Eric Metaxas Quotes
Most people really have no problem with the idea of a creator God. Their question is just what is this God like, how can I know about him, how can I know him.
Quotes to Explore
-
Honestly speaking, I don't like my films. When I watch them, I see a lot of scope for improvement, so if I were to see any of my films, like 'Dhoom,' I might say... 'It would have been better if...' or 'had it been...' and this is all about evolving.
-
I was a scapegoat. The media had to put responsibility on somebody, and I was chosen. They felt free to say that because someone was thin they were anorexic, which is ridiculous.
-
Privacy is not explicitly spelled out in the Constitution as freedom of speech is in the First Amendment.
-
The older I get, the more I realize the importance of maintaining an even temperament - not getting too emotional, focusing on the task at hand. You don't want to make a business deal based on your emotions.
-
Learning is what most adults will do for a living in the 21st century.
-
Acting is not a mystery. There's nothing that I know that other actors don't know. We all act, we're all actors, we all know the same thing. The only thing that separates us is experience.
-
Never eat spinach just before going on the air.
-
He that strives to touch the starts, oft stumbles at a straw.
-
I can't watch a Mayweather fight. I don't find it exciting.
-
I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.
-
You don't have to hit anybody on the head to be sexy.
-
I can't deal with someone flashy. That's so not me.
-
There's always room to volunteer. I think that's a huge space to be involved with.
-
When you had thugs and bullies and killers imposing their will on their own people or other people - if you don't respond to it, it just keeps coming because they're encouraged by their own success.
-
There's nothing wrong with being fired.
-
It might be useful to distinguish between pleasure and joy. But maybe everybody does this very easily, all the time, and only I am confused.
-
I can do a book in three months if I spend all day, seven days a week at it and, in fact, I work better that way.
-
If I think about the writers I love or might be influenced by, I can't write at all, so I pretend there aren't any.
-
We're a phenomenally snobby society, and it's such a rich seam. The middle class is so funny: it's the class I know best, and it's the class where you find the most pretension, so that's what makes the middle classes so funny.
-
I'm always striving to lose weight. And it's not a matter of wanting to be a size 3 again - I brought out my leotards, and a friend thought they were doll clothes. Being heavy isn't good for you. How long can your heart take the strain? So, I never give up, but it's hard.
-
My dad lived by example. I lived by watching him. I watched all the great things he did and said. I try to walk that talk for my children.
-
It is not goodness to be better than the worst.
-
The way you delegate is that first you have to hire people that you really have confidence in. You won't truly let those people feel a sense of autonomy if you don't have confidence in them.
-
Most people really have no problem with the idea of a creator God. Their question is just what is this God like, how can I know about him, how can I know him.
