J. C. Ryle Quotes
Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
Quotes to Explore
-
My earliest memories of rap music was mixed with my earliest memories of reggae music. They were big sounds around the way, heavy bass lines, strong messages, definitely.
-
The idea of going on tour for the rest of my life with old works is not that exciting. As an artist I definitely think the work in future is going to be better than the work in the past, otherwise why do it?
-
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.
-
Despite the disreputable company it keeps, bismuth is harmless. In fact, it's medicinal: Doctors prescribe it to soothe ulcers, and it's the 'bis' in hot-pink Pepto-Bismol. Overall, it seems like the most out-of-place element on the periodic table, a gentleman among scoundrels.
-
Don't sell credits; don't sell walk-on roles... If people want to back you, they'll back you. But if you have to entice people will walk-on roles and crazy credits, you're undermining yourself.
-
I didn't grow up watching film but as a Ukrainian-American, music and stories and dance are crucial.
-
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.
-
I don't think you should exploit your own pain.
-
Happiness exists only if you have a lot of people to share it with.
-
I grew up very differently than a lot of other people in my hometown in Mississippi. But I can't imagine my life any other way. I flew home and surprised my best friend at his graduation, and I remember turning to my mom and saying, 'My graduation was so much cooler than this.' I had Melissa Joan Hart give my commencement speech.
-
Everything I do now is a first.
-
I lie, I cheat, and I steal.
-
Any econometrician who wants to see practical application of his science will be highly concerned with applications to economic planning at the national level.
-
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.
-
When I was on stage with the Spice Girls, I thought people were there to see the other four and not me.
-
Cultures are never merely intellectual constructs. They take form through the collective intelligence and memory, through a commonly held psychology and emotions, through spiritual and artistic communion.
-
We have invented a new human right here - the right to return home after a war.
-
Some people say that I have an attitude- Maybe I do. But I think that you have to. You have to believe in yourself when no one else does- that makes you a winner right there.
-
If God were a Kantian, who would not have us till we came to Him from the purest and best motives, who could be saved?
-
I think that if you're improvising on TV, it's a great way to help the dialogue between actors and writers.
-
Keep your life so constantly in touch with God that His surprising power can break through at any point.
-
Happiness is not an ideal of reason, but of imagination.
-
I think that’s a responsibility that I have, to push possibilities, to show people: “This is the level that things could be at.”
-
Beware of manufacturing a God of your own: a God who is all mercy, but not just. Such a God is an idol of your own.
