John Quotes
It stands for diversity. It stands for vision and strength. It stands for belief in the right things. That's what I think it stands for.
I'm like a child trying to do everything, say everything and be everything all at once.
Gravity. It keeps you rooted to the ground. In space, there's not any gravity. You just kind of leave your feet and go floating around. Is that what being in love is like?
If there is work there is warmth, that when a man has freedom of movement it is enough, for then his blood is hot too
The bank is something more than men, I tell you. It's the monster. Men made it, but they can't control it.
This quality of self-denial in pursuit of a longer-term goal and, indeed, the willpower to maintain the denial, is excellent training for the boardroom.
Take life with a pinch of salt A shot of tequila and a wedge of lime Do nothing at all But take your time
When you come slam bang up against trouble, it never looks half as bad if you face up to it.
I don't feel we did wrong in taking this great country away from them. There were great numbers of people who needed new land, and the Indians were selfishly trying to keep it for themselves.
Once the truth is denied to human beings, it is pure illusion to try to set them free. Truth and freedom either go together hand in hand or together they perish in misery.
If you had started doing anything two weeks ago, by today you would have been two weeks better at it.
The human imagination... has great difficulty in living strictly within the confines of a materialist practice or philosophy. It dreams, like a dog in its basket, of hares in the open.
Often people fail to start or complete a task because they don't see any connection between what they're doing and what they really want to accomplish in life.
Surprise! The returns reported by mutual funds aren't actually earned by mutual fund investors.
It is the opener of the heart of God, and a means by which the soul, though empty, is filled.
It is possible to learn all about the mysteries of the Bible and never be affected by it in one's soul. Great knowledge is not enough.
What, then, is this new man, the American? They are a mixture of English, Scotch, Irish, French, Dutch, Germans, and Swedes. From this promiscuous breed, that race, now called Americans, have arisen.
No one has ever successfully painted or photographed a redwood tree. The feeling they produce is not transferable. From them comes silence and awe
A woman of haughty and fierce carriage, of a nimble wit and active spirit, a very voluble tongue, more bold than a man.
Confession is an act of honesty and courage - an act of entrusting ourselves, beyond sin, to the mercy of a loving and forgiving God.
Concern yourself not with what you tried and failed in, but with what it is still possible for you to do.
Music is a communication. It's a two-way street. You need people to play to in order to make that connection complete. That's the way we look at it.
When the final result is expected to be a compromise, it is often prudent to start from an extreme position.
Having once been so high, humanity fell so low. What had once been dedicated to the soul was now dedicated to the sale.
Stand-up for me is just my opinions on things, so it wouldnt be as fun translated into a sketch. Nor would a sketch be as fun if it were me standing there saying it.
The trouble with government as it is, is that it doesn't represent the people. It controls them.
God seldom calls us for an easier life, but always calls us to know more of him and drink more deeply of His sustaining grace.
Do we eagerly long for the coming of Christ? Or do we want him to wait while our love affair with the world runs its course? That is the question that tests the authenticity of faith.
Never listen to accounts of the frailty of others; and if anyone should complain to you of another, humbly ask him not to speak about him at all.
If there is to be peace in our industrial life let the employer recognize his obligation to his employees - at least to the degree set forth in existing statutes.
