Eugene H. Peterson Quotes
The Spirit works through community. Somebody will have a stupid, screwy idea. That's okay. The point of having creeds and confessions and traditions is to keep us in touch with the obvious errors.
Quotes to Explore
-
Let us not forget that the greatest composers were also the greatest thieves. They stole from everyone and everywhere.
-
If you don't learn to laugh at troubles, you won't have anything to laugh at when you grow old.
-
Christine Bass was my high school music teacher. She took a program on its last legs and within a few years turned into one of the best programs in the country. Our high school dominated national choir competitions all through her 20-plus year tenure.
-
There's also the tradition of voodoo, the Haitian magic arts, in New Orleans. And because New Orleans is below sea level, when they bury people in New Orleans, it's mostly above ground. So you have this idea that the spirits are more accessible and can access you more easily because they're not even buried.
-
I never doubted that I would be a good mayor. I never did.
-
History shows us that in times of people feeling like they are in need of some sort of rebellion or protests, the artists rise because the poetry we create about pain and its relationship to culture in the world begins to soothe and heal people who are feeling confused or afraid.
-
Everyone knows nowadays that people 'have complexes'. What is not so well known, though far more important theoretically, is that complexes can have us.
-
Wes Craven is obviously a horror film icon so I was definitely very interested in bringing something back to life that Wes had created.
-
I didn't finish college; my parents didn't graduate college - we didn't have a pot to piss in. I'm from Newark, New Jersey. I had to work. I didn't think it would be possible for me to be an artist without having a job.
-
With love and patience, nothing is impossible.
-
I think my confidence has developed over the years in terms of the speed at which I will reveal how collaborative I want to be.
-
Dem Bunde der Künstler einen bestimmten Zweck geben, das heisst ein dürftiges Institut an die Stelle des ewigen Vereins setzen; das heisst die Gemeinde der Heiligen zum Staat erniedrigen.
-
But since he hadThe genuis to be loved, why let him haveThe justice to be honoured in his grave.
-
There isn't another other sex. (p. 254)
-
'You do well. Method and order, they are everything,' replied Poirot.
-
A change of season calls for a change of scent that is both energizing and refreshing.
-
I think about 'The Hurt Locker,' and we made a film about three guys, three different looking guys with three very different energies.
-
We all pretend, we all hide things, so why not take the concept to an extreme? That is the basic idea for the character of Dexter. Pretend to be human, while quietly and carefully living out the life of a monster on the side.
-
I like acting a lot, but it's not something I get out of bed for every day.
-
I turned and looked into the gas station, where Wes was now paying, as the man who'd driven us looked on. "That's too bad," I said. "It's okay, though," she assured me. "Someday I'll show you an extraordinary boy, Macy. They do exist. You just have to believe me." "Don't worry," I said. "I do.
-
We are able to feel and learn very quickly through music, through art, through poetry some spiritual things that we would otherwise learn very slowly.
-
My Administration will not authorize the indefinite military detention without trial of American citizens. Indeed, I believe that doing so would break with our most important traditions and values as a Nation.
-
Forgiveness isn't an end in itself. The point of forgiveness is to remove the barrier that stands between us and God so that He can give us His Spirit and bring us into His everlasting family.
-
The Spirit works through community. Somebody will have a stupid, screwy idea. That's okay. The point of having creeds and confessions and traditions is to keep us in touch with the obvious errors.
