"Make a mistake in the interpretation of one of Shakespeareâ€™s plays, falsely scan a piece of Spenserian verse, and there is unlikely to be an entailment of eternal consequence; but we cannot lightly accept a similar laxity in the interpretation of Scripture. We are dealing with Godâ€™s thoughts: we are obligated to take the greatest pains to understand them truly and to explain them clearly."

-- D. A. Carson

#Pain Quotes #Mistake Quotes #Play Quotes

“As a tennis player you can win and you can lose, and you have to be ready for both. I practised self-control as a kid. But as you get older they both - winning and losing - get easier.”
“It's a long way from not having enough serotonin to thinking the world is "stale, flat and unprofitable"; even further to writing a play about a man driven by that thought.”
“One of the most essential and mundane of human activities - taking care of children - requires high levels of anxious vigilance. ... [Parents] dare not risk assuming that the sudden quiet from the toddlers' room means they are studying with Baby Einstein. Visualize fratricidal stranglings and electric outlets stabbed with forks: this is how we have reproduced our genomes.”
“I take the responsibility of choosing seriously because it becomes an indelible part of your body of work. Something has to sing to me.”
“I was lucky enough to have the songs in my first show written by George and Ira Gershwin. Then Cole Porter wrote five shows for me”
“In a world where everyone is a publisher, no one is an editor. And that is the danger that we face today.”

Source : Scott Pelley's speech upon receiving the Fred Friendly journalism award at Quinnipiac University in Hamden, Connecticut, May 11, 2013.
“Be foolishly in love, because love is all there is.”
“I really loved Kelsey [Grammer]. It wasn't a romantic love, but there was something about him. It's very difficult to see someone you care about having a hard time.”

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