost certainly doing them wrong.

I wonder how many people I've looked at all my life and never seen.

Get off your horse and drink your milk.

My eyes are wide open to the conflicts within the Church, but I don't think you can call it schism.

And we have abundant natural energy resources in the country. We haven't been taking adequate advantage of them, and we can burn coal in a clean way; we could improve the grid.

Think not about your frustrations, but about your unfullfilled potential.

In the Mass and in Eucharistic Adoration we meet the merciful love of God that passes through the Heart of Jesus Christ.

All that we do without offering it to God is wasted.

Don't let that weapon technology proliferate. Don't let Saddam Hussein get capability for nuclear or chemical weapons, because he's already shown a willingness to use any weapon at his disposal.

You need experience, adventure, and explorations more than you need algebra!

I continually stress to my players that all I expect from them at practice and in the games is their maximum effort.

It is easy to love people in memory; the hard thing is to love them when they are there in front of you.

Here lies the body of my good horse, The General. For years he bore me around the circuit of my practice and all that time he never made a blunder. Would that his master could say the same.