John Ortberg Quotes
In the context of worship, amusement is a waste of time and a waste of life, and therefore a form of sin.John Ortberg
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There are minds so impatient of inferiority that their gratitude is a species of revenge, and they return benefits, not because recompense is a pleasure, but because obligation is a pain.
Samuel Johnson -
Tone can be as important as text.
Ed Koch -
I think Twitter is the future of communications and Square will be the payment network.
Jack Dorsey -
A true lover always feels in debt to the one he loves.
Ralph W. Sockman -
I'm excited that I get to do what I love, and I'm benefiting through projects that speak to me.
Octavia Spencer -
I eat a cheeseburger with French fries almost every day.
Cameron Diaz
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You have to be willing to ask questions that almost no one else would ask.
Samantha Bee -
In fighting, you're not going 200 mph, but there's obviously danger in the sport. If you're a fighter or a NASCAR driver, you're obviously an adrenaline junkie. Both also take a lot of skill.
Paige VanZant -
It is right that we be concerned with the scientific probity of metaphysics.
Gabriel Marcel -
I hate to witness animals in captivity - or see circus elephants paraded down the streets. When animals are caged, it's a loss of what they are.
K. A. Applegate -
The crown of literature is poetry.
W. Somerset Maugham -
A good catchword can obscure analysis for fifty years.
Wendell Willkie
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The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy.
Lajos Kossuth -
Menon the Thessalian did not either conceal his immoderate desire of riches or his desire of commanding, in order to increase them, or of being esteemed for the same reason. He desired to be well with those in power, that his injustice might escape punishment.
Xenophon -
Give a man a fish and you feed him for a day; teach a man to fish and you feed him for a lifetime.
Maimonides -
The haunting of history is ever present in Barcelona. I see cities as organisms, as living creatures. To me, Madrid is a man and Barcelona is a woman. And it's a woman who's extremely vain.
Carlos Ruiz Zafon -
I try to get away and take my motorcycle on a ride whenever I can. I'll take my bike out before the show and just cruise.
Zac Brown Band -
During the Cold War, the U.S. instituted a policy of sending money to governments in poor countries to buy their political loyalty. While studies show that sending aid to foreign governments creates allegiance, it does not lead to economic progress.
Iqbal Quadir
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Having read my share of tell-alls over the year, including some that were passed off as autobiographies, I mostly feel sad - sometimes for the writer and sometimes for all the people in his way. I hope that the process of writing the tell-all gives some release and closure on what clearly was an unpleasant and unfulfilling life experience.
Brad Feld -
It isn't where you came from, its where you're going that counts.
Ella Fitzgerald -
Until we reach the end of time, we don’t know whether something’s been good or bad; we can only judge the intentions of those who acted.
Gene Wolfe -
All these years I've been feeling like I was growing into myself. Finally, I feel grown.
Oprah Winfrey -
I certainly do believe in monogamy. I don't believe that it's for everyone. I don't believe that marriage is for everyone. So much of life is begging to be chosen how it wants to be lived. Much more than most of us realize.
Colin Farrell -
In the context of worship, amusement is a waste of time and a waste of life, and therefore a form of sin.
John Ortberg