John Quotes

For earthly princes lay aside their power when they rise up against God, and are unworthy to be reckoned among the number of mankind. We ought, rather, utterly to defy them.

Unless we ardently and prayerfully devote ourselves to Christ's righteousness we do not only faithlessly revolt from our Creator, but we also abjure him as our Savior.

This is plainly to ascribe divinity to 'free will.'

The invention of the arts, and other things which serve the common use and convenience of life, is a gift of God by no means to be despised, and a faculty worthy of commendation.

Even if this earth is only a vestibule, we ought undoubtedly to make such a use of its blessing that we are assisted rather than delayed in our journey.

The denial of ourselves which Christ has so diligently commanded his disciples from the beginning will at last dominate all the desires of our heart.

The only skills I have the patience to learn are those that have no real application in life.

It is not lawful for you to make a compromise with God: to try to fulfill part of your duties and to omit others at your own pleasure.

I don't need to compromise my principles, because they don't have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway.

It seems like there'd be no Donald Trump without the internet, first of all. He's a tweeter, which is basically just a bullhorn.

I spent a lot of time with making sure everyone felt wanted.

I love British female directors lately.

I'm going to go wherever I'm needed.

The belief in a Divine education, open to each man and to all men, takes up into itself all that is true in the end proposed by culture, supplements, and perfects it.

For with all our pretension to enlightenment, are we not now a talking, desultory, rather than a meditative generation?

Beauty comes, we scarce know how, as an emanation from sources deeper than itself.

Now I spend hours on headlines - days if necessary. And when I get a good headline, I know that my task is nearly finished.

Readers know what the copy is going to say.

The business of judging a headline AFTER you read the copy is wrong. It takes for granted that everybody reads the copy.

New York is all about people and the things people make.

The Broadway schedule is so tough, so relentless there was almost no time to enjoy all the stuff.

I do remember realizing one day that I loved plays more than I loved playing concertos.

There's always down time when you're an actor, especially a character actor.

It's always easy to get parts when you're a guy!

Messi is much more than being clever. He is a genius who reserves all his expressiveness for football.

A private company can't compete against the resources of the second largest economy in the world.

Rosie Grier was the springboard to the return of my life.

[Peter Norman] was a man of principle and pride, had a strong moral character.

Yet and still, Peter Norman took into account that the aboriginals were suffering just as much in Australia as Blacks in the United States were suffering.

Peter [Norman] never vacated from himself as to who he was.

My kids going to school and teachers denying my kids the grades that they should have once they found out that I was their father.

I'm not too proud to do any job to support my family.

Peter Norman is a humanitarian, and I say "is" because in my life, Peter Norman is never deceased. He's always going to live with me.

City's effort to end homelessness among veterans is different than how things used to be in L.A.

You can prematurely optimize maintainability, flexibility, security, and robustness just like you can performance.

I wanted to remain a technical adviser for Id, but it just didn't work out. Probably for the best, as the divided focus was challenging.

I like to think I'm pretty good at what I do.

Fears are all psychological. Being afraid of death, loss of a loved one and disfigurement are all powered by your mind, and that's very powerful stuff.

When you have no money, you need invention.

I don't watch my films. I've seen 'em enough after cutting them and putting the music on. I don't ever want to see them again.

Anybody can make a movie, if you have the will. The digital revolution has made it very inexpensive to make a film. Anybody who wants to can do it.

Remakes, in general, are a result of necessity being the mother of invention. They can't open movies consistently and break through the advertising clutter that's out there.

As a filmmaker, it's about surviving and lasting. So many talented people that I've known in my life - directors and writers - just haven't made it and haven't had a chance.

Horror is a reaction; it's not a genre. Somebody's life would have to be in danger for it [story] to be a horror story.

First of all, I was a wrestling fan when I was young. Even when I figured out what wrestling was, I was still a fan.

There's nothing better than being in an asylum, if you're going to have a bunch of crazy people in an asylum, and they're all beautiful Hollywood actresses.

I think there are certain subjects I don't want to tackle, that I don't think I could do a good job with. I don't think I'd be good with... broad comedy? I don't know. Maybe I would.

I just aim for basketball season to start. I don't really care about anything else in life.

You have to fight really hard for a private life, and sometimes you don't have one. It just gets to you after a while. It's tough.

From a will: And to my communist nephew Oswald, I leave the sum of 10,000 pounds - to be shared equally with his fellow Britishers.