Mike Yaconelli Quotes

Evangelicals always assume that humor and faith are contradictory. It's OK to smile, to be nice, but not frivolous.

Mike Yaconelli

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

SmileFaithHumorBe NiceNiceOK

I love sightseeing.

Joe Jonas

LoveI Love

My grandparents in Istria had a frasca, which is about the most basic kind of grocery/restaurant. They sold wine from their own vineyard. I took control of the vineyard, hired a local winemaker, and bought another winery in 1996. We had our first commercial vintage in 1998.

Joe Bastianich

ControlVintageWineKindFirstOwn

I don't think anybody feels like they're a good parent. Or if people think they're good parents, they ought to think again.

Joan Didion

GoodParentsPeopleThinkParent

If you persist in your purpose of secession, there will be war - a bloody and cruel war. Not only will the North fight, but she will also triumph. The experiment of secession will fail, and the South, in ruin and desolation, will bitterly repent the day when she attempted to overthrow a wise and beneficent government.

Ambrose Burnside

DayPurposeGovernmentFightWar

I just see myself as a guy who's trying to make a film or, make art.

Steven Rodney McQueen

ArtMyselfTryingSeeGuyFilm

I am a huge Pistons fan. Those were some of my best times in college, watching the Detroit Pistons.

Steven Yeun

BestI AmCollegeDetroitWatching

I am elected by the people of Bucharest, not the dogs.

Traian Basescu

I AmPeopleDogsAmElected

Our criteria for deciding what's good and what's bad is very fickle, especially in this country.

Roberta Flack

GoodBadCountryFickleOurVery

I don't do glamorous things.

Rupert Friend

GlamorousThings

I have no illusions that my work can rouse the masses to create change, because literature simply doesn't have that power anymore in my country, if it does anywhere. But I do hope that it can be read by those who are in positions to create change, or that it can at least be part of that dialogue.

Miguel Syjuco

WorkChangeHopePowerLiterature

Composing gives me a chance to work in multiple dimensions and helps me pare down my melodies into what is essential. Learning new skills has always energized me and scoring has opened up a world of sonic possibilities.

Liz Phair

WorkLearningMeWorldChanceDown

A grain of poetry suffices to season a century.

Jose Marti

PoetrySeasonGrainCentury

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