Joel Osteen Quotes
Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That's fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you're talking to God. Even if it's in your thoughts.
Quotes to Explore
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Music is always there, but if you're asking me my first love, it's film.
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I sort of write onstage. I'll throw an idea out there, like Home Depot, and just start talking about it.
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Reading has been the fuel of my motivation: it has changed the direction in which I have traveled, and it has enhanced my creative imagination more than any other activity I have ever pursued.
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I can't change everything by myself but I can be one of the people who are trying to change the situation.
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Once brave politicians and others explain the war on drugs' true cost, the American people will scream for a cease-fire. Bring the troops home, people will urge. Treat drugs as a health problem, not as a matter for the criminal justice system.
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There is so much to do in my house, in every little corner. It's just like anybody, it's like one step at a time. I try to decorate one space and a pipe breaks or whatever - you know how it is.
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Linda Hunt is so good and so sweet. She is a Tony Award nominee and won an Oscar. Pearls just come out of her mouth.
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I am not Shakespeare or Hemingway, but I have written stories on tennis that were brilliant.
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Commitment and credibility go hand in hand.
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We were these arty punks from Hollywood. I considered myself an intellectual.
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Governments and nations should sit together and resolve issues. Reforms must be reached through understanding. But others should not interfere.
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When I'm in Senegal, I can't just sit in isolation making music. People need my help. And the Senegalese people helped create my music. It comes from the country itself.
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Early impressions are like glimpses seen through the window by night when lightning is about.
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To be outspoken is easy when you do not wait to speak the complete truth.
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I don't think Hollywood knows what to do with me. I would imagine that when it comes to romantic comedies, my name would be pretty low down on the list.
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My career is playing the guys who go, 'Boo.' That's what I do.
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A smart phone essentially creates a dossier of your travels, and consumers have no control over who will eventually see that information.
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I would abolish the federal Department of Education and very quickly. People don't realize that the federal Department of Education gives each state 11 cents out of every school dollar that every state spends. But it comes with 15 cents worth of strings attached.
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I didn't mind staying home from school and medicating myself with vanilla ice cream and chocolate sauce. Being sick always gave me another chance to break an old-fashioned mercury thermometer, too.
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I loved Luke Skywalker and I loved Darth Vader and I loved watching them work it out.
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The older I get, the more I become an apple pie, sparkling cider kind of guy.
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I shall not be deterred by people who don't see where the future of Africa lies. It is the short-sighted people who put their opinions in writing. They don't understand that the future of all countries lies in processing.
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I write in a diary every night to collect my thoughts. It's very therapeutic to songwrite, because it's the same thing.
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Some people keep God in a Sunday morning box and say, 'Hey, I did my religious duty.' That's fine, but the scripture says to pray without ceasing. And I think that means all through the day you're talking to God. Even if it's in your thoughts.
