John Ortberg Quotes
Sin is protean. It is a cancer that keeps mutating, and just when you think you have killed off one form, it turns out a deadlier strain yet is threatening your heart.John Ortberg
Quotes to Explore
-
The collusion of big business, big labor, and big government threaten the spirit of small business that makes America great.
Foster Friess -
If we're doing a class project, then I'm going to be the one talking and taking the lead. I might not necessarily put all of the work in the project, but I want to help and do as much as I can and get everyone going in the right direction.
Dak Prescott -
A country that does not fulfill its tasks in protecting the external borders has to cope with the consequences.
Viktor Orban -
The list of my favorite experiences would almost equal the list of plays I've been in. There are a few exceptions, but out of politeness I'm not going to mention them. If you don't have a few stinkers, you can't appreciate the good ones.
T. R. Knight -
I want to help people; that's it.
Paris-Michael Katherine Jackson -
There are some tremendous actors in the U.K. who have been knighted, and I've spent much of my life admiring many of them, like Laurence Olivier. So it's very flattering to be in their company.
Ian Mckellen
-
I started working for the 'NY Observer' when I was 33. After I had been writing for them for about a year and a half the editor said, 'Your stories are the most talked about stories in the 'Observer'; you should have your own column.'
Candace Bushnell -
I try to work out with my personal trainer for an hour, four times a week - we mainly concentrate on weights and running. If I'm on the road I sometimes do DVD work-outs in my hotel room - P90X and Insanity are a couple of my favourites.
Fergie The Black Eyed Peas -
My buildings are not particularly expensive. It is not a tin shed. If you want a tinny car, you pay for that.
Zaha Hadid -
I think social media is good for promotion, stuff like that, but people are so negative. People are too negative. If you read the comments, it's just too negative.
Rafael dos Anjos -
The old Dodgers were something special, but of my teammates overall, there was nobody like Pee Wee Reese for me.
Jackie Robinson -
I flunked my exam for university two times before I was accepted by what was considered my city's worst university, Hangzhou Teachers University. I was studying to be a high school English teacher. In my university, I was elected student chairman and later became chairman of the city's Students Federation.
Jack Ma
-
There are far too many people in university in Britain. If you want to make money, be a plumber.
Felix Dennis -
If we lose sight of the fact that writing is entertainment, then writing is doomed.
T. C. Boyle -
It's the 21st century. It's untenable to suggest that women had no significance and no interest and that just because they didn't vote they had no relevance to the course of our history.
Kate Williams -
Country music is the people's music. It just speaks about real life and about truth and it tells things how they really are.
Faith Hill -
I thought I was going to retire at 20, and I was going to be a surgeon.
Nadia Comaneci -
Now it is human nature to want to eat to ones fill when hungry, to want to warm up when cold, to want to rest when tired. These all are a part of people's emotional nature.
Xun Kuang
-
Rich people do not back away from problems, do not avoid problems, and do not complain about problems. Rich people are financial warriors.
T. Harv Eker -
With breast cancer, it's all about detection. You have to educate young women and encourage them to do everything they have to do.
Bill Rancic -
Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than saying them or telling them.
Philipp Meyer -
There's always fear. Always fear. Anyone who says they are not afraid is lying to you. Because this can all change tomorrow.
Donald Faison -
Sin is protean. It is a cancer that keeps mutating, and just when you think you have killed off one form, it turns out a deadlier strain yet is threatening your heart.
John Ortberg