Difese Ripari Quotes & Sayings

Lyndon Johnson knew how to make the most of such enthusiasm and how to play on it and intensify it. He wanted his audience to become involved. He wanted their hands up in the air. And having been a schoolteacher he knew how to get their hands up. He began, in his speeches, to ask questions. — Robert A. Caro

Performancism is the mindset that equates our identity and value directly with our performance and accomplishments. — Tullian Tchividjian

Nothing in this World is Static...Everything is Kinetic..
If there is no 'progression'...there is bound to be 'regression'... — Abha Maryada Banerjee

Don't let nobody tell you that you can't do it. Love what you do until you don't love it anymore. Nothing's impossible. — Fetty Wap

Nothing deflates so fast as a punctured reputation. — Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

We are all vulnerable but do not fear this, just revel in the chance to experience that & know & grow beyond. — Jay Woodman

In fact, Russell Crowe once phoned me up to see if I wanted to go to a party but I had to bring my guitar and perform 'Oh Jean.' — Billy Boyd

I enjoy doing housework, ironing, washing, cooking, dishwashing. Whenever I get one of those questionaires and they ask what is your profession, I always put down housewife. It's an admirable profession, why apologize for it. You aren't stupid because you're a housewife. When you're stirring the jam you can read Shakespeare. — Tasha Tudor

To see around corners is enough (that is not unusual when you are invisible). But to hear around them is too much; it inhibits action. — Ralph Ellison

There was this philosopher-slash-historian called Foucault, who wrote about how society is like this legendary prison called panopticon. In the panopticon, you might be underconstant observation, except you can never be sure whether someone is watching or not, so you wind up following the rules anyway."
"But how do you know who's a watcher and who's a prisoner?" ...
"That's the point. Even the watchers are prisoners. — Robyn Schneider

Now record companies are run by lawyers and accountants. The shift from the one to the other was definitely related to when the takes started to get big. — David Crosby

O God, when I listen to the voices of animals, the sounds of trees, the murmurings of water, the singing of birds, the whistling of the wind, or the boom of thunder, I see in them evidence of Your unity; I feel that You are supreme power, omniscience, supreme knowledge, and supreme justice.
I recognize You, O God, in the trials I am going through. May Your pleasure be my pleasure, too. May I be Your joy, the joy that a Father feels for a son. And may I think of You calmly and with determination, even when I find it hard to say I love You. — Paulo Coelho

Laypeople are a kind of nuclear energy in the Church on a spiritual level. A layperson caught up with the gospel and living next to other people can "contaminate" two others, and these two, four others, etc. Since lay Christians number not only tens of thousands like the clergy but hundreds of millions, they can truly play a decisive role in spreading the beneficial light of the gospel in the world. — Raniero Cantalamessa

Every believer may not be called to preach, but every Christian is called to pray. Prayer is our duty. Prayer is our privilege. Prayer, like air, water and food, is necessary for our survival and growth. But many believers regard prayer as an optional activity. — Larry Lea