Mike Yaconelli Quotes

I can remember the night I became a Christian. And man, this weight came off of me and all that kind of stuff. What I didn't realize was, that was just the beginning - of a huge journey.

Mike Yaconelli

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: July 24, 1942 - October 30, 2003

Topics

JourneyBeginningManMeNightKind

People of color have a constant frustration of not being represented, or being misrepresented, and these images go around the world.

Spike Lee

PeopleWorldFrustrationColorGo

One nice thing about growing up Catholic is it makes you open-minded about other people's religions, since ours is nuttier than yours.

Rob Sheffield

PeopleGrowing UpYouGrowingNice

My job at Stanford is rather different from the ones I had held previously in that my own ambitions must take a back seat to the well-being of the students with whom I work.

Robert B. Laughlin

WorkJobBackWell-BeingMy OwnOwn

It is no secret, of course, that people have strong feelings about fat - feelings that seem only to have been inflamed by the sense, in western countries, that there is an obesity crisis afoot. Concerns about health have mutated into a kind of panic attending any mention of fat people at all.

Michelle Dean

HealthPeopleStrongFatFeelings

Most Sunday magazines, with the New York Times as an exception, are kind of sleepy, weekend service vehicles to move living room products.

David Talbot

ServiceNew YorkWeekendNewLiving

I love a good challenge of looking with new eyes at a tried and true recipe in my recipe Rolodex.

Christina Tosi

LoveGoodEyesChallengeLooking

Realistically, guys who are into gaming are not necessarily watching television.

Bonnie Hammer

TelevisionGamingWatchingWhoGuys

The greatness of a man is not in how much wealth he acquires, but in his integrity and his ability to affect those around him positively.

Bob Marley

IntegrityManGreatnessWealthHim

The tremendous honour of the Nobel Prize is of the strongest incentive to me in my work, while the amount of the Prize will greatly simplify my task and provide me with much valuable help in my work.

August Krogh

WorkMeHelpWillTaskSimplify

'Vogue' has a history of picking up on various TV shows that reflect a moment in popular culture, whether it's putting Lena Dunham on the cover or Sarah Jessica Parker.

Anna Wintour

HistoryMomentCultureReflectUp

Amplifying atoms is more subtle than amplifying electromagnetic waves because atoms can only change their quantum state and cannot be created. Therefore, even if one could amplify gold atoms, one would not realize the dreams of medieval alchemy.

Wolfgang Ketterle

ChangeDreamsGoldWavesMoreAtoms

They would say, 'If you run around too much as a girl, you'll never be able to have children.' The running was supposed to be too much strain for your body, and your body would never be the same again.

Wilma Rudolph

GirlChildrenYouBodyToo MuchRun

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