Philip Yancey Quotes
When I write, I try to represent the ordinary person in the pew, which means that, ironically, I'm qualified to write about prayer by being unqualified!
Philip Yancey
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My father was in law enforcement growing up. He was a probation officer. And I've always understood the point of view of the peace officer, you know, because of my dad.
Larry Wilmore
I didn't equate a POW camp with a concentration camp.
Larry Hovis
I like hip-hop, but I don't like concerts. There's, like, sweat on people's backs.
T. J. Miller
Ultimately, the reason we have a Constitution, the reason we have separation of powers, the reason we have the Fourteenth Amendment is to provide the courts with the opportunity to override the will of the people when the will of the people discriminates against a segment of our society.
Ted Olson
Only as an individual can man become a philosopher.
Karl Jaspers
There's a lot of judgement that can come from outside sometimes, and there's media scrutiny that is placed on a lot of women in the public eye, and I just couldn't care less. I really couldn't care less.
Kate Winslet
On Nov. 5, 2012, my friend Elliott Carter died in New York at the age of 103. For me, he was and remains one of the most interesting figures of music history in the past century.
Daniel Barenboim
My cousin in Louisiana started a small company with a little savings, renovating houses. A single mom, she saved enough to buy a home and provide child care for her son. When the economy went belly up, so did her company. She was forced to sell her home and move in with her parents.
Brown Campbell
I just got a band together in mid-2012, and we played our first show in October of that year.
Vance Joy
I don't think I'm proud of anything in acting.
Eddie Albert
I don't like being in debt, and I wouldn't borrow money for anything.
Cameron Mackintosh
I was made fun of at a young age. I would fight a lot in the streets, and it has a lot to do with the way I am today. It helped my development as a fighter, but what can I say?
Canelo Alvarez
Yeah, there was a six-year period where I was pretty much done with show business. During college and then for about two years after college.
Anna Chlumsky
To care only for well-being seems to me positively ill-bred. Whether it's good or bad, it is sometimes very pleasant, too, to smash things.
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Every day be thankful for the nights that turn into mornings, friends that turn into family and dreams that turn into reality.
Granger Smith
I think the most important thing that I can offer young musicians is once you get up on the bandstand, understanding that you're now asking this prayer to come through you. When you think about music it's got to be that way. Just the thrill of being able to play another note, not to win anything or get a trophy.
Bobby Hutcherson
That's not really important what religion people are attached to, because by the same argument I have a lot of Christian friends and Moslem friends. It's just happened that I do have a lot of relatives and friends who are Jewish.
Paul McCartney
Paul McCartney and Wings
When I write, I try to represent the ordinary person in the pew, which means that, ironically, I'm qualified to write about prayer by being unqualified!
Philip Yancey
