Brian D. McLaren Quotes

Spiritual Practices are not for know-it-alls. Practices are for those who feel the need for change, growth, development, learning. Practices are for disciples.

Brian D. McLaren

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• If we don't end war, war will end us.

  

  H. G. Wells
  • War
  • End
  • Will

• I like deconstructing things. I like cutting the legs out from under something that feels secret.

  

  Rachel Bloom
  • Like
  • Cutting
  • Something

• I have American in-laws, and I care about the environment. We don't use disposable diapers, which, of course, creates an environmental problem of our own.

  

  Yakov Smirnoff
  • American
  • Environment
  • Environmental

• He who binds his soul to knowledge, steals the key of heaven.

  

  Nathaniel Parker Willis
  • Soul
  • Knowledge
  • Heaven

• I love the idea that I planned my career. I did not. It started out by getting invitations from artists that I really love and respect, to share a stage... I've been very lucky in that I haven't had to create a five-year plan. It's evolved.

  

  M. Ward
  • Love
  • Career
  • Respect

• Josh Brolin is fascinating to watch because he is just so effortless. It's like watching a really gifted athlete run, and I just didn't have that.

  

  Taylor Sheridan
  • Like
  • Athlete
  • Just

• Most of leaders in Philippine politics come from rich family.

  

  Manny Pacquiao
  • Family
  • Politics
  • Rich

• When you get told that you have a disease, it's like: 'Really? Nah, it's all right. I don't believe that. It must be something else, I'm just making an excuse, let me push harder.'

  

  Venus Williams
  • Believe
  • Right
  • Disease

• I want to sit with 80- and 90-year-old people more than anyone. They have played this game before. Not one of them has told me, 'I wish I had more money.'

  

  Gary Vaynerchuk
  • People
  • Money
  • Game

• Rock was born in the South, so saying 'Southern rock' is like saying 'rock rock.'

  

  Duane Allman
  • Rock

• Why has everything got to be about feelings these days? In the old days, no one knew what anyone was feeling and, what's more, they weren't expected to.

  

  Arabella Weir
  • Why
  • Feeling

• There are an infinite number of boring things to do in science.

  

  David Eagleman
  • Science

• A song that sounds simple is just not that easy to write. One of the objectives of this record was to try and write melodies that continue to resonate.

  

  Sheryl Crow
  • Song
  • Simple

• It is critical that Democratic candidates, whether they are in New Jersey, or Virginia, or anywhere, emphasize the fact that we can be trusted, and can bring fiscal integrity to our state, local, and national government.

  

  Mark Warner
  • Integrity

• It's just terrible: I miss flights all the time, more than I probably catch one.

  

  Margot Robbie
  • Time

• When inflation begins to rise, that's a situation we know how to deal with. When the economy is not doing well, and we're stuck at zero, that's one we don't know so much about - or we know about it that it's bad.

  

  Charles L. Evans
  • Bad

• I think Noam Chomsky is a national treasure - make that an international treasure.

  

  Eric Reed Boucher

• You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.

  

  Charles de Gaulle
  • Soul
  • Giving

• But I never worried about having a child in my 40s, which is unusual - normally, I'm the queen of worry.

  

  Debra Winger
  • Worry

• I have the potential to be very strong and powerful, sometimes angry, sometimes passionate. I also can be shy and withhold that because I am afraid. I don't want to freak anybody out with my passion... So I struggle with that all the time.

  

  Idina Menzel
  • Time
  • Strong
  • Passion

• When people are nervous, some people move around. Some people scratch their leg.

  

  Beau Mirchoff
  • People
  • Nervous
  • Some People

• At the core, Philips is an innovation company. And for innovation to work, you need to look for the unmet needs.

  

  Frans van Houten
  • Work
  • Innovation

• He was scarcely then a year old, and knew so little of herding that he had never turned a sheep in his life; but as soon as he discovered it was his duty to do so I can never forget with what anxiety and eagerness he learned his different evolutions.

  

  James Hogg
  • Life
  • Different
  • Anxiety

• Spiritual Practices are not for know-it-alls. Practices are for those who feel the need for change, growth, development, learning. Practices are for disciples.

  

  Brian D. McLaren
  • Growth
  • Development
  • Disciples