Gerard Majella Quotes

I would give my life a thousand times that God might not be offended.

Gerard Majella

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• We all look at ourselves in the mirror and think, 'Am I good?'

  

  Damon Lindelof
  • Good
  • Think
  • Mirror

• The first movie my dad ever showed me was 'Predator' – I was five. And I think the second one was 'Jaws.'

  

  Katee Sackhoff
  • Movie
  • Think
  • Dad

• I always enjoyed movies and in hindsight I realise how captivating they were to me.

  

  Adam Brody
  • Me
  • Movies
  • Hindsight

• My mom is painfully sweet; she's from Nebraska.

  

  Gabrielle Union
  • She
  • Mom
  • Sweet

• I've never thought in terms of 'men do this' and 'women do that.'

  

  Carly Fiorina
  • Men
  • Women
  • Thought

• Looking back on those days and little leaguer, the Hall of Fame is not even a blinking star, but through baseball travels and moving up the ladder, that star begins to flicker.

  

  Wade Boggs
  • Up
  • Moving
  • Star

• The last thing I want my child to see is Dad running around in the middle of the pack. That would really upset me. And that would upset him. I would be embarrassed to take him to school with kids saying, 'Hey, how'd your dad do this weekend?' 'Well, he finished fifth or sixth'.

  

  Dan Wheldon
  • School
  • Kids
  • Dad

• The death of dictator Kim Jong-Il has cast all eyes on North Korea, a country without literature or freedom or truth.

  

  Adam Johnson
  • Country
  • Truth
  • Death

• Talking about covers, whether visually or sonically, if a particular combination of notes struck a chord in your heart in a way that you want to be a part of it by covering that song, then there's nothing wrong with it.

  

  Ville Valo HIM
  • Heart
  • Want
  • Song

• There should be a place and the space for all pop.

  

  Malcolm Wilson
  • Space
  • Should
  • Place

• If we were in the habit of reading poets their obscurity would not matter; and, once we are out of the habit, their clarity does not help.

  

  Randall Jarrell
  • Help
  • Reading
  • Habit

• Some say I have a beautiful voice, some say I have not. It is a matter of opinion. All I can say, those who don't like it shouldn't come to hear me.

  

  Maria Callas
  • Beautiful
  • Opinion

• Fun without sell gets nowhere, but sell without fun tends to become obnoxious.

  

  Leo Burnett
  • Fun

• Fear is a terrible thing. It makes you do awful things.

  

  Kirk Douglas
  • Fear

• Sometimes an interviewer will look at me and say, 'You're bright!' They're actually surprised I might be bright.

  

  Kirk Douglas

• I had the good fortune to be able to right an injustice that I thought was being heaped on young people by lowering the voting age, where you had young people that were old enough to die in Vietnam but not old enough to vote for their members of Congress that sent them there.

  

  Birch Bayh
  • People
  • Good
  • Age

• My grandmother took me to church on Sunday all day long, every Sunday into the night. Then Monday evening was the missionary meeting. Tuesday evening was usher board meeting. Wednesday evening was prayer meeting. Thursday evening was visit the sick. Friday evening was choir practice. I mean, and at all those gatherings, we sang.

  

  Maya Angelou
  • Church
  • Practice
  • Prayer

• We went to Ibiza, and I was on Ritalin, and, for a kid who couldn't concentrate, I read a 200-page book on King Arthur, and my mum just hated it. She said it just wasn't me.

  

  Alfie Allen
  • She
  • Book
  • King

• The U.S. is a complex country. It has a high predominance of immigrants who have been eminently successful.

  

  Azim Premji
  • Country
  • High

• 'cause haters wanna shoot, everything that shine

  

  Ol' Dirty Bastard
  • Shine
  • Haters

• I do not believe that sheer suffering teaches. If suffering alone taught, all the world would be wise, since everyone suffers. To suffering must be added mourning, understanding, patience, love, openness and the willingness to remain vulnerable. All these and other factors combined, if the circumstances are right, can teach and can lead to rebirth.

  

  Anne Morrow Lindbergh
  • World
  • Believe
  • Alone

• My mother was suffering every day of her life, and what right did I have to be happy if she was suffering? So whenever I got happy about something, I felt the need to cut it off, and the only way to cut it off was to pray. 'Forgive me Lord.' For what, I didn't know.

  

  Gene Wilder
  • Life
  • She
  • Happy

• I would give my life a thousand times that God might not be offended.

  

  Gerard Majella
  • Suffering
  • Might
  • Thousand