Jamise Ortiz Quotes & Sayings

Be reverent before the dawning day. Do not think of what will be in a year, or in ten years. Think of to-day. — Romain Rolland

His church is the old one at the edge of town, and I now realize why he's chosen to live here. The church is too far away for him to really help anyone, so this is the best place for him. It's everywhere, on all sides and angles. This is where the father needs to be. Not in some church, gathering dust. — Markus Zusak

Companies that are terrifying to a writer are companies like Amazon. — Richard Flanagan

The school must be "a genuine form of active community life, instead of a place set apart in which to learn lessons". — John Dewey

God is only where you let Him in — Menachem Mendel

It is not." I shove my shake away. "I just ... He's ... We're ... " "You conjugating here?" George asks, his lips twitching. — Kristen Callihan

I just go to lunch. And I never know when something is going into the file and something is not. — Donna Leon

Lord, give to me who are old and rougher
The things that little children suffer,
And let keep bright and undefiled
The young years of the little child. — John Masefield

I could definitely see myself making a serious movie or a drama in the future. — Adam Carolla

When I heard of the shady tactics of the Moonies, my initial indignation was modified by empathy. I remembered only too well all the innocuous-sounding "fronts" operated by Evangelicals in order to witness to sinners, e.g., coffee houses, concerts, philosophical forums, religious surveys. None of these was ever billed for what it was. The idea was to hook the unsuspecting sinner and win an opportunity to tell him the gospel. Similar Machiavellian tactics govern various interpersonal contacts. A campus leader or foreign student may find himself the object of an Evangelical's friendly attention, not realizing he has been singled out for "friendship evangelism" because of his potentially strategic position. — Robert M. Price

Oh that I had the opportunity to rethink so many of my decisions, for the pitfalls into which I have so frequently fallen were often dug with the shovel of those very decisions. — Craig D. Lounsbrough