John Shelby Spong Quotes

Christianity is, I believe, about expanded life, heightened consciousness and achieving a new humanity. It is not about closed minds, supernatural interventions, a fallen creation, guilt, original sin or divine rescue.

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• The mirror to the beautiful is beautiful.

  

  Said Nursi
  • Beautiful
  • Mirror

• I'm known for having crazy shoes. I have a total Napoleon complex - I'm only 5'4", and every heel I have is four inches or more.

  

  Laura Wasser
  • Crazy
  • Shoes
  • Napoleon

• After my hip operation, I had to cut out butter, which I loved, and salt. I no longer eat desserts with lots of cream, and I've cut right back on alcohol.

  

  Maeve Binchy
  • Loved
  • Alcohol
  • Salt

• I just wanted to give them the 'Lost Jewelry' so they can say, 'Yo, they get that's mean.' And then when I tell 'em, 'Yo, that ain't even the meal. Get ready for the meal!' That's when we 'bout to go crazy because the taste of the appetizer.

  

  Raekwon
  • Lost
  • Crazy
  • Jewelry

• I thought we had energy out there. I thought the guys were, they played good, they were excited. We were almost dynamite out there today. Just a flicker away from being dynamite.

  

  Hal Sutton
  • Good
  • Today
  • Energy

• I love the idea of thinking of cinema as not that far from music. A lot of my favourite movie makers, the way they move their cameras or the way they cut just feel very musical - even if the movies have no music in them at all.

  

  Damien Chazelle
  • Music
  • Thinking
  • Love

• It's the 21st century. It's healthier for us, better for the environment and certainly kinder to be a vegetarian.

  

  Ingrid Newkirk
  • Environment
  • Better

• So, two cheers for Democracy: one because it admits variety and two because it permits criticism.

  

  E. M. Forster
  • Democracy
  • Criticism
  • Cheers

• It took me just three months to pick up Hindi. I guess I'm a fast learner when it comes to languages.

  

  Nargis Fakhri
  • Fast
  • Languages
  • Pick

• The most fascinating person is always the one of the most winning manners; not the one of greatest physical beauty.

  

  Orison Swett Marden
  • Winning
  • Beauty
  • Greatest

• We legitimately walked into 'Anthem' head-on, not paying enough attention to internal band tension.

  

  Isaac Hanson Hanson
  • Attention
  • Band
  • Enough

• It's true that you need much time to get rid of the fat girl you once were, but you know I am sincerely grateful for my buttocks.

  

  Kate Winslet
  • Time
  • True
  • Girl

• Antimatter is not a source of energy for us, it's a method of storing energy, compact but inefficient.

  

  Barney Oliver
  • Energy
  • Source
  • U.S.

• I wear the national dress because it is the most natural and the most becoming for an Indian.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Natural
  • Dress
  • National

• Any time you got nothing to do - and lots of time to do it - come on up.

  

  Mae West
  • Up
  • Time
  • You

• The Second Amendment is an integral part of the Bill of Rights.

  

  Ted Cruz
  • Rights
  • Second

• Our choices are going to determine the future for our children, our children's children, and their children. I take that responsibility very seriously.

  

  Maggie Q
  • Children
  • Future
  • Responsibility

• At a person-to-person level, I think that there's always something to be said for having some empathy for the folks who really, really disagree with you about a given topic.

  

  J. D. Vance
  • Think
  • You
  • Empathy

• Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.

  

  E. O. Wilson
  • Religious
  • Belief
  • Form

• I think titles are extremely important for novels: They can set the tone, tip you off, serve as shorthand for what the essential contents are.

  

  Elizabeth Berg
  • Important

• You'll find my power comes from within.... and is a force to be reckoned with.

  

  Jim Starlin
  • Power

• If you live through the death of your child, you should be able to talk about it and let other people know it's OK to go on.

  

  Margo Price
  • People
  • Live
  • Death

• I think I've heard somebody say that I was a well-dressed golfer. I guess that has something to do with the fact that a lot of people who play golf don't dress very well.

  

  Arnold Palmer
  • People
  • Golf

• Christianity is, I believe, about expanded life, heightened consciousness and achieving a new humanity. It is not about closed minds, supernatural interventions, a fallen creation, guilt, original sin or divine rescue.

  

  John Shelby Spong
  • Life
  • Believe
  • Humanity