Eugene H. Peterson Quotes

That's why I tell stories: to create readiness, to nudge the people toward receptive insight. In their present state they can stare till doomsday and not see it, listen till they're blue in the face and not get it.

Eugene H. Peterson

Quotes to Explore

'Anna Karenina' is just a story about a woman falling in love with a bloke who is not her husband. It's gossip, rubbish - on the other hand, it's the deepest story there could be about social transgression, about love, betrayal, duty, children.

Hanif Kureishi
- Woman
- Gossip
- Falling
Of all the hazards, fear is the worst.

Sam Snead
- Fear
- Worst
- Hazards
I was afraid I would see someone from my past who thought I was this big athlete, and then I end up being just normal.

Victor Cruz
- Up
- Past
- Thought
You lay out a plan and - say a three-year plan or a two-year plan - and say, 'This is what we can do. We can do the transportation packages, like the highway bill and the water bill, and we can do some of these other areas - a farm bill - whatever it is, we lay out a schedule, and we put that committee to work to do that.'

Dan Webster
Unless you work for '60 Minutes', your life is: You do stories about things, and nothing happens as a result.

Ira Glass
- Life
- Work
- You
Russia is still the leader in world space exploration. But its position of leader involves great responsibility - we have no right to lag behind. We can and we must move constantly forward.

Valentina Tereshkova
- World
- Great
- Space