John Piper Quotes

The absence of God in most spheres of life is perceived to be normal, and even Christians feel it as normal - which is why absorbing the culture all around us and its priorities is so dangerous.

John Piper

Recitation: by Male by Female

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LifeGodCultureFeelPrioritiesUs

Fear and greed are potent motivators. When both of these forces push in the same direction, virtually no human being can resist.

Andrew Weil

FearDirectionGreedPushHuman

Catch on fire and people will come for miles to see you burn.

John Wesley

FirePeopleYouBurnWillSee

If a lawyer, if a teacher, if a bus driver, if they're on $40,000 and they get offered a lot more to go somewhere else, what do you think they're going to do?

Sonny Bill Williams

TeacherLawyerThinkYouGoMore

Although we were never pals and occasionally butted heads, my relationship with Clinton and his wife, Hillary, made me a better journalist.

Ron Fournier

RelationshipWifeMeBetterNever

The Republican party is not the party for the wealthy. We care about everyone.

Ronna McDaniel

CarePartyRepublicanEveryoneAbout

To me, I definitely stand in the corner of wanting to give voice to the bullied, and not the bully.

Mike White

MeVoiceStandCornerGiveWanting

Nu shu means women's writing. And it was a secret writing system that was invented by women, used by women and kept a secret by women in one very remote county in China for a thousand years. It's the only language that was invented and used by women to have been found anywhere in the world.

Lisa See

WomenWritingWorldLanguageSecret

Television, in particular, doesn't look for talent; it looks for personas. You have a great persona? You can be a TV star.

Jason Alexander

GreatTalentYouLookTelevisionTV

I have about 100 gigs of music, and I'm always going through thinking about what song I can match to a scene and all that.

Jonathan Levine

MusicSongThinkingI CanAlways

Today, in 2014, Victoria is a better, stronger, more financially secure state than when we came to government four years ago.

Denis Napthine

TodayGovernmentBetterStronger

Innocent pleasures are got by virtue and well-earned wealth.

Dayananda Saraswati

WealthInnocentVirtueGotPleasures

Every writer from Montaigne to William S. Burroughs has pasted and cut from previous work. Every artist, whether it's Warhol or, you know, Dangermouse or whoever.

David Shields

WorkYouArtistKnowCutWriter

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