F. B. Meyer Quotes
How often God takes away our consolations, that we may only love Him for Himself; and reveals our sinfulness, that we may better appreciate the completeness of his salvation!
Quotes to Explore
-
The sole ultimate factor in human decisions is physical force. This we must learn, however repugnant the idea may seem, if we are to protect ourselves and our institutions. Reliance on anything else is fallacious and ruinous.
-
You know Texas is - even more now that Enron has bit the dust - it's held up on the back of small businesses.
-
I would convert to Judaism if the operation didn't hurt so much.
-
Being a star has made it possible for me to get insulted in places where the average Negro could never hope to go and get insulted.
-
The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'
-
Brands mature over time, like a marriage. The bond you feel with your spouse is different than when you first met each other. Excitement and discovery are replaced by comfort and depth.
-
I don't use drugs, my dreams are frightening enough.
-
Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
-
A lot of times characters are combinations of people I come across in life. I people-watch a lot.
-
Winning the peace is harder than winning the war.
-
Modern theory is about objects lower than man; even stars, being common things, are lower than man.
-
Initially, it would bother me when filmmakers, script writers, dialogue writers and choreographers tried to recreate a bit of my dad though me.
-
Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.
-
I don't worry about the things I can't change.
-
The biggest cowards are managers who don't let people know where they stand.
-
The thing about being an actor is that every new job is a new challenge. Sometimes you'll have a shot, and it doesn't work. Sometimes it'll work better than you expected.
-
With disadvantages enough to bring him to humility, a Scotsman is one of the proudest things alive.
-
He was so excited. He cut out pictures of these landscapes and neighborhoods and kind of really tried to give you a feel of the movie. It was kind of cute but at the same time it really showed his enthusiasm for it.
-
In my humble opinion, change is stupid.
-
I confess I am a romantic. I love romance, and I think it's really fun and delicious and some of my favorite films are love stories. I think that you just get a chance to fall in love with the characters so much and you get to explore their lives so deeply.
-
I operate from a place of delusion-that’s what the Fame is all about... I want people to walk around delusional about how great they can be - and then to fight so hard for it every day that the lie becomes the truth.
-
Medals are great encouragement to young men and lead them to feel their work is of value, I remember how keenly I felt this when in the 1890s. I received the Darwin Medal and the Huxley Medal. When one is old, one wants no encouragement and one goes on with one's work to the extent of one's power, because it has become habitual.
-
Our constituents did not send us to Washington to shut down the government. They sent us here to make it more accountable.
-
How often God takes away our consolations, that we may only love Him for Himself; and reveals our sinfulness, that we may better appreciate the completeness of his salvation!
