R. T. Kendall Quotes

When the Spirit is absent, our excuses always seem right, but in the presence of the Spirit our excuses fade away.

R. T. Kendall

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• When it looks like I may live longer than five minutes I'll drop cigarettes like a hot potato.

  

  Patrick Swayze
  • Live
  • May
  • Like

• We have to still develop the Ikea group. We need many billions of Swiss francs to take on China or Russia.

  

  Ingvar Kamprad
  • Need
  • Group
  • China

• America is a grateful nation. We cannot allow anything or anyone to get in the way of that. The words 'veteran' and 'backlog' should never appear in the same sentence.

  

  Jackie Walorski
  • America
  • Words
  • Same

• I'm finding myself really angry over spending and the deficit. I'm finding myself really angry over what's happening in the Middle East, the decision to stay in Afghanistan indefinitely. I'm angry about cap and trade. And I've been on record for a long time on the failed war on drugs.

  

  Gary Johnson
  • Time
  • Long
  • War

• I had a peace all day. I knew it was a tough golf course. I probably prayed more the last three holes than I ever did in my life.

  

  Webb Simpson
  • Life
  • Peace
  • Day

• I like being like a chameleon who transforms himself with each role.

  

  Oscar Isaac
  • Like
  • Being
  • Himself

• Suburbia is all about private ownership and not having to share, and it leads to a paranoid, defensive mindset. I know this, having grown up in Essex.

  

  Hari Kunzru
  • Up
  • Know
  • Mindset

• Sex appeal is a good thing for commercial cinema. Though I can't sit at home and consider myself a sex symbol, it is for people to do so. I want to be known as an interesting actor.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • People
  • Good
  • Home

• I was only an aspiring dictator. I was never a real dictator.

  

  Augusto Pinochet
  • Real

• Responsible human beings must be concerned about our surroundings and what we will pass on to future generations. However, to use climate change as an excuse not to develop our God-given resources makes little sense.

  

  Ben Carson
  • God
  • Future

• I told you when I came I was a stranger.

  

  Leonard Cohen

• Friends,

  

  Bertrand Russell
  • Friends

• If I want to know how to do a black cat eye, I don't drive to a department store. I'll go on YouTube, cross-check reviews of a product, and then maybe talk about it on Instagram.

  

  Emily Weiss
  • Black
  • Cat

• When the attention started to be about my figure, I was surprised, because it wasn't something I was focused on.

  

  Christina Hendricks
  • Attention

• On a film set, everything's done for you. You get to a stage where you can't even remember the last time you made yourself a sandwich. The crazy thing is that, as actors, we're trying to portray the human condition, but we're often not living in reality.

  

  Elizabeth Debicki
  • Time
  • Trying
  • Done

• Like all Americans, I will never forget where I was the morning of the 9/11 attacks.

  

  Kirsten Gillibrand
  • Morning

• I have times when I doubt what I'm doing. When those moments hit, I think about how grateful I am to be able to do what I do every day. It was harder when I started because I didn't see the response, but now I'm out there playing for people and seeing them happy, which makes it all worthwhile.

  

  Kimbra Lee Johnson
  • People
  • Happy
  • Moments

• We're living in hard times.

  

  Antonio Banderas

• For God's sake, take care of your men. If they fire, they die!

  

  Henry Knox
  • Die
  • Care
  • Fire

• It's never been difficult for me to say no. I have never given excuses like I don't have dates. I have never over-quoted to avoid a project. I simply say that while the script might be good, I can't connect with it. My strategy is that while I wouldn't want anyone to waste my time, I shouldn't be doing that, either, with others.

  

  Vidya Balan
  • Time
  • Good
  • Strategy

• XML is crap. Really. There are no excuses. XML is nasty to parse for humans, and it's a disaster to parse even for computers. There's just no reason for that horrible crap to exist.

  

  Linus Torvalds
  • Nasty
  • Excuses

• If the fans want me out, I'll put my hands up and leave. Like a proper man. I won't make excuses, I'll leave.

  

  Paul Gascoigne
  • Want
  • Fans
  • Excuses

• Start making excuses and there's no end to it. I can't live that kind of life.

  

  Haruki Murakami
  • Excuses
  • Kind Of Life

• When the Spirit is absent, our excuses always seem right, but in the presence of the Spirit our excuses fade away.

  

  R. T. Kendall
  • Excuses