Rodney Stark Quotes

The more members of the clergy that are out there working to expand their congregations, the more people will go to church.

Rodney Stark

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PeopleChurchGoWillMoreOut

I did some research on cryonics and cryogenics, but I kept it to a minimum because I didn't want the science part of the novel to overshadow the fiction. Being medically accurate wasn't my main goal.

John Corey Whaley

ScienceResearchGoalWantFiction

I consider myself a very lucky actor that, approaching 60, I'm still employed and employable.

John Lithgow

MyselfActorLuckyStillVery

I auditioned for soap operas and commercials; I remember auditioning for Lays potato chips. It was a sort of 'Mutiny on the Bounty' sketch, where Captain Bligh was torturing the crew by saying, 'You can only have one Lays potato chip,' and they all rise up.

John Lithgow

SayingRememberYouRiseSketchUp

It is ideas, not vested interests, which are dangerous for good or evil.

John Maynard Keynes

GoodIdeasEvilDangerousInterests

I have a massage when I want to relax. I love being pampered. I love island massages when you're outside in the fresh air.

Angie Stone

LoveRelaxYouWantIslandMassage

Computers may save time but they sure waste a lot of paper. About 98 percent of everything printed out by a computer is garbage that no one ever reads.

Andy Rooney

TimeComputersGarbageEverything

Love is the same as like except you feel sexier.

Judith Viorst

LoveLove IsFeelYouSameLike

I grew up hearing stories about how my maternal grandfather had put himself through engineering school in New York City. He saved money by walking down to a gas station once a week to take a shower. When I applied to college, both education and investment value were important to me.

Jason Kilar

EducationMoneySchoolValueCollege

Going home, spending time with the family, I feel they're my friends as well, all of them. I look forward to meeting any one of them for a coffee, and when we all get together, I just love it.

Domhnall Gleeson

FamilyLoveHomeTimeCoffee

When I write down my thoughts, they do not escape me. This action makes me remember my strength which I forget at all times. I educate myself proportionately to my captured thought. I aim only to distinguish the contradiction between my mind and nothingness.

Comte de Lautreamont

StrengthMyselfMindMeThoughts

Billions of people are being left behind by economic growth.

Winnie Byanyima

GrowthPeopleEconomic GrowthLeft

Civil disobedience is not accepted by religion and the state does not accept it and there are many verses in the Holy Book that talk of following the ruler.

Pope Shenouda III

ReligionBookAcceptTalkHoly

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