Josh Turner Quotes
I may never know what type of effect I have on my sons, just like Granny never knew the effect she had on me. So I just try and make the best decisions that I can, be the best father that I can.
Quotes to Explore
-
There are recurring elements in popularized fairy tales, such as absent parents, some sort of struggle, a transformation, and a marriage. If you look at a range of stories, you find many stories about marriage, sexual initiation, abandonment. The plots often revolve around what to me seem to be elemental fears and desires.
-
There was a point where I really felt I had 'penniless divorcee lone parent' tattooed on my head.
-
Action is the foundational key to all success.
-
What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don't have, is just love what we do have.
-
I was studying political science; I was adamant that I was going to follow in my father's footsteps.
-
I am actually one of those who took President Obama at his word when he first ran - that he would get us out of ill-advised wars, that he would do something about health care costs, and that he would protect civil liberties. Like many Americans, I was disappointed.
-
Men honor what lies within the sphere of their knowledge, but do not realize how dependent they are on what lies beyond it.
-
When the word 'morality' comes up in connection with economics, income distribution and financial stability are usually the issues. Is it moral for rich countries to use such a high proportion of the world's resources or for investment bankers to earn large bonuses?
-
Strange bonds of trust and self-deception tend to grow between journalists and their subjects.
-
The homosexual community has more acceptance in America than it ever has, and the suicide rate is as high as it's always been.
-
Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.
-
Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.
-
Space exploration is important research to our economic and national defense, and America's space program is a symbol of our success as a scientifically and technologically advanced nation.
-
Tech is all about building human connections.
-
The peak of a career can only last so long. You go up and you try to maintain it. But, it can only last so long and then you're going to go down.
-
The reaction that I got from 'Diamonds' I would have expected to get from 'House of the Rising Sun' or one of the other songs.
-
I grew up in a very Catholic family. Up until puberty, I would go to a Catholic church every week.
-
If I got $300 million from the California Lottery, the first thing I would do is buy the rights to 'Firefly', make it on my own, and distribute it on the Internet.
-
The point at which we worked with some of these actors, they weren't really stars yet. Nicolas Cage was not a big star when we did Raising Arizona. A lot of these people were also virtually unknown, too, when we worked with them first.
-
Conventional nudes based on classical originals could bear no burden of thought or inner life without losing their formal completeness.
-
True philosophy must start from the most immediate and comprehensive fact of consciousness: 'I am life that wants to live, in the midst of life that wants to live.'
-
The selection of a book-plate is such a serious matter.
-
I put my thoughts in a book, which must mean I don't want anyone to read them.
-
I may never know what type of effect I have on my sons, just like Granny never knew the effect she had on me. So I just try and make the best decisions that I can, be the best father that I can.
