Chuck Ealey Quotes & Sayings

Yes, Gracie was a fox. No, really. She was. Literally. (We know. It's too good.) The — Cynthia Hand

Sure, things could always have been done better, but I just wish people would drop their political hammers for a few weeks, as happened in 2001, and work on the problem at hand. — Mitch Daniels

From the moment we claim the truth of being the beloved, we are faced with the call to become who we are. — Henri Nouwen

If you shake the devil's hand, do not complain if he breaks it. — Matshona Dhliwayo

The true business of the philosopher, though not flattering to his vanity, is merely to ascertain, arrange and condense the facts. — John Leslie

It seems to me that there are three principal scales of time, the present moment, a human lifetime, and the eternal. The problem with modern man is not so much that he situates himself in the future of a human lifetime, since he fears death far too much to do that, but rather than he does not situate himself in any of these three scales of time. Instead, he is forever stuck somewhere in-between, this evening, tomorrow morning, next week, next Christmas, in five years' time. As a result, he has neither the joy of the present moment, nor the satisfied accomplishments of a human lifetime, nor the perspective and immortality of the eternal. — Neel Burton

When an animal is looking for something that increases its chances of survival and reproduction (e.g. food, partners or social status), the brain produces sensations of alertness and excitement, which drive the animal to make even greater efforts because they are so very agreeable. In a famous experiment scientists connected electrodes to the brains of several rats, enabling the animals to create sensations of excitement simply by pressing a pedal. When the rats were given a choice between tasty food and pressing the pedal, they preferred the pedal (much like kids preferring to play video games rather than come down to dinner). The rats pressed the pedal again and again, until they collapsed from hunger and exhaustion — Yuval Noah Harari

Any belief worth having must survive doubt — George Bernard Shaw

Prayer is the open admission that without Christ we can do nothing. And prayer is the turning away from ourselves to God in the confidence that He will provide the help we need. Prayer humbles us as needy and exalts God as wealthy — John Piper

I have spoken of a thousand points of light, of all the community organizations that are spread like stars throughout the Nation, doing good. — George W. Bush

They're still out there talking about gun control measures, as if somehow terrorists care about what our gun laws are. — Dalia Mogahed

In the beginning my energy and passion for acting came from an almost punk rock need to express a lot of anger wherever that may have come from. As I got older, it became or is coming more from a place of wanting to use the craft to help others in some way, to hold a mirror up to the situations that we're going through, to actually be more cautious about the way that I use the power of film and to see if there's anything that I can do in the performances that will resonate in the public a similar string that's on people's minds and is on my mind. That way we have that relationship. — Nicolas Cage

He was a fantastic player, but the thing that impressed me most about Paul was his manner off the pitch. He was always very humble about his achievements and had a lot of time for the paying public and people in general. — Kenny Cunningham

One thing I want you to understand is if I make a decision, it's my decision. — Mike Singletary