Tony Campolo Quotes

President Bush once said that marriage is a sacred institution and should be reserved for the union of one man and one woman. If this is the case - and most Americans would agree with him on this - then I have to ask: Why is the government at all involved in marrying people?

Tony Campolo

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All the uncontrollable and unpredictable parts of my life - from the actual creation to my emotional responses to the finished book - I've succeeded in banishing to the office. And I think I'm happier for it.

Jim Crace

LifeBookThinkMy LifeCreation

I was never really sure what I wanted to do - I'm in awe of these people who knew at age 10 or 12 they wanted to be a brain surgeon, and they did it, and they still are.

Jerry Doyle

AgePeopleBrainNeverAweSurgeon

Songs don't just come out of the air. They take time, but it's good fun, too. Maurice gave me encouragement.

Andy Gibb

GoodTimeFunMeEncouragementAir

Well, we have to provide the world's best schools. We certainly don't have them, but that's our objective.

Michael Bloomberg

BestWorldWellOurProvideThem

I'm a pain in the ass to all of the costume designers with whom I work because I have very strong feelings about the subject.

Meryl Streep

WorkPainStrongFeelingsCostume

Teach her story to future generations, and at least the moral debt owed to Jean McConville can be repaid. Jean McConville. Jean McConville. Jean McConville.

Amanda Foreman

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I think we have a good chance of surviving long enough to colonize the solar system.

Stephen Hawking

GoodChanceThinkEnoughLongSolar

Every crazy fad from the 1800s comes back or they never go away. It's like fashion, like everything's already been invented, and somebody stumbles onto it and people will always, always be looking for an answer for some vague illness they can't get a diagnosis for.

Mary Roach

PeopleCrazyFashionLookingBack

Through an arbitrary problem, I had arrived at a tenet of good writing: brevity wins.

Michael Winter

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The problem is that everywhere the gas drilling industry goes, a trail of water contamination, air pollution, health concerns and betrayal of basic American civic and community values follows.

Josh Fox

CommunityHealthWaterAmericanAir

You must bring great resolve to your work. It's not all a bed of roses.

Douglas Conant

WorkGreatRosesYouBedResolve

Do I regret taking the company public? Yes and no. Yes, because it put us under enormous pressure for a young company to go public at that point in its history, something you never could have done in the old days.

David Talbot

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