John Ortberg Quotes

When I teach the formal curriculum, I have the chance to think about it ahead of time. I can rehearse it. I can illustrate it with self-deprecating humor and humble-sounding personal disclosure. I can try to make it comes out just right.

John Ortberg

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TimeHumorChanceThinkI CanAhead

I apologize if anybody was offended by anything I said.

Jerome Corsi

SaidOffendedApologizeAnything

A useless life is an early death.

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

LifeDeathEarlyUseless

I like being a part of something. I like participating and being part of a group.

Andie MacDowell

GroupBeingSomethingLikePart

In order to appreciate a great man, we must know his surroundings. We must understand the scope of the drama in which he played - the part he acted - and we must also know his audience.

Robert Green Ingersoll

GreatManAppreciateGreat ManDrama

There's nothing worse than an ostentatious shot. Or some lighting that draws attention to itself, and you might go, 'Oh, wow, that's spectacular.' Or that spectacular shot, a big crane move, or something.

Roger Deakins

AttentionYouGoNothingBigMove

The pressure to be timely with news has increased every year.

Mary Hart

PressureYearNewsEveryTimely

I look at each episode in two ways - from a design standpoint and from an entertainment standpoint - this is TV, after all. We usually succeed on at least one of the levels.

Douglas Wilson

SucceedDesignLookEntertainmentTV

I will always remember the fear in the faces of the executed. That's the first day I felt the devil's presence.

Chris Gibson

FearDayDevilRememberWillFirst

Doctors are not always right, but they are there to help.

Brian Littrell

HelpRightAlwaysDoctors

I think marathon swimming makes you work more on your upper body, your abdomen, trapezius, and your arms. When you finish a race, your arms and abdomen are more tired than your legs. Your legs are tired because you've just sprinted for the line, but at the end of the race, when you start to relax, it's your arms that hurt.

Poliana Okimoto

WorkTiredRelaxSwimmingStartEnd

There is no lighter burden, nor more agreeable, than a pen.

Petrarch

PenBurdenMoreThanLighterNor

You want calamities? What about the Ice Age?

Mario Cuomo

AgeIceYouWantAboutCalamities

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