Brennan Manning Quotes

The outstretched arms of Jesus exclude no one, not the drunk in the doorway, the panhandler on the street, gays and lesbians in their isolation, the most selfish and ungrateful in their cocoons, the most unjust of employers and the most overweening of snobs. The love of Christ embraces all without exception.

Brennan Manning

• Jesus
• Arms
• Employers
• Lesbians
• Love of Christ

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• Whether I build a character from the ground up or develop one, whether within my own copyright or in licensed work, I can step into that character's mind. It takes a kind of voluntary dissociation akin to method acting, military planning, marketing, or detective work: to think like the other guy and work out what he's going to do next.

  

  Karen Traviss
  • Up
  • Work
  • Mind

• Being creative and making money in the theater is very challenging.

  

  Val Kilmer
  • Money
  • Creative
  • Theater

• We are very near the final climactic events that end with the Second Coming of Christ.

  

  Hal Lindsey
  • End
  • Christ
  • Final

• It's very strange that you condemn me as a terrorist at the same time as you call on me to help you combat terrorism in Iraq and elsewhere. It doesn't make sense!

  

  Walid Muallem
  • Time
  • Help
  • Me

• I am very old-fashioned about marriage. It is for life and I mean it. I always knew that when I met the right girl, the life I had before - being single, in a band, girls everywhere - would be over.

  

  Gary Numan
  • Life
  • Girl
  • Single

• Decisions are always made with insufficient information. If you really knew what was going on, the decision would make itself.

  

  Jack McDevitt
  • Decision

• Indian, Indian what did you die for? Indian says, nothing at all.

  

  Jim Morrison The Doors
  • Die

• One wishes to go on. On this great river one could glide forever - and here we discover the definition of bliss, salvation, Heaven, all the old Mediterranean dreams: a journey from wonder to wonder, drifting through eternity into ever-deeper, always changing grandeur, through beauty continually surpassing itself: the ultimate Homeric voyage.

  

  Edward Abbey
  • Great
  • Heaven
  • Forever

• The bond between the United States and Britain has always been strong. It has survived through war and peace, periods of prosperity and economic hardship.

  

  Louis Susman
  • War
  • Strong
  • Peace

• I'd say the majority of my friends are Australians, although I have some good American friends, but I think with Aussies, we just get it. We don't take each other too seriously, which is a relief.

  

  Bella Heathcote
  • Good
  • Friends
  • American

• We never know all the facts and the more we're mindful of how we deal with people, the more opportunity we have to evolve.

  

  Mary McDonnell
  • People
  • Opportunity

• My process is very disempowering to the director anyway, so it's essential that you be respectful. Once we've sort of found the scene, I have to get out of there, because you don't want to split the actor's idea of who's in charge.

  

  David Milch

• The human brain can soften as a result of incessant listening to music with an intent to commit prose.

  

  Donal Henahan
  • Music
  • Brain
  • Listening

• I want to be host of 'SNL.' I want to work with Steven Spielberg, Leonardo DiCaprio, J.J. Abrams, Emma Stone and Tim Burton, Sean Penn, Cameron Crowe. I want to work with Adam Sandler - he is so funny - and Tina Fey and Amy Poehler.

  

  David Mazouz
  • Work
  • Funny

• I don't think there's anything wrong with a little sweat. I'm always moving, so it's normal for me, and it actually makes my curly hair better because it gives it a bit more texture and volume.

  

  Jillian Hervey
  • Moving
  • Hair

• Four personalities are bound to clash.

  

  John Deacon Queen

• I mean I think that Blondie's influence is a little bit in a way more eclectic than those bands.

  

  Debbie Harry Blondie

• I don't hold much of care for 3D. I think it's a passing fad. It came and went in the '60s. I don't see what it adds to the story.

  

  Ciaran Hinds

• Having previously graduated from a 2-year commercial arts class, I thought that commercial illustration was the best way to make a living doing art. But the more tattoos that I did, the more I realized what artistic career potential tattooing had and I enjoyed it.

  

  William Webb
  • Careers
  • Artistic
  • Tattoo

• It is impossible to conduct your life as a disciple without definite times of secret prayer.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • Life
  • Prayer
  • Conduct

• Won't you look down upon me, Jesus, You've got to help me make a stand. You've just got to see me through another day. My body's aching and my time is at hand And I won't make it any other way.

  

  James Taylor
  • Time
  • Help
  • Hand

• I want to live my life the way Jesus does - I want to love people.

  

  David A. R. White
  • People
  • Life
  • Live

• The golden rule for understanding spiritually is not intellect, but obedience. If a man wants scientific knowledge, intellectual curiosity is his guide; but if he wants insight into what Jesus Christ teaches, he can only get it by obedience.

  

  Oswald Chambers
  • Knowledge
  • Understanding
  • Jesus

• The outstretched arms of Jesus exclude no one, not the drunk in the doorway, the panhandler on the street, gays and lesbians in their isolation, the most selfish and ungrateful in their cocoons, the most unjust of employers and the most overweening of snobs. The love of Christ embraces all without exception.

  

  Brennan Manning
  • Jesus
  • Arms
  • Employers