Bede Griffiths Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
Most Americans have no clue that before there were highways, there were only waterways to get through the wilderness. If you weren't on a lake or a river, you were in a jungle.
-
The older I get, the more I realize the importance of maintaining an even temperament - not getting too emotional, focusing on the task at hand. You don't want to make a business deal based on your emotions.
-
Most people who went about saying a ghost had poked them with a brolly would be locked up somewhere.
-
Sometimes we question things that we have done in our lives but how many times do we question what we haven't done in someone else's.
-
I don't think you should exploit your own pain.
-
The American dream is more about opportunity than anything else.
-
I grew up in a culturally radical home, where strong emotions were forbidden.
-
We were like a stock company at Warners. We didn't know any of the stars from the other studios.
-
I don't think you'll ever get enough picking.
-
We are called to be architects of the future, not its victims.
-
Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
-
Virtue has its own reward, but no sale at the box office.
-
When I'm working in the studio, I like to be on my own because I don't know where I'm going; I want to be completely free to spend lots of time on songs.
-
I've traveled all over the country for years speaking in churches, teaching the Ten Commandments. It's amazing if 2 percent of any congregation knows the Ten Commandments.
-
A lot of players think the game is all about individual performances when it's really all about a team game.
-
I appreciate the fact, and am proud of it, that the attentions I am receiving are intended more for our country than for me personally.
-
I sing in many different colors and, hopefully, they add up to a great performance that, after you leave the theater, makes you feel like I've really shared something of myself.
-
It always feels good to put something you're proud of out in the world.
-
You take away all the other luxuries in life, and if you can make someone smile and laugh, you have given the most special gift: happiness.
-
Too often new ideas are studied and analyzed until they are suffocated.
-
I love Hermes, Lanvin, Brunello Cucinelli, Reed Krakoff, Alice + Olivia and Nanette Lepore.
-
Taking legislative authority away from the federal government doesn't necessarily mean freer individuals. It might just mean granting vastly more authority to the states--which already have far broader police powers than most of us would care to admit.
-
Every revival worthy of the name begins in the restoration of the Word of God to the pulpit, and its fearless proclamation by those anointed of God to preach the Gospel. The revival under Josiah took place when 'Hilkiah found the Book of the Law of the Lord'.
-
I had made myself the center of my own existence and had my back turned to God.
