#Christian Quotes #Religious Quotes #Firsts Quotes
“If only I'd known my differentness would be an asset, then my earlier life would have been much easier.”
“If you're humble in defeat, everyone may still kick you, but they won't kick you as much.”
“Major power and telephone grids have long been controlled by computer networks, but now similar systems are embedded in such mundane objects as electric meters, alarm clocks, home refrigerators and thermostats, video cameras, bathroom scales, and Christmas-tree lights - all of which are, or soon will be, accessible remotely.”
“In a way, no matter who's in charge of the corporation that the United States is, the direction in which it is taken seems to be inexorable. So, you just get the job of being the front man for four or eight years. Now, most people realize that's what you are.”
“If prayer stands as the place where God and human beings meet, then I must learn about prayer. Most of my struggles in the Christian life circle around the same two themes: why God doesn't act the way we want God to, and why I don't act the way God wants me to. Prayer is the precise point where those themes converge.”
“Singers, like Frank Sinatra and myself, we interpret the songs that we like. Not unlike a Shakespearean actor that goes back to the greatest words ever written, we go back to the greatest songs and bring about my interpretation of them.”
“That’s nice of you, but it’s not necessary to loan me a car.†“I loan you cars all the time.†“And I almost always destroy them or lose them. I have terrible luck with cars.†“Working at Rangeman is a high-stress job, and you’re one of our few sources of comic relief. I give you a car and my men start a pool on how long it will take you to trash it. You’re a line item in my budget under entertainment.”
“Sincere composers believe in God.”
Hank Johnson U.S. Representative
Patricia Schroeder Former United States Representative
Romano L. Mazzoli Former United States Representative