John Ortberg Quotes
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I like going after good material, well-written material.
Sam Underwood -
Modesty is my best quality.
Jack Benny -
I think I fail a bit less than everyone else.
Jack Nicklaus -
I think people really marry far too much; it is such a lottery after all, and for a poor woman a very doubtful happiness.
Queen Victoria -
With the greatest of respect, I have watched Apple from the day it started. I was publishing magazines about the Apple II before most people had ever heard what a personal computer was.
Felix Dennis -
I don't think people are fools, and I think they deserve a good attitude and smart entertainment.
Tatyana Tolstaya
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Be yourself is about the worst advice you can give to some people.
J. B. Priestley -
Humor can inform and break down stigma, which is a huge issue in the military.
Garry Trudeau -
It's probably fair to say that the ratio of time our Connector developers spend in the debugger versus the Emacs buffer is higher than with most software.
Nat Friedman -
Literary imagination is an aesthetic object offered by a writer to a lover of books.
Gaston Bachelard -
Our heroes are fighting to bring stability to the Middle East, and they have put pressure on all of the tyrannies of the Middle East. They have taken a stand against tyranny, against terrorists, and for the prospect of decent societies throughout that region.
Orrin Hatch -
There are 1.3 billion people in China, and they all want a Buick.
P. J. O'Rourke
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One of the reasons I chose to come to Liverpool was because of the mentality of the club. It's a working club and a working city. I don't know why, but I feel like one of the people here. They recognise me and wish me luck, but in Spain, they surround you and you can't do anything. I think they're happy with me here.
Fernando Torres -
I tend to forget what I'm doing will ever be read while I'm writing it, and just get on with the task at hand.
Garth Ennis -
I visited England immediately after I finished writing 'The Marrying Season,' before any editing or revisions.
Candace Camp -
When private property is abolished there will be no necessity for crime, no demand for it; it will cease to exist.
Oscar Wilde -
Our home in Louisville, Kentucky, where I was born on December 20, was one of great happiness.
Irene Dunne -
I have to pay attention to work on the weekends and always have my iPhone with me, but I don't mind.
Jill Abramson
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I am so convinced of the advantages of looking at mankind instead of reading about them, . . . that I think there should be a law amongst us to set our young men abroad for a term among the few allies our wars have left us.
Lord Byron -
It's worth remembering that all technology leaves a footprint. For example, our own technology is leaving a footprint in terms of global warming, which could be detected from a long way away. One assumes that a very advanced civilization that has been around maybe millions and millions of years would have an even bigger footprint that might extend beyond its planet to its immediate astronomical environment.
Paul Davies -
Loneliness is never more cruel than when it is felt in close propinquity with someone who has ceased to communicate.
Germaine Greer -
There is no standard way of using painting techniques.
Wu Guanzhong -
We do not need answers or formulas to minister in crisis.
John Ortberg