Jag School Quotes & Sayings

God is a living Spirit.
The Spirit is life.
Life is divine. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Never give up, have the passion. Don't be afraid. — Barbara Broccoli

It's interesting, because I tend to trust a man with big ears. — Mo Rocca

Nothing can be more evident, than that an exclusive power of regulating elections for the National Government, in the hands of the State Legislatures, would leave the existence of the Union entirely at their mercy ... It is to little purpose to say that a neglect or omission of this kind [not letting the feds have elections], would be unlikely to take place. The constitutional possibility of the thing, without an equivalent for the risk, is an unanswerable objection. — Alexander Hamilton

A lecture is an occasion when you numb one end to benefit the other. — John Gould

Virtually everything we do is dependent on others, from the arts and culture to farmers who grow the food we eat. Quite a lot of the differences that make us rich and poor are matters just of luck. To somehow revel in one's privilege would be a mistake. An even bigger mistake would be trying to convert that into a theory that the rich are so much more productive than many of us. — Amartya Sen

The purpose is to help, to prevent, to correct, to improve, rather than to punish. Criticism is not meant to punish, but rather to correct something that is preventing better results. The only goal is improvement. — John Wooden

I regret that a private comment I made to the vice presidential candidate made it through the public airways. — George W. Bush

It is because you are generous in spirit; and may I be like that; may I become like you - which unrealistic wish, to become the other, is such a true and revealing symptom of love, its most obvious clue, its unmistakable calling card. — Alexander McCall Smith

My great uncle Pvt. Tommy Rooney, USMC, was killed on Guam during the Pacific Campaign in World War II. I was named after him, so I always thought about him and wearing the uniform. The JAG Corps gave me that opportunity after law school. — Tom Rooney

In China we believe "rob the rich to feed the poor." But robbers here have no poetry. — Xiaolu Guo

Art is the weapon — Gerard Way

Sometimes language gets in the way of the story's feelings. The reader finds himself experiencing the language of the story rather than the story. The words sit there on the page like coins, with their own opacity, as though they're there for their own sake. "A man goes into a phone booth, stirring coins in his palm." "Stirring" is such an obviously selected word. You can feel the writer looking for the word as he sat at the typewriter. — Leonard Michaels

Commit yourself to constant improvement. Commit yourself to quality. Be persistent, persistent, persistent ... and have a grateful heart! — H. Jackson Brown Jr.

Art is the only serious thing in the world. And the artist is the only person who is never serious. — Oscar Wilde