Philip Yancey Quotes

People who think they are free eventually end up slaves to their own desires, and those who give their freedom away to the only One you can trust with that freedom eventually get it back.

Philip Yancey

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FreedomTrustPeopleFreeThinkEnd

For my writing, and because I love talking to young women about life, I often asked them which would they rather have - a father in the house with them while growing up or a big butt? I tell you 86 percent of the time, girls say a big butt because it gets them further.

Jill Scott

LifeLoveFatherWomenTimeWriting

Historically, in my generation, all of my heroes and heroines have had issues and problems. We all do.

Anita Baker

ProblemsGenerationHeroesIssues

We ourselves hold the instrument that makes us fat. I just shake my head when I see someone eating cake and saying, 'Oh, I wish I wasn't heavy.' But they keep eating the cake!

Jean Nidetch

CakeEatingSayingFatSomeoneWish

Watch 'Fear the Walking Dead,' because we'd love your support, but I think 'The 100' is such a great show; it was a great show before I got there. It's only getting better, and I'm so lucky I got to be a part of it.

Alycia Debnam-Carey

LoveFearGreatSupportBetterDead

As a black man who doesn't know another black man who hasn't had strange run-ins with police officers, it's impossible for us not to think about whether that could have been us - based on our country, based on our culture, based on our past experiences.

Trip Lee

CulturePolicePastManImpossible

In the urban community, the church doesn't just take people to Heaven; it feeds, clothes, and houses them. It teaches them how to read and gets them jobs. The church should be doing all that. What the government should be doing is freeing up the church and supporting the church, as long as it is providing social services.

Tony Evans

CommunityGovernmentPeopleChurch

I'm not in the habit of going to a psychologist. I psychologize myself.

Miriam Defensor-Santiago

MyselfHabitGoingPsychologist

I try to stay away, but In-N-Out, you just can't compare it. It's the best. It's the best. It's healthy fast food; they do their own meat and their own salad.

Dirk Nowitzki

FoodBestYouFastHealthySalad

I was a chatty kid.

Chris Hemsworth

Kid

No intelligent man believes that anybody ever willingly errs or willingly does base and evil deeds; they are well aware that all who do base and evil things do them unwillingly.

Protagoras

ManEvilIntelligentDeedsAware

Homes and buildings, many of which are old and drafty, eat up 40 percent of the energy America uses. Such inefficiencies perpetuate our reliance on foreign oil, imperiling our national security and increasing our contribution to climate change.

Peter Welch

ChangeEnergyAmericaSecurityOil

There are good and bad times, but our mood changes more often than our fortune.

Thomas Carlyle

ChangeGoodBadGood And BadMood

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