Erwin McManus Quotes

You have a generation that is saying we are tapping out of religion in many ways. But what they are not saying is that we are tapping out of a serious search for meaning in life.

Erwin McManus

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: american
  • Birth: August 28, 1958

Topics

LifeReligionSayingGenerationYou

I've been lucky enough to primarily work for myself over the years.

Jim Courier

WorkMyselfEnoughLuckyOverYears

You have to figure out ways to do things on your own. I do my own thing, and I don't pay much attention to what anyone else is doing.

Jerry Jeff Walker

DoingAttentionYouMy OwnPayOut

The church has given me balance.

Jennifer Hudson

BalanceMeChurchGiven

The more roles there are, the more actors there are.

John Cho

MoreRoles

That childhood passion and involvement and being really submerged in something, that's the kind of state I'm looking for all the time - and preserving that sense of magical possibility and wonder that children have. I think, for artists, if you can stay connected to that, then you are in a good place.

Max Richter

GoodPassionChildrenTimeChildhood

There is no greater compliment for a writer than to have pleased a troubled child.

Rodman Philbrick

ChildComplimentGreaterWriterThan

I knew in my gut that there was something wrong with a system that couldn't fire its incompetents, and I had my share of incompetent college teachers.

Luke Ford

FireCollegeWrongTeachersSystem

I got into the soul music, but I wanted to rock. I was a rocker.

Clarence Clemons

MusicSoulRockGotSoul Music

I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness, starving hysterical naked.

Allen Ginsberg

BestGenerationMadnessMindsNaked

Yeah, I read Judy Blume. My mother didn't like that, but I read it anyhow.

Alison Bechdel

MotherLikeReadYeahJudyAnyhow

Give me power of soul, so that I may actually effect by its will that which I strive for.

Richard Jefferies

PowerSoulMeWillStriveMay

People flash back to pictures of me when I was 12 and say 'Kylie's so different,' but how can I look the same from 12 -18?

Kylie Jenner

PeopleMeLookBackPicturesSay

Copyright © 2024 QuotesDict Quote by Erwin McManus