R. C. Sproul Quotes
I get irritated when I hear preachers say, "Come to Jesus and all your problems will be over." That's just simply a lie.
Quotes to Explore
-
After Brown, I went to Duke, to a Ph.D. program in American literature. My dad's an English professor. After a year there, I was like, 'Jesus. I don't want to do this. I don't want to be in the library.' So I pulled the ripcord, and that was it.
-
Truth-tellers who expect others to believe them tend to speak naturally and un-self-consciously. But if they don't expect to be believed, they may try too hard to seem honest. Unfortunately, the result makes them sound less believable. Obviously, then, not every oddly phrased statement is a lie.
-
Bruce always had to tell a lie. He was always living that lie. Caitlyn doesn't have any secrets.
-
A lie with a purpose is one of the worst kind, and the most profitable.
-
I'm the best in the world; thank you, Jesus, for that.
-
Don't see the point in reading ghost-written autobiographies, even though some of these published lives may fascinate me. The 'ghost' is always present, manipulating an interview into first-person singular text, and it feels like I'm reading a lie.
-
The third time you say a thing it sounds like a lie.
-
Look, all administrations, all governments lie, all officials lie and nothing they say is to be believed. That's a pretty good rule.
-
Jesus Christ belonged to the true race of prophets. He saw with open eye the mystery of the soul. Drawn by its severe harmony, ravished with its beauty, he lived in it and had his being there. Alone in all history, he estimated the greatness of man.
-
See, I believe that it is not true that different races and nations are alike. I'm profoundly convinced that that's a total lie. I think people are different. Sardinians, for example, have stubby little fingers. Bosnians have short necks.
-
I base jumped off the Jesus statue in Rio de Janeiro.
-
My best stories come out of nowhere, with no concern for form at all.
-
We all know that Art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth, at least the truth that is given to us to understand.
-
I have always appreciated designers who dare to reinterpret fabrics and proportions, so I follow the Japanese and Belgian designers. The pieces are so animated. When they lie still, they are one thing, but once you stand them up or wear them, they become something else.
-
The camera cannot lie, but it can be an accessory to untruth.
-
Tell the lie over and over and over. It's an art that Trump understands well. There's no better evidence than his absolutely false claim that he opposed the Iraq War in 2002.
-
I prefer death in Christ Jesus to power over the farthest limits of the earth. He who died in place of us is the one object of my quest. He who rose for our sakes is my one desire.
-
Art is the lie that enables us to realize the truth.
-
Thank you for loving me enough to let me go.
-
'Fruitvale' set the bar for what I wanted to do with my career, which was to make films that had consciousness and messaging in an entertaining package. Once I hit that mark, I never wanted to go back.
-
A normal man is one who has not only actualized his potentialities but has freed himself from his subjectivity.
-
First lady has been a thankless position. Eleanor Roosevelt was brilliant and had strong views. She was criticized for her politics and for her appearance. Mrs. Roosevelt was attacked for being too involved in politics. Bess Truman was criticized for being uninvolved in politics.
-
Wisdom demands a new orientation of science and technology toward the organic, the gentle, the elegant and beautiful.
-
I get irritated when I hear preachers say, "Come to Jesus and all your problems will be over." That's just simply a lie.
