Jay Parini Quotes

I still have deep respect for the evangelical tradition and feel, in many ways, close to the Baptist roots of my childhood, although I've been an Episcopalian throughout my adult life and a regular churchgoer.

Jay Parini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeRespectChildhoodRootsDeep

When the soul is understood and attended to, we can be liberated from hurry, preoccupation, unsatisfied desires, and chronic discontent.

John Ortberg

SoulHurryUnderstoodDesires

I've got corporate executives, my bosses... this is true... who will text message me... and say, 'Hey a, heard you had chemotherapy today, want me to stop by and pick you up something to eat and bring it to you?' Whose boss does that? My bosses do that.

Stuart Scott

TodayBossMeYouStopTrue

For everyone, there are those moments when you have great days with someone you wouldn't expect to. Then you have to go back to your real lives, but it makes an impression on you.

Sofia Coppola

GreatSomeoneMomentsYouBackGo

Deadpool was intended, as Cable was, to be tied into Wolverine's history.

Rob Liefeld

HistoryWolverineTiedCable

All the music I listened to in high school that I loved and that moved me wasn't the same music other kids were listening to in school. I got into punk rock and new wave, then dub and hip-hop.

Mike D

MusicSchoolMeListeningLovedNew

Should such an ignorant people lead the world? How did it come to this in the first place? 82 percent of us don't even have a passport! Just a handful can speak a language other than English.

Michael Moore

PeopleWorldSpeakLanguagePlace

Growing up, I would never have thought that I'd be a double Olympic champion, with a lovely home and beautiful kids.

Mo Farah

HomeBeautifulGrowing UpChampion

When you begin to worry, go find something to do. Get busy being a blessing to someone; do something fruitful. Talking about your problem or sitting alone, thinking about it, does no good; it serves only to make you miserable. Above all else, remember that worrying is totally useless. Worrying will not solve your problem.

Joyce Meyer

GoodAloneBlessingBusyThinking

If someone pitches me a really great idea for an album, I would do it.

Jonathan Groff

GreatMeSomeoneWouldIdeaAlbum

Think about multicellularity on this Earth. Every living thing originally came from bacteria. So, who do you think made up the rules for how to perform collective behaviors? It had to be the bacteria.

Bonnie Bassler

ThinkYouRulesEarthLivingUp

When I run, I think about everything: physics, family problems, plans for the weekend. I haven't made any big discoveries on a run, but it does give me time to think through problems. Some solutions are obvious, but they are only obvious when you are relaxed enough to find them.

Wolfgang Ketterle

FamilyTimeMeProblemsThinkYou

Tommy Wirkola is Norwegian but has a Finnish surname - he comes from the one of the northernmost countries in the whole of Europe. It was easy working with him. The people in the north are all fairly similar.

Pihla Viitala

PeopleEasyHimEuropeWorkingHe

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