Fugelsang John Quotes & Sayings

My mother was an ex-nun, and my father was a Franciscan brother, so I grew up believing in Jesus the way anyone would believe in Mom's first husband. — John Fugelsang

Jesus never called the poor 'lazy,' fought for tax cuts for the wealthiest Nazarenes or asked a leper for a copay. — John Fugelsang

I enjoy growth; I enjoy having a lot of different experiences. And I don't think I am the kind of guy who'd like to do the same thing every day for 40 years. — John Fugelsang

I loved American filmmakers when I was growing up. I didn't get to film school or anything. I was a very bad student. I just devoured film, but there was a point in my teens when I started to run a little film society. — Paul Haggis

We live in a country where voting rights get gutted but Sharknado gets a sequel. — John Fugelsang

I've come to view Jesus much the way I view Elvis. I love the guy but the fan clubs really freak me out, — John Fugelsang

Being gay is natural. Hating gay is a lifestyle choice. — John Fugelsang

Economies are embedded inside ecosystems. Companies dependent on tourism, for example, are affected by low rainfall - there's less snow for skiers, and forest fires are more intense. — Paolo Bacigalupi

Can we please rename The Sandy Relief Bill to the Supplemental Iraq War Funding Bill so the GOP Congress can vote for it? — John Fugelsang

He needed time to adjust to real life, where heroes and villains could not be told apart by their looks or their accents, where there were no last minute reversals of fortune. — Laila Lalami

If you were a freak as a kid, you're an interesting adult. — John Fugelsang

All good art is an indiscretion. — Tennessee Williams

Not to know what happened before you were born is always to remain a child. For what is a man's life if it is not linked with the life of future generations by memories of the past? — Marianne Curley

America doesn't have an abortion problem - it has an unwanted pregnancy problem, and an abortion symptom. — John Fugelsang

I wasn't any good at sports, but I could name all the presidents by the time I was six. I've always been very interested in politics and in religion. — John Fugelsang

Who wouldn't want to vote for a guy who was a peaceful, radical, non-violent revolutionary; who hung around with lepers, hookers, and crooks; who never spoke English; was not an American citizen; anti-capitalism; totally anti-death penalty; anti-public prayer (Matthew 6:5); but never once anti-gay; didn't mention abortion; and was a long-haired, brown-skinned, homeless, middle-eastern, Jew? — John Fugelsang

The greatest threat to America is not foreign terrorists, its domestic morons. — John Fugelsang

The problem is that people love music and they love television, but people don't love music on TV. — John Fugelsang

Gay Marriage isn't Special Rights, it's Equal Rights. 'Special Rights' are for political churches that don't pay taxes. — John Fugelsang

Loving the Second Amendment while opposing the NRA is every bit as natural as loving Jesus while opposing Westboro Baptist Church. — John Fugelsang

People get God and religion confused. I think God is a bit too hip to join any of his unauthorized fan clubs. — John Fugelsang

Only in America can you be Pro-Death Penalty, Pro-War, Pro-Unmanned Drone Bombs, Pro-Nuclear Weapons, Pro-Guns, Pro-Torture, Pro-Land Mines, AND still call yourself 'Pro-Life.' — John Fugelsang

I was the biggest George Harrison fanatic in the world. He was raised Catholic; my parents are both ex-clergy, so I was raised Catholic, and I admired how he used his faith. — John Fugelsang

Obama is not a brown-skinned anti-war socialist who gives away free healthcare. You're thinking of Jesus. — John Fugelsang

But I hope that by the decision and authority of wise princes that sometime devout and learned men from the churches of other nations and of ours may be summoned together to deliberate about all the controversies and that there be handed down to posterity one harmonious, true, and clear form of doctrine, without any ambiguity. Meanwhile, as far as possible, let us encourage the union of our churches with measured advice. — Philipp Melanchthon

Stand-up led to me doing solo shows, which led to me being offered my first broadcasting job, being a VJ. — John Fugelsang

Blaming Obama for Iraq violence is like blaming Daniel Craig because Octopussy sucked. — John Fugelsang

Impeach President Reagan retroactively for agreeing with Obama on the assault weapons ban. — John Fugelsang

You complain and demand zero compromise - so the GOP obstructs Obama so the economy doesn't improve - then you complain and demand even more zero compromise. Then you get to blame Obama for the slow recovery, which is sorta like John Wilkes Booth blaming Lincoln for missing the end of a play. — John Fugelsang

Anti-Tax fetishist Grover Norquist owns a bust of Ronald Reagan, who raised taxes 11 times. — John Fugelsang

The second you stop questioning yourself is the second that you become the monster.
-Merry — Laurell K. Hamilton

But Al Jazeera America represents something more than news that isn't profit or ratings driven - they represent foreign investment in a country where the two-party system outsourced your jobs. They represent facts over opinion and they represent our cultures coming together just a little more, whether you bigots like it or not. — John Fugelsang