Gary L. Thomas Quotes

Parenting changed for me when I finally realized it's not about being a perfect parent trying to raise perfect kids, but rather, family life is a collection of sinners slowly growing together toward Jesus Christ as we rub shoulders, yield to his grace, ask for forgiveness and offer forgiveness, and are shaped accordingly.

Gary L. Thomas

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• No god ever gave any man anything, nor ever answered any prayer at any time - nor ever will.

  

  Madalyn Murray O'Hair
  • Time
  • God
  • Man

• People often try to disguise televisions. I always think that makes it worse. It is what it is!

  

  L'Wren Scott
  • People
  • Think
  • Try

• You have your identity when you find out, not what you can keep your mind on, but what you can't keep your mind off.

  

  A. R. Ammons
  • Mind
  • Identity
  • Find

• Even the great bad guys in cinema history, they're likable.

  

  Balthazar Getty
  • Great
  • History
  • Bad

• My first name, with the rare two-r spelling, came from a sportswriter named Garry Schumacher. My parents didn't know him personally, but my mother liked the spelling.

  

  Garry Marshall
  • Mother
  • Parents
  • Name

• I thoroughly enjoy working with kids, whether it's The First Tee or the lesson tee with my grandkids.

  

  Jack Nicklaus
  • Kids
  • Enjoy
  • Working

• I like to paint, I'm absolutely no good at it, but I'm so comfortable with that because it's good for me to have something to fail at.

  

  J. August Richards
  • Good
  • Me
  • Comfortable

• You have to turn the noise off a little bit. Fortunately, I'm not really on social media. I've been able to live in a bit of a black hole.

  

  Rachel McAdams
  • Live
  • Black
  • Social Media

• 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

• From blood banking to the modern subway, from jazz to social justice, the contributions of African Americans have shaped and molded and influenced our national culture and our national character.

  

  Bill Frist
  • Character
  • Culture
  • Justice

• I've always had not just an affection but a real love for the theater family in New York, and I really feel it is a family. I'm so touched by the generosity of everyone there.

  

  Lindsay Duncan
  • Real
  • Family
  • Generosity

• I've always felt, even with sketches, that if you don't care about these people, then it doesn't matter.

  

  Paula Pell
  • People

• No matter how successful you are, no matter how good you are at what you do, even if a golden path rolls out in front of your feet your whole life, there will come one particularly bleak Tuesday when you glance over at Facebook and notice that Jen From Down The Hall has just won an Oscar.

  

  Alexandra Petri
  • Life
  • Good
  • Path

• In early 1961 a new president, John F. Kennedy, was told by military leaders and civilian officials that the Kingdom of Laos - of no conceivable strategic importance to the U.S. - required the presence of American troops and perhaps even tactical nuclear weapons. Why? Because if Laos fell, Asia would go red from Thailand to Indonesia.

  

  Jeff Greenfield
  • Why
  • American
  • Military

• You'd be surprised what you'd catch on my playlist.

  

  Sidney Royel Selby III

• Manipulating people is what's so fun about poker. I love that you can just look into someone's eyes and lie - and it's perfectly acceptable.

  

  Cheryl Hines
  • People
  • Fun
  • Eyes

• Typically, being under the strike zone with the sinker isn't a big issue. I need to be a little bit higher with the strike zone earlier in the count. If you miss under with one here and there when you're ahead, it's really not an issue.

  

  Jake Arrieta

• Unity can only be manifested by the Binary. Unity itself and the idea of Unity are already two.

  

  Buddha
  • Unity

• It was an old, old, old, old lady, And a boy who was half-past three; And the way they played together Was beautiful to see.

  

  H. C. Bunner
  • Together
  • Beautiful
  • Past

• Like every mother, my wish - every birthday - is for my children to stay healthy (and) for my family to remain healthy.

  

  Angelina Jolie
  • Children
  • Family
  • Mother

• What term do you employ when you speak of your progenitor?" I answered with the term I'd always wanted to employ. "Sonovabitch." "To his face?" she asked. "I never see his face." "He wears a mask?" "In a way, yes. Of stone. Of absolute stone.

  

  Erich Segal
  • Speak
  • Wanted
  • Absolutes

• I had a high-flying career. Never wanted to get married. All I wanted to do was have some fun.

  

  Cindy Gallop
  • Fun
  • High
  • Career

• Parenting changed for me when I finally realized it's not about being a perfect parent trying to raise perfect kids, but rather, family life is a collection of sinners slowly growing together toward Jesus Christ as we rub shoulders, yield to his grace, ask for forgiveness and offer forgiveness, and are shaped accordingly.

  

  Gary L. Thomas
  • Together
  • Jesus
  • Christ