Jay Parini Quotes

Jesus discouraged the accumulation of wealth, worried about its effects on those who had it, and took special pleasure in helping the poor, dedicating his efforts to them. He must have shaken his head at the large gaps between rich and poor throughout ancient Palestine in the first century.

Jay Parini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: April 2, 1948

Topics

RichWealthSpecialPoorFirstHead

The tax code can be used to eliminate the toll booths on the information superhighway.

Jerry Weller

InformationTaxUsedCodeEliminate

The industrial food system is so cruel and so horrific in its treatment of animals. It never asks the question: 'Should a pig be allowed to express its pig-ness?'

Joel Salatin

FoodPigAnimalsNeverQuestion

Once in a while, I have to pinch myself to remind myself I am Nobel laureate, but that is not part of my work plan every day.

Mohamed ElBaradei

WorkMyselfDayI AmPlanEvery Day

I spent a ton of time alone. I was raised by a feminist; I had a terrifying father and oppressively scary and mean brothers. We had a farm. The rule was between breakfast and lunch you weren't allowed to make a sound.

Joss Whedon

FatherAloneTimeBreakfastLunch

I'm compulsive.

Doris Lessing

Compulsive

Poetry carries the imagery which is large enough for the kind of life we want for ourselves.

David Whyte

LifePoetryEnoughWantKindLarge

Imagine how many aspects of nature we would miss if we lived on the surface of the sun. Without inventing refrigerators, we would only know gaseous matter and never observe liquids or solids, and miss the beauty of snowflakes.

Wolfgang Ketterle

NatureBeautySunKnowMatterNever

It's really hard to watch things and then not think about anything afterwards.

Philip Seymour Hoffman

ThinkHardAnythingThingsWatch

I think the first 'Hellraiser' is a work of genius.

Scott Derrickson

WorkThinkGeniusFirstI Think

My difficulty with the whole right-left construct is that I don't think it describes modern politics or the modern choices that people face in the world.

Leo Varadkar

PoliticsPeopleWorldChoicesFace

I never took any guitar lessons or anything; I never really learned to play covers. I'm actually happy that I never took lessons as a kid. Now, I'd like to take lessons to kind of go deeper. But I think sometimes lessons can steal a person's personality away, because they're trying to do things so technically.

King Tuff

PersonalityHappyThinkGuitarPlay

I've made one action movie. But nobody saw it, so I guess that doesn't count for most people.

James Wan

PeopleActionNobodyCountSawMade

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