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John Owen Quotes

The house built on the sand may oftentimes be built higher, have more fair parapets and battlements, windows and ornaments, than that which is built upon the rock; yet all gifts and privileges equal not one grace.

John Owen

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: theologian
Nationality: english
Birth: 1616 - August 24, 1683

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Grace Sand House Windows Rock More

The most useful form of time travel would be to go back a year or two and rectify the mistakes we made.

Matt Lucas

Time Mistakes Travel Year Back Go

For better or worse, that is true with any new innovation, certainly any new technological innovation. There's many good things that come out of it, but also some bad things. All you can do is try to maximize the good stuff and minimize the bad stuff.

Steve Case

Good Innovation Good Things Better

The thing I care about is my weight - I'm as fanatical about it as a member of Girls Aloud. I weigh myself every morning. I know exactly what I want to be - 82kg - and I try to stick to it.

Tony Parsons

Morning Myself Care Know Want Try

I don't ever use dancers, and when I do, it's literally, like, four break dancers.

Rita Ora

Break Dancers Like Four Literally

I'm a situationist when it comes to anything creative, and that stands with the visual part of anything I do as well. I deal with the concrete things I have in front of me, and I think that's a wise way to be.

Roisin Murphy

Creative Wise Me Think Way Concrete

The repression of virtuous instinct in the modern world is an incremental tragedy. Repress one instinct, and you repress many; other parts of consciousness go down, also.

Michael Leunig

World You Down Tragedy Go Modern

Holden Caulfield is the best character in literature, period.

Josh Hutcherson

Character Best Literature Period

Creating a poem is a continual process of re-creating your ignorance, in the sense of not knowing what's coming next.

Derek Walcott

Ignorance Process Not Knowing Knowing

I was 25 before I joined the world, in my opinion. I was a very late developer, and everything came late.

Deirdre O'Kane

Opinion World Late Everything Before

Well, yes, I've fired a lot of people. Generally I like other people to fire, because it's always a lousy task. But I have fired many people.

Donald Trump

Fire People Always Task Yes Fired

Emotions aren't the obstacles to a successful negotiation; they are the means.

Christopher Voss

Obstacles Negotiation Emotions Means

There is a large element of me in every role I do.

Bruce Campbell

Me Role Element Large Every