John Ortberg Quotes
Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done - like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.John Ortberg
Quotes to Explore
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I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
Edgar Allan Poe -
I seriously object to seeing on the screen what belongs in the bedroom.
Samuel Goldwyn -
I still have a fear of theater. I don't know if I will manage that. I used to do it. I developed a bit of a phobia. It's not a real phobia. I can go in and watch.
Laura Fraser -
I've learned that for Indian people, the opportunity for us to succeed is very slim. So acting was a great tool for that. And in the process of learning about my culture, I've learned how to connect myself again to my ancestors.
Adam Beach -
Allowing homosexuality means allowing satanic rights.
Yahya Jammeh -
I played a lot of squash for a lot of years.
Jack Layton
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If people are telling you a story about themselves, they gradually map their own local territories and know themselves by them.
Iain Sinclair -
Startups on the inside are always badly broken.
Sam Altman -
Achievements are precious and timeless, just like the precious metal platinum. And what better way to celebrate milestones in your life than with precious platinum.
Vijender Singh -
I think people feel like there are all these things in our lives that we don't really have control over.
Nate Silver -
People think I'm trying to make a fashion statement because I never wear a bra. It's really that I'm a tomboy at heart.
Cameron Diaz -
I think the dot-com boom and bust represented the end of the beginning. The industry is more mature today.
Carly Fiorina
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I should have liked to get married, but over many decades I have lived essentially alone. I go to sleep when I'm tired, get up when I wake up, have my food prepared when I'm hungry. I can't bear the thought that I'd have to coincide, make an effort.
Felix Dennis -
California lacks a lot of the rules and restrictions the East has. Every house is a different style, different material, different color. There's a lot of craziness out there.
Parker Stevenson -
To me, form doesn't always follow function. Form has a life of its own, and at times, it may be the motivating force in design. When you're dealing with form as a sculptor, you feel that you are quite free in attempting to mould and shape things you want to do, but in architecture, it's much more difficult because it has to have a function.
I. M. Pei -
Anger is a manifestation of a deeper issue... and that, for me, is based on insecurity, self-esteem and loneliness.
Naomi Campbell -
I never talk about my opponent because I don't think it's my right to judge.
Dan Webster -
There was a moment in the early '80s when I wanted to work on films and wanted to live in L.A.
Christopher Hampton
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He is a dreamer of ancient times, or rather, of the myths of what ancient times used to be. Such men are harmless in themselves, but their queer lack of realism makes them fools for others.
Isaac Asimov -
I'm happy quite a lot of the time. I've done far more than I ever thought I would have, so I'd be very hard-pressed to walk around miserable.
Robert Smith The Cure -
I just try to make the best film possible, and once the movie's done, we deal with the DVD.
John Singleton -
For Satan always finds some mischief still for idle hands to do.
Isaac Watts -
Sloth is the failure to do what needs to be done when it needs to be done - like the kamikaze pilot who flew seventeen missions.
John Ortberg