Philip Yancey Quotes
It's too bad prayer comes bundled in a package of 'spiritual disciplines.' Really, we should see prayer as a spiritual privilege. We don't do it as a callisthenic exercise to gain points with God; we do it, because it is good for us in every way.
Quotes to Explore
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Nelson Mandela is physically separated from us, but his soul and spirit will never die. He belongs to the whole world because he is an icon of equality, freedom and love, the values we need all the time everywhere.
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Like a cyclone, imperialism spins across the globe; militarism crushes peoples and sucks their blood like a vampire.
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Once you have commitment, you need the discipline and hard work to get you there.
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Today's designers don't care if fashion has no relationship to human anatomy.
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The difference between a violin and a viola is that a viola burns longer.
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I have favorite authors from a lifetime of reading, so there are some I'll automatically read every time they have a new novel. Included in them: Robert Goddard, Jeffery Deaver, Sophie Kinsella, Katherine Neville, Greg Isle, Laurie King, Lee Child, Lisa Tucker, Susan Howatch, Paul Auster. Barry Eisler, David Hewson, Tracy Chevalier.
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In so far as one denies what is, one is possessed by what is not, the compulsions, the fantasies, the terrors that flock to fill the void.
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You can't create a monster, then whine when it stomps on a few buildings.
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I believe nobody is stronger than the state. So the state would be strong, and we have to work altogether to make the strength of the state.
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I grew up in the South and went to church a lot.
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If an alien with an accounting degree touched down in America, it might conclude that we're a weird cult that spends 11 months living frugally and four crazy weeks buying tons of stuff we don't need. It wouldn't be entirely wrong, either.
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But, I couldn't live without creation gymnastics.
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Your most precious possessions on offense are your twenty-seven outs.
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Most people want security in this world, not liberty.
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My profession has helped me to grow up.
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Will I obliterate national debt? Sure, why not?
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I simply wanted to get through college as quickly as humanly possible. I had no interest in extracurricular activities or anything that required me to be social. I was allergic to people.
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I guess the reality is, everybody today has so many gadgets.
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It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.
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A fallen lighthouse is more dangerous than a reef.
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Film is like a casserole. Everybody is thrown into a pot, and we're all in it together.
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Part of any book is establishing the rules at the end of the world. My first book, 'The Intuitionist,' takes place in an alternative world where elevator inspectors are important, so you have to establish rules, and part of that is, How do people talk? How do they behave?
Colson Whitehead -
I think most human misery is due to well-meaning fanatics like him.
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It's too bad prayer comes bundled in a package of 'spiritual disciplines.' Really, we should see prayer as a spiritual privilege. We don't do it as a callisthenic exercise to gain points with God; we do it, because it is good for us in every way.
