Favorite Squidbillies Quotes & Sayings

My days of laziness have ruinously destroyed all that I had achieved in times of zealous endeavor; my seasons of coldness have frozen all the genial glow of my periods of fervency and enthusiasm; and my fits of worldliness have thrown me back from my advances in the divine life. I had need to beware of lean prayers, lean praises, lean duties, and lean experiences, for these will eat up the fat of my comfort and peace. If I neglect prayer for never so short a time, I lose all the spirituality to which I had attained; if I draw no fresh supplies from heaven, the old corn in my granary is soon consumed by the famine that rages in my soul. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

There is no erratic power or action or motion in creatures but they are governed by God's secret plan in such a way that nothing happens except what is knowingly and willingly decreed by Him. — John Calvin

Because I've been so bad at looking after myself, how would I ever look after a kid? But the old cliche applied: they handed her to me, and my world turned upside down - and I realised I was now going to be vulnerable in more ways than I expected. — Ken Bruen

We have one mind, and it contains both thought and feeling. Passion and reason combine as one in our mind. Only when we are at war with ourselves do they diverge, but this is pathology not a healthy state. They are both parts of the whole, each a subsystem embedded in an integrated, larger system. There is nothing more human than our reason and our emotions. We are probably the most emotional creature on the earth as a result of the complexity and subtlety of our thought, our mind's and body's role in adaptation, and our dependency on other people, all of which are relevant to survival and how we flourish as individuals and a species. — Richard S. Lazarus

We always look for operators with a combination of guts, passion and genius. — Ziad K. Abdelnour

I think that life is about growth. You continue to grow and progress, hopefully. — Amy Smart

Her face a mask of fury and determination. — Jody Hedlund

Childhood is but change made gay and visible ... — Alice Meynell

Nevertheless, the mode, the justification, and all the games involved in this war were dishonest. — Dario Fo

Present global culture is a kind of arrogant newcomer. It arrives on the planetary stage following four and a half billion years of other acts, and after looking about for a few thousand years declares itself in possession of eternal truths. But in a world that is changing as fast as ours, this is a prescription for disaster. No nation, no religion, no economic system, no body of knowledge, is likely to have all the answers for our survival. There must be many social systems that would work far better than any now in existence. In the scientific tradition, our task is to find them. — Carl Sagan

Remember, your relationships have not been designed by God as vehicles for human happiness, but as instruments of redemption. — Timothy S. Lane

Newlyweds shooting budget: 5k for actors, 2k insurance, 2k food and drink. 9k in the can. We only shot 12 days. That's how to make an independent film. — Edward Burns

To see the madness and yet walk a perfect silver line ... That's what the true story-teller should be: a great guide, a clear mind, who can walk a silver line in hell or madness. — Ben Okri

There is no such thing as Success ... That a thing is successful merely means that it is; a millionaire is successful in being a millionaire and a donkey in being a donkey. — Gilbert K. Chesterton