John Templeton Quotes

The question is not is there a God, but is there anything else except God? God is everyone and each of us is a little bit.

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• In any art, you don't know in advance what you want to say - it's revealed to you as you say it. That's the difference between art and illustration.

  

  Aaron Siskind
  • Art
  • Want
  • Know

• During the fall and winter we built Fort Meade and the town of Sturgis.

  

  Calamity Jane
  • Fall
  • Winter
  • Town

• So, you know, parenting is a very intimate and amazing experience and one of the best experiences of my life.

  

  Uma Thurman
  • Life
  • Experience
  • Amazing

• The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • Movie
  • Think
  • Dad

• Women can drive progress towards the central goals of mine action, which aims to increase security, rebuild communities, reclaim land and end the looming fear caused by explosive remnants of war.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • Women
  • War
  • Fear

• Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.

  

  Hans Jonas
  • Man
  • Stars
  • Theory

• I'm not a Democrat.

  

  Aaron McGruder
  • Democrat

• I recognize myself to be an intensely naive person. Most novelists are, despite frequent pretensions to deep socio-political insight.

  

  Zadie Smith
  • Political
  • Myself
  • Deep

• The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.

  

  Jacki Weaver
  • Work
  • Job
  • Challenge

• Everything I do now is a first.

  

  Hailee Steinfeld
  • First
  • Everything
  • Now

• Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not: nothing is more common than unsuccessful men with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not: the world is full of educated derelicts. Persistence and determination alone are omnipotent.

  

  Calvin Coolidge
  • World
  • Men
  • Education

• We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.

  

  R. Buckminster Fuller
  • Future
  • Architecture

• Life is fleeting, and permanence in this world is something we all strive for. The best way to achieve permanence is through philanthropy.

  

  Ram Shriram
  • Life
  • World
  • Best

• When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.

  

  Yann Tiersen
  • Time
  • Want
  • Free

• I didn't realise how much I ate Mexican food, like tacos and burritos three times a week, until I came to Europe and couldn't find any.

  

  Washed Out
  • Food
  • Week
  • Three

• Now, we occupy a lowly position, both in space and rank in comparison with the heavenly sphere, and the Almighty is Most High not in space, but with respect to absolute existence, greatness and power.

  

  Maimonides
  • Power
  • High
  • Respect

• I love for the crowd to feed off me, and I try to make my teammates feed off me.

  

  Nate Robinson
  • Make
  • Crowd
  • Teammates

• Even if I flop, I still qualified for the Games, and that was my goal. My target was to be at an Olympics for the third time with people I like.

  

  Laure Manaudou
  • People
  • Time
  • Goal

• I never ever, ever say anything against my husband to anyone except my husband. Everyone gets in fights, and I think the natural propensity for women is, 'Oh I want to talk to someone.' But the minute you take what bothers you outside the bond between you and your husband, you let someone else into the relationship and that causes a wedge.

  

  Jen Lancaster
  • Women
  • Relationship
  • Husband

• I knew I had an old, cold, drafty house, ... But what they told me is where I made investments weren't my best investments.

  

  Elizabeth May
  • House
  • Investments

• The mistake that people make in stand-up is thinking they're profound or they're deep when there are so many people who have more worthwhile ways of phrasing things.

  

  Colin Quinn
  • People
  • Up
  • Thinking

• My parents wanted to light my artistic candle. But over time, the definition of 'the arts' began to stretch. And as I got older, they suddenly realized, Oh, my God, we're the parents of Iggy Pop.

  

  Iggy Pop
  • Time
  • God
  • Parents

• Like if you're Jewish you have to wear a hat, but only in the middle of your head. But it all becomes clear the second that you realize that God is a 12-year-old boy with Asperger's.

  

  Eugene Mirman
  • God
  • Realize
  • Jewish

• The question is not is there a God, but is there anything else except God? God is everyone and each of us is a little bit.

  

  John Templeton
  • God
  • Question