Brigham Young Quotes

Let us preach righteousness, and practice it. I do not wish to preach what I do not practice.

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• A lot of young men are frustrated and looking for someone to blame.

  

  Warren Farrell
  • Men
  • Looking
  • Blame

• It's harder, but we're still finding oil in Oklahoma today. The bar has been raised on startup companies, but it can still be done. Every regulation and every rule limits you, but, yes, it can still be done. That's the beauty of living in a free country and having the freedom to have an idea and become an entrepreneur.

  

  Harold Hamm
  • Country
  • Done
  • Today

• It was weird - writing is a stupid thing to do. I come up here in the morning to a pleasant room in the roof of my house and imagine I'm a black South American football superstar; then I have to imagine I'm a female pop celebrity who's pregnant. It's a completely mad way to spend your time.

  

  Mal Peet
  • Up
  • Time
  • Writing

• I met Jared Leto at Soho House in Berlin.

  

  Gabrielle Aplin
  • House
  • Met
  • Berlin

• The thing is, one in three women in the Western world will end up having an abortion, but they never talk about it. When you keep silent about that stuff, it is because you are embarrassed by the societal distaste of the topic.

  

  Caitlin Moran
  • Up
  • World
  • Women

• Leaving things behind and starting again is a way of coping with difficulties. I learnt very early in my life that I was able to leave a place and still remain myself.

  

  Rachel Cusk
  • Life
  • Myself
  • My Life

• I lived in Paris for four years, so I am obsessed with pastries. Croissants, pain au chocolat, cakes, macarons, all of that!

  

  Barbara Fialho
  • Paris
  • Chocolate
  • Pastries

• When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it is an act which springs from His love of men to leave the house and to go away to those who are not able to come to Him.

  

  Origen
  • Men
  • Love
  • House

• The fun of sitting around Pangong Lake with 40 guys around a fireplace, having a glass of wine... staying in one camp together... that's an experience. Waking up at 5 in the morning, watching the sun come up. You don't do these things in Bombay.

  

  Gautam Singhania
  • Up
  • Experience
  • Together

• Love her? You're devoid of all feeling. You lack common decency. You know how to express yourself. You always have just the right words. There's just one thing you haven't the slightest clue about: life itself. You're a craven coward, but a genius at evasions and excuses.

  

  Ingmar Bergman
  • Life
  • Words
  • Feeling

• President Trump turned away from not one but two bipartisan compromises. Each would have averted this shutdown....It is something the majority could have avoided entirely, a concern the president could have obivated, if he were only willing to take yes for an answer.

  

  Chuck Schumer
  • Trump

• Not too many people can afford for the wife to stay home and raise the kids.

  

  Eric Braeden
  • People
  • Home
  • Kids

• Whenever I have a few hours to dive into a book, I am happy.

  

  Birgitte Hjort Sorensen
  • Book
  • Happy

• Clothes that are too tight make you look bigger. If you've been trying to shed pounds, and it doesn't go, buy the next size up. I never care what size my clothes are.

  

  Joanna Lumley
  • Up
  • Trying

• America has the best hand ever dealt to any country on this planet, ever. Yes, we have problems, but you travel around the world, you'll see we have it all.

  

  Jamie Dimon
  • World
  • Country
  • America

• My wife and I love to travel, so if we don't have work on either her or my birthday, we definitely travel.

  

  Barun Sobti
  • Work
  • Wife
  • Travel

• I want to see us add more dollars to the classroom.

  

  Doug Ducey

• I try not to pass judgment on anyone, and I wish they wouldn't pass it on me.

  

  Mary Beth Whitehead
  • Wish

• If I could have drawn a cat yelling for lasagna every day for 15 years and have them pay me $30 million to do so, I would have.

  

  Berkeley Breathed
  • Cat

• I've got to play free agency out, and I've got to look at all of my options.

  

  Jason Kidd
  • Free

• You know, I've carried a weapon for 10 years, never shot anybody, never robbed anybody. It has saved my life twice, but I know they're not toys. I practice with firearms, I enjoy shooting, it's a hobby of mine and I have a healthy respect for them.

  

  Luke Scott
  • Life
  • Respect
  • Practice

• In one particularly dramatic case, an officer instinctively grabbed the gun out of the hands of an assailant and then instinctively handed it right back—just as he had done time and time again with his trainers in practice.

  

  Brian Christian
  • Practice
  • Trainers
  • Dramatic case

• Let us preach righteousness, and practice it. I do not wish to preach what I do not practice.

  

  Brigham Young
  • Practice
  • Righteousness
  • Preach