Jay Parini Quotes

The stories about the life and teachings of Jesus were mainly told in Greek, the original language of the gospels.

Jay Parini

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

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

Topics

LifeLanguageOriginalStoriesJesus

We keep spending money and sending it overseas when we should be developing American energy.

John Barrasso

MoneyEnergyAmericanKeepShould

Gender dysphoria is never an easy thing to live with, mainly because people don't understand it.

Andreja Pejic

LivePeopleGenderEasyUnderstand

When salaries skyrocket, budgets skyrocket, and then rigor mortis sets in: moviemakers turn out formulaic junk in an effort to hedge their bets.

Jeff Giles

EffortTurnOutJunkRigorSalaries

If I get a guy that can take my shots and withstand my arsenal for the first round or two, I think you're going to see the best of me coming forward.

Luke Rockhold

BestMeForwardThinkYouSee

Persons whose wagers depend upon how particular selected athletes perform in actual sporting events stand in no different stead than persons who wager on the outcome of any sporting event in which they are not participants.

Lisa Madigan

StandEventsDependEventDifferent

On stage, I make love to 25,000 different people, then I go home alone.

Janis Joplin

LoveHomeAlonePeopleGoStage

I moved away when I was young, when I was about 19. I'd literally come from an area with dirt roads and stuff like that, right to the centre of a city of about five million people. It's been great. I'm based in New York, and every day, it's amazing.

Diego Klattenhoff

GreatRoadsDayNew YorkPeopleNew

By what criterion... can we distinguish among the numberless effects, that are also causes, and among the causes that may, for aught we can know, be also effects, - how can we distinguish which are the means and which are the ends?

Chauncey Wright

KnowMayDistinguishMeansHowEnds

Be willing to be uncomfortable. Be comfortable being uncomfortable. It may get tough, but it's a small price to pay for living a dream.

Peter McWilliams

SmallToughUncomfortableDreamPay

I thought at the time of my parents' divorce that I was upset by deeper, more profound things and I was just taking it out on the joint custody agreement. But that disruption was bad enough. That was a huge deal for a teenager.

Noah Baumbach

TimeParentsThoughtEnoughBad

At my age the only problem is with remembering names. When I call everyone darling, it has damn all to do with passionately adoring them, but I know I'm safe calling them that. Although, of course, I adore them too.

Richard Attenborough

AgeProblemKnowDamnRemembering

I have no great interest in being remembered as a great creative filmmaker.

Richard Attenborough

GreatCreativeRememberedInterest

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