Ezra Taft Benson Quotes

The devil knows that if the elders of Israel should ever wake up, they could step forth and help preserve freedom and extend the gospel. Therefore the devil has concentrated, and to a large extent successfully, in neutralizing much of the priesthood. He has reduced them to Sleeping Giants.

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• I like to sit down every day and not know where the book is going. I have no idea where the book is going to go or how it's going to end as I'm writing it.

  

  Ted Bell
  • Writing
  • Book
  • Day

• A core part of Teach For America's mission has always been affecting positive change in the traditional public school system.

  

  Wendy Kopp
  • School
  • America
  • Change

• My 'Big Bang Theory' costar Johnny Galecki went off the grid. He bought a huge ranch and goes there every weekend. He keeps telling me to do the same thing, but I don't know if I'm that committed. The Valley is as far off the grid as I'm going to go.

  

  Kaley Cuoco
  • Know
  • Me
  • Weekend

• What we have found is that we were the principal mediators in many cases between the Iraqis and their own security forces and their own government, and so you have to almost embrace that role.

  

  H. R. McMaster
  • You
  • Government
  • Security

• Everyone is always telling me that I must be exhausted, but I've learned how to use my time well, and that includes holidays to recharge. I always try to give myself big chunks of time to think about what the next project is going to be.

  

  Wayne McGregor
  • Time
  • Myself
  • Holidays

• Ummm, there is not just one good thing about being a VJ, it is a package deal. It is a fun job and you get paid to party and have a good time and make people have a good time, which is great.

  

  Nafisa Joseph
  • People
  • Time
  • Good

• I like to relax a lot the night before a race. I like having people around me. I don't like being on my own, particularly. Music helps psych you up, too.

  

  Hannah Mills
  • People
  • Up
  • Music

• It's hard to write haiku. I write long, silly Indian poems.

  

  Jack Kerouac
  • Long
  • Write
  • Silly

• There aren't enough good roles for strong women. I wish we had more female writers. Most of the female characters you see in films today are the 'poor heartbroken girl.'

  

  Gal Gadot
  • Good
  • Women
  • Today

• Not to want to say, not to know what you want to say, not to be able to say what you think you want to say, and never to stop saying, or hardly ever, that is the thing to keep in mind, even in the heat of composition.

  

  Samuel Beckett
  • Mind
  • Stop

• Now is now. It can never be a long time ago.

  

  Laura Ingalls Wilder
  • Time
  • Long

• Women and girls are naturally agents of change. If we teach one girl to code, she will go on to teach more - we've seen this in our own programs and workshops around the country.

  

  Kimberly Bryant
  • Women
  • Country
  • She

• God continues to lift the curtain and allow the enemies of America to give us probably what we deserve.

  

  Jerry Falwell
  • God
  • America

• When people dont know exactly what depression is, they can be judgmental.

  

  Marion Cotillard
  • People
  • Depression

• Marriage is tough. I can tell my wife all day long that I love her, but it doesn't mean anything if you don't show that.

  

  Jeff Nichols
  • Long
  • Wife
  • Marriage

• My fans have been so great. I'll go on fansites and read messages they put, and they all seem like really nice people.

  

  Emily Perkins
  • People
  • Great
  • Nice

• It would be a dream come true to appear on Turner Classic Movies with Robert Osborne, who is one of my heroes.

  

  Dennis Christopher
  • True
  • Dream

• Eventually, you know the rhythm of your character, of the set of the piece. It takes less energy for you to hit that point, and then everything resonates. But initially, it takes a tremendous amount of energy. You just hope it's gonna be okay and you don't forget your lines and those cameras.

  

  Courtney B. Vance
  • Character
  • Hope
  • Energy

• When I came to The Moody Blues, we were a rhythm and blues band. I was lousy at rhythm and blues - I think the rest of us were.

  

  Justin Hayward The Moody Blues
  • Band
  • Rest

• Biblical counselors and therapists, we've seen cases in New Jersey and in California where folks have gotten in trouble because they gave biblical counseling and, you know, the issue is always, it's same sex. And if you're giving conversion therapy, that's been outlawed in at least two states and then in some local areas.

  

  Jeffrey C. Mateer
  • Giving
  • Sex
  • California

• Whenever I see a forecast written out to two decimal places, I cannot help but wonder if there is a misunderstanding of the limitations of the data, and an illusion of precision.

  

  Barry Ritholtz
  • Help
  • Wonder
  • Illusion

• When you're a teenager, everything seems like the end of the world, and I don't think that's necessarily a silly thing. You're waking up and becoming aware that the world has problems and those problems affect you, whereas when you're young they don't seem to affect you that much even if you're aware of them.

  

  Veronica Roth
  • Up
  • World
  • End

• I discourage a cult of personality.

  

  Newt Gingrich
  • Personality

• The devil knows that if the elders of Israel should ever wake up, they could step forth and help preserve freedom and extend the gospel. Therefore the devil has concentrated, and to a large extent successfully, in neutralizing much of the priesthood. He has reduced them to Sleeping Giants.

  

  Ezra Taft Benson
  • Help
  • Freedom
  • Gospel