Eugene H. Peterson Quotes

Like the sacramental use of water and bread and wine, friendship takes what's common in human experience and turns it into something holy.

Eugene H. Peterson

• Friendship
• Human Existence
• Sacramental

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• My kids always say to me, 'Can we watch TV?' I say, 'Absolutely!' because then I can get something done. But then they say, and I wait for it, 'But can you watch with us?' My moment of freedom vanishes. So not only do I not think TV's that great and I hate sitting in front of it, but I have to with them.

  

  Natascha McElhone
  • Great
  • Done
  • Kids

• I've always been about how will digital be transforming established businesses, and that's what I've done.

  

  Laura Lang
  • Done
  • Always
  • Digital

• Wait a minute, I'm a fan of yours; you can't be a fan of mine!

  

  Adam Lambert
  • You
  • Wait
  • Minute

• I do comedy to give people an ephemeral escape from the tragedy that permeates everyday life.

  

  T. J. Miller
  • People
  • Life
  • Comedy

• What you wear onstage is a reflection of your artistry.

  

  Sabrina Carpenter
  • You
  • Reflection
  • Artistry

• I choose work with the people I like to work with.

  

  Mads Mikkelsen
  • People
  • Work
  • Choose

• What I love about sci-fi is that every generation's films are based on what we know at that point in time. We make movies about the future, but it's always based on what we have. Then, as science grows and we discover new things, so do our ideas.

  

  Olga Kurylenko
  • Time
  • Love
  • Future

• Silence, you know, is the best place to get close to spirit for me.

  

  Dan Pallotta
  • Know
  • Best
  • Spirit

• War begets quiet, quiet idleness, idleness disorder, disorder ruin; likewise ruin order, order virtue, virtue glory and good fortune.

  

  Walter Raleigh
  • Good
  • War

• The High-Intelligence Life Forms of the planet, of which there were at least three species, all of low technological achievement, they would ignore or enslave or extirpate, whichever was most convenient. For to an aggressive people only technology mattered.

  

  Ursula K. Le Guin
  • People
  • Life
  • High

• I'm not surprised, motherfuckers.

  

  Nate Diaz

• βοῦς ἐπὶ γλώσσῃ μέγαςβέβηκεν.

  

  Aeschylus

• My mum, Helen, was hilarious. She had a tremendous sense of humour and was a great singer and tap dancer. For many years, she was the voice of Minnie Mouse in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. She would be in the float as it came along, singing whatever the Minnie Mouse song of the day was. She was a really big spirit in my life.

  

  Billy Crystal
  • Life
  • Great
  • She

• I have decided not to run for the U.S. Senate and instead continue my efforts to make California a better place to live, work, and raise a family. We have come a long way, but our work is not done, and neither am I.

  

  Antonio Villaraigosa
  • Work
  • Long
  • Live

• Every episode of 'The Conversation' was created to be a platform for women, to connect women, and to allow women's voices to be heard as much as possible. That's why I launched that show on a television network and online simultaneously.

  

  Amanda de Cadenet
  • Women
  • Why

• There is no satisfaction to be derived from having had many of our arguments borne out by events.

  

  Charles Kennedy

• Should we fear hackers? Intention is at the heart of this discussion.

  

  Kevin Mitnick
  • Heart
  • Fear

• You'll find superstition a contagious thing. Some people let it get the better of them.

  

  Curt Siodmak
  • People

• Enjoy and have fun when you're a kid, because you are a kid.

  

  Freddie Freeman
  • Fun

• To be at ease is better than to be at business. Nothing really belongs to us but time, which even he has who has nothing else.

  

  Baltasar Gracian
  • Time
  • Business
  • Better

• Business has to be fun. For too many people, it's 'just a job.'

  

  Jack Welch
  • People
  • Business
  • Job

• Color is a power which directly influences the soul.

  

  Wassily Kandinsky
  • Power
  • Soul
  • Color

• I started taking my fiance, Justin, to some red carpet events I would go to, and a bowtie is often something that was required. We came across a lot of stylish bowties. We liked playing dress up for these events and we thought it would be fun to start a line, but it was never a reality until recently.

  

  Jesse Tyler Ferguson
  • Up
  • Fun
  • Reality

• Like the sacramental use of water and bread and wine, friendship takes what's common in human experience and turns it into something holy.

  

  Eugene H. Peterson
  • Friendship
  • Human Existence
  • Sacramental