Stephen Fry Quotes

The church has no power over our lives any more, which is something of a blessing for those who do not enjoy red-hot pokers or iron thumb-screws.

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• If you listen to a Deadmau5 record or a Skrillex record, I really enjoy that stuff because, as aggressive sounding as the Skrillex records are, they're still musical, and that's why they have such a broad appeal.

  

  Kaskade
  • Why
  • You
  • Enjoy

• Trust me, I would love to have a wife and kids. I would very much enjoy that. But I also know that you have to be in the right place to do that.

  

  J. J. Watt
  • Kids
  • Wife
  • Trust

• I am still not a fussy eater, although I do enjoy good food.

  

  Yves Chauvin
  • Food
  • Enjoy
  • Eater

• Up until recently, I've always been a vintage store guy. I get a lot of my clothes second hand. I really enjoy being able to look through different styles you can find and how eclectic the vintage store vibe is.

  

  Jack Falahee
  • Up
  • Different
  • Guy

• I really enjoy laughing at work, and I find that it's easier to do that when you're shooting a comedy.

  

  Natalie Zea
  • Work
  • Comedy
  • Enjoy

• I don't want to look back and be like, 'You had it all, and you weren't even present for it. You weren't able to enjoy it.' I want to be here, be now and be grateful.

  

  Benjamin Hammond "Ben" Haggerty
  • Want
  • Present
  • Enjoy

• I didn't want to be an actress at all, or famous even. I certainly enjoy acting now, absolutely. Time will tell whether or not I enjoy fame.

  

  Gabourey Sidibe
  • Time
  • Enjoy
  • Famous

• I enjoy learning about different periods and people, and then taking what's universal about the human condition and seeing where it matches up. No matter where you are, certain things unite everybody.

  

  Laura Linney
  • People
  • Up
  • Different

• I was told it might be quite difficult to conceive, so it really was a great blessing when my pregnancy suddenly happened. I had been diagnosed years ago with polycystic ovarian syndrome, which can affect your fertility - but luckily, in my case, it didn't.

  

  Natasha Little
  • Great
  • Difficult
  • Blessing

• Christians who have influence in political life must feel as individuals responsibility in front of their own faith. And the duty of encouraging laws that are not in contradiction with the Commandments comes within the mission of the Church.

  

  Karl Lehmann
  • Life
  • Political
  • Faith

• Our church has been legal since late 1960s. I've been involved since 1972. I was ordained in 1975.

  

  Sally Kirkland
  • Church
  • Late
  • Legal

• I love Sufism as I love beautiful poetry, but it is not the answer. Sufism is like a mirage in the desert. It says to you, come and sit, relax and enjoy yourself for a while.

  

  Naguib Mahfouz
  • Beautiful
  • Poetry
  • Enjoy

• May we soon enjoy the fruits of our labor in a peaceful and united Germany.

  

  Walter Ulbricht
  • May
  • Enjoy
  • Peaceful

• I feel like I enjoy the company of Whoopi deeply, and my private life is my private life.

  

  Ted Danson
  • Life
  • Enjoy
  • Company

• But I enjoy the opportunity to use swear symbols.

  

  Daniel Clowes
  • Opportunity
  • Enjoy
  • Symbols

• I think people are transient. Back in the early church, there was a 'stick and stay' mentality. In this day and time, people have a fast food mentality of ministry. If it doesn't fit them or if it doesn't fit in their schedule, they'll move on to something else. That's a norm in today's time.

  

  Marvin Sapp
  • People
  • Time
  • Today

• I think the Church is a conduit to God. The Church is not God. And I think that from the very beginning Jesus taught us that.

  

  Martin Sheen
  • God
  • Church
  • Jesus

• I don't think sometimes people in positions of leadership in the church really engage gay and lesbian people and talk to them and get to know about their lives.

  

  Blase J. Cupich
  • People
  • Church
  • Gay

• I had five brothers and sisters. Four of them older, and some of them played instruments, and we would get together and have family recitals and raise money for the church. I belonged to a wonderful church community that encouraged me to sing.

  

  Al Jarreau
  • Family
  • Money
  • Together

• Too often in this world, the things you root for - whether sports teams or spouses to recover from horrible diseases - don't quite pan out.

  

  Charles Bock
  • World
  • Sports

• A poem can have an impact, but you can't expect an audience to understand all the nuances.

  

  Douglas Dunn

• The internet has surrounded television and turned television into an art form.

  

  Joseph Henry "T Bone" Burnett III The Alpha Band
  • Internet
  • Television
  • Art form

• I've been to Canada, and they love - oh my God, they love their stand-up comedy in Canada. I've been overseas to do shows for the troops all over the Middle East, and I actually went to China recently and did shows, not for the troops, but just for local Chinese people, and Americans that have moved there, and things like that. It was fantastic. They got it. They're way smarter than we give them credit for.

  

  Brad Williams
  • Love
  • Comedy
  • Chinese

• The church has no power over our lives any more, which is something of a blessing for those who do not enjoy red-hot pokers or iron thumb-screws.

  

  Stephen Fry
  • Church
  • Enjoy
  • Blessing