John Calvin Quotes

The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.

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• When I first got back from the war, I said, 'I'm gonna write the Great American Novel about the Vietnam War.' So I sat down and wrote 1,700 pages of sheer psychotherapy drivel. It was first person, and there would be pages about wet socks and cold feet.

  

  Karl Marlantes
  • Great
  • American
  • War

• I write and do all my arrangements on my Mac. And um, I use Logic Pro, which is a great software program.

  

  Wang Leehom
  • Great
  • Logic
  • Software

• Poetry emulates the Cosmos perhaps because the Cosmos itself is the grandest conceivable example of rhythm, rhyme, harmony and concinnity.

  

  Vanna Bonta
  • Poetry

• All you do is head straight for the grave, a face just covers a skull awhile. Stretch that skull-cover and smile.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Smile

• So I rushed past the pretty girls, and the prettiest girls in the world live in Des Moines.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • World
  • Live
  • Pretty

• Into this neutral air Where blind skyscrapers use Their full height to proclaim The strength of Collective Man, Each language pours its vain Competitive excuse.

  

  W. H. Auden
  • Air

• We shall find no fiend in hell can match the fury of a disappointed woman,-scorned, slighted, dismissed without a parting pang.

  

  Colley Cibber

• An Adult faith does not follow the waves of fashion and the latest novelties.

  

  Pope Benedict XVI
  • Faith
  • Fashion
  • Waves

• You have some people that's weak, and you have some people that's strong. I consider myself a very strong person.

  

  Blac Chyna
  • People
  • Strong

• It's okay to talk about birth, okay - then menstruation. I first started my advocacy for women's health in the field of reproductive freedom, and the next stage would be bringing menopause out of the closet.

  

  Cybill Shepherd
  • Women
  • Freedom
  • Health

• I grew up believing that I was fundamentally powerless.

  

  Thom Yorke Radiohead
  • Up

• I hate when people have food in their mouths and they don't swallow before they talk. Like, they store it in their cheek when they talk to you. It drives me nuts.

  

  Jessica Lowndes
  • People
  • Hate
  • Food

• We break our promises to one another. We break our promises to God. But God never breaks His promises to us.

  

  R. C. Sproul
  • God
  • Break
  • Promises

• The fundamental glue that holds any relationship together is trust.

  

  Brian Tracy
  • Money
  • Together
  • Relationship

• I also like some of Joel Osteen's work. I think he's now doing a book about one of my favorite sermons of his, "The Power of 'I Am.' " I just love that sermon.

  

  Oprah Winfrey
  • Work
  • Book
  • Power

• I believe all sin, love, glory are this: when you slide down the knotted sheets, escaping from Gestapo headquarters, and she hugs you, there, suspended, and she whispers that she's always dreamed of you. The rest is just sex, copulation, the perpetuation of the vile species.

  

  Umberto Eco
  • Believe
  • She
  • Rest

• A government cannot be expected to allow independence to its central bank unless that bank is also accountable to it and to the wider public. That is, the central bank must be able to be judged on whether or not it has achieved its agreed objective.

  

  Ian Macfarlane
  • Government
  • Achievement
  • Independence

• Art persists, it timelessly continues.

  

  Oscar Wilde
  • Art
  • Continues
  • Persists

• If reality is not what you want it to be, change it.

  

  Hannu Rajaniemi
  • Reality

• People really don't understand the technology they're using. It's been talked about a lot. Apple products in particular are designed in such a way that's harder to get in and understand what processes are going on.

  

  Charlie Jane Anders
  • People
  • Technology
  • Products

• Jealousy is a dog's bark which attracts thieves.

  

  Karl Kraus
  • Dog
  • Jealousy
  • Thieves

• When you teach, you need to give the students incentives by grades or by other factors. I went to the Bible to find that topic in Scripture. I was shocked that after college and graduate school I had no idea that Jesus Christ had talked so much about rewards.

  

  Bruce Wilkinson
  • School
  • College
  • Jesus

• What does it mean to pre-board? Do you get on before you get on?

  

  George Carlin

• The pastor ought to have two voices: one, for gathering the sheep; and another, for warding off and driving away wolves and thieves. The Scripture supplies him with the means of doing both.

  

  John Calvin
  • Scripture
  • Voices
  • Thieves