Joshua Ferris Quotes

Without work, so much of one's identity just evaporates.

Joshua Ferris

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• The American people know something is wrong as far as energy is concerned. They don't think they are being told the truth.

  

  T. Boone Pickens
  • People
  • Truth
  • American

• It's fun to play dress up for work, but when you have those off-days, it's nice to just be low-key.

  

  Maia Mitchell
  • Up
  • Work
  • Fun

• My defensiveness in life really helps me as a driver.

  

  Larry David
  • Life
  • Me
  • Helps

• Men are sort of doofuses about sunscreen, and for the most part, women are more inclined to take better care of themselves, but a reminder is always good for everyone.

  

  Landon Donovan
  • Good
  • Men
  • Women

• In the movies, they make you look good and tough, but in real life, it's completely the opposite. I do these ueber roles, I think, because in real life I'm quite shy and reserved. In real life, I'm a dork.

  

  Sam Worthington
  • Life
  • Good
  • Real

• I happen to think singing is hilarious, especially when it pops out at the wrong time.

  

  Ed Helms
  • Time
  • Think
  • Singing

• I don't sleep well. I rehash everything in bed. The mind's still working.

  

  Hale Irwin
  • Mind
  • Sleep
  • Bed

• Man masters nature not by force but by understanding. This is why science has succeeded where magic failed: because it has looked for no spell to cast over nature.

  

  Jacob Bronowski
  • Why
  • Nature
  • Man

• I had probably seven agents by the time I became a legitimate real estate broker.

  

  Barbara Corcoran
  • Time
  • Real
  • Real estate

• In truth, we are all part of the team of humanity. And as such, we are all obligated to share ourselves, and our talents, for the sake of the team.

  

  Yehuda Berg
  • Truth
  • Team
  • Humanity

• I am the face of a refugee. I was once a refugee. I was with my family in exile.

  

  Iman
  • Family
  • Refugee
  • Exile

• Fiction has subversive potential. People let it into their minds, like the Trojan Horse. They don't know what's inside. You hook them with the story, and God can work below the level of their consciousness. Fiction can be propaganda for evil or convey a theme that impacts people for good.

  

  Randy Alcorn
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• I used to hate performing in front of anybody, but I was forced to sing in front of family, at family gatherings. Then it slowly developed, and I started to love it.

  

  Fleur East
  • Family
  • Hate
  • Gatherings

• The ceaseless rain is falling fast, And yonder gilded vane,Immovable for three days past, Points to the misty main.

  

  Rain
  • Past
  • Rain

• Control of the tongue! Vital for the man who would try to tread the Path, for no harsh or unkind word, no hasty impatient phrase, may escape from the tongue which is consecrated to service, and which must not injure even an enemy; for that which wounds has no place in the Kingdom of Love.

  

  Annie Besant
  • May
  • Control
  • Service

• I just love coming to Vegas. There is always a good energy here; the minute you get off the plane, it is happy. Every experience I have had here is fun, and everyone is in a good mood; they are happy, and they let it go. I like that. It is refreshing to me.

  

  Kelly Carlson
  • Good
  • Experience
  • Happy

• I don't feel as if I have to force anything. I just have to play my game.

  

  Lawrence Timmons
  • Game

• 'The Globe' is one of the most terrifying theatres in London. It's that mob element - everyone packed in and staring up at you.

  

  Arthur Darvill
  • Up

• There are very few things that I love more than being on stage and performing, but more than anything, I want to be a positive role model for teenage girls.

  

  Lindsey Stirling
  • Positive
  • Model

• Calvary not merely made possible the salvation of those for whom Christ died; it ensured that they would be brought to faith and their salvation made actual.

  

  J. I. Packer
  • Faith

• Politics, n. A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.

  

  Ambrose Bierce

• When I first found out that Superman wasn't real, I was about maybe eight. And I was talking to my mother about it. And she was like, 'No, no, no. There's no Superman.' And I started crying. I really thought he was coming to rescue us. The chaos, the violence, the danger. No hero was coming.

  

  Geoffrey Canada
  • Real
  • She
  • Mother

• Without work, so much of one's identity just evaporates.

  

  Joshua Ferris
  • Work
  • Identity
  • Evaporates