#Guides Quotes
“It was not noisy prejudice that caused the work of Mendel to lie dead for thirty years, but the sheer inability of contemporary opinion to distinguish between a new idea and nonsense.”
“Unfortunately, when you're an actor you have to act. It's not like you can sit in your living room, your bedroom, your study or whatever and act with yourself. It requires having somebody to respond to.”
Source : "Q&A: Kimberly Elise calls ‘For Colored Girls’ the most emotional role of her career". Interview with Gregory Ellwood, uproxx.com. November 3, 2010.
“The rule of love, I say again, is not an optional extra. It is the very essence of what we [Christians] are about”
“Flexible supply chains are great for multinationals and consumers. But they erode already thin profit margins in developing-world factories and foster a pell-mell work environment in which getting the order out the door is the only thing that matters.”
“Good questions work on us, we don't work on them. They are not a project to be completed but a doorway opening onto greater depth of understanding, actions that will take us into being more fully alive.”
Source : Peter Block (2003). “The Answer to How Is Yes: Acting on What Matters”, p.50, Berrett-Koehler Publishers
“You're a wizard," I snapped. "Can't you just use magic to make your own food?" "Ah, yes," he retorted. "Because mud pies are so very delicious and the wind fills empty stomachs quite nicely.”
“But who wants to hang aroundfrat guys ? I want to be with guys who have more on their minds than where the next keg party is. I want to be with guys who care about making this world a better place-the way Andrew does. I want to be with guys who know that what's important isn't the size of a girl's waistband but the size of her heart-like Andrew. I want to be with guys who are able to see past a girl's outward appearance, and into her soul-like Andrew.”
“When I run, I always pretend I am running toward Nikki, and it makes me feel like I am decreasing the amount of time I have to wait until I see her again.”
Bill W.
Emmet Fox Author
Fulton Oursler Journalist
Jessie Penn-Lewis Author
Sam Shoemaker Priest
Samuel Shem Doctor
Sherwood Eddy Author
Tom Driberg British Politician
William Duncan Silkworth