Jay Parini Quotes
Obviously, you're trying to peel through 20 centuries of theology, speculations, church doctrine and storytelling. I'm trying to get back to the absolute basic story of who was Jesus, what did he say, what was he teaching, and what did he do.
Quotes to Explore
-
I don't really love to perform in music. Some people like it more, but it's not my thing so much, but just the writing, when you get the lyric, and the lyric just goes just the right way, or you find the right bridge that takes you to the solo, and those moments are tremendous, and it's difficult to portray.
-
You only live twice. Once when you are born and once when you look death in the face.
-
Whenever I'm in Des Moines, I always make a trip to Manhattan Deli for a sandwich. I spent a lot of time there when I was going to college at Drake, so it's usually my one 'go-to' food stop when I'm in town.
-
I had $20,000, and I started up JYSK.
-
Energy is a concept that has been coined by physicists. There is no observable thing known as energy anywhere.
-
A liberal public is interesting to have as an audience. It is for that very reason that corporations make such an effort to ally themselves with cultural institutions.
-
If history and science have taught us anything, it is that passion and desire are not the same as truth.
-
There is much good luck in the world, but it is luck. We are none of us safe. We are children, playing or quarrelling on the line.
-
It's funny; people get so doctrinaire about music. It should be the last thing you don't have an open mind about.
-
We wish to ensure that young Africans do not feel disorientated in the century in which they live.
-
I never thought I would write a memoir at age 40... but I did have this unique place in history.
-
My position is that since the non-secular status of my garden is not recognised by the law; by the world of the public, then the garden can only be private. So, I closed the garden to the public.
-
People want you to fail.
-
Everything I do is blown out of proportion. It really hurts my feelings.
-
Nobody wants to see a half-finished Vine.
-
I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.
-
Dead people don't really die. They live on within you.
-
When the people who are responsible for our country ask you a direct question, I expect them to accept a direct answer, not to be blackballed because you are telling the truth.
-
I don't ever wanna come across too intimidating, so as long as I look like you can come up and give me a hug, that's good.
-
Life is difficult. Anyone who says different is trying to sell you something.
-
When I was 20 I was immensely proud of the rows of grey-spined Penguin Modern Classics in my bookcase.
-
Life changes very quickly in a very positive way if you let it.
-
I've never been asked to appear on 'I'm a Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!,' so I guess I mustn't be on the professional skids just yet.
-
Obviously, you're trying to peel through 20 centuries of theology, speculations, church doctrine and storytelling. I'm trying to get back to the absolute basic story of who was Jesus, what did he say, what was he teaching, and what did he do.
