Jay Johnstone Author Quotes & Sayings

Nothing was working, and my friend was dead, and I didn't want to look at that. — Anthony Kiedis

To double your net worth, double your self-worth. Because you will never exceed the height of your self-image. — Robin Sharma

It's no wonder the Tory Party opposed identity cards, since so many of them struggle to find an identity at all. — Rory Bremner

I was, of course, myself the chief sufferer, because I was fully conscious of the disgusting meanness of my spiteful stupidity, and yet at the same time I could not restrain myself. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

The recent death of Gene McCarthy reminded me of a lesson I spent a long, long time unlearning, so now I have to re-learn it. It's about political courage and heroes, and when a country is desperate for leadership. There are times when regular politics will not do, and this is one of those times. — Molly Ivins

What a study in importunity, in earnestness, in persistence, promoted and propelled under conditions which would have disheartened any but a heroic, constant soul. [Jesus] teaches that an answer to prayer is conditional upon the amount of faith that goes to the petition. To test this, He delays the answer. the superficial pray-er subsides into silence, when thteanswer is delayed. But eh man of prayer hangs on, and on. The Lord recognizes and honors his faith, and gives him a rich and abundant answer to His faith evidencing, importunate prayer. — E. M. Bounds

For as harsh as his words were, his voice seemed to caress my name — Kiera Cass

We shelter an angel within us. We must be the guardians of that angel. — Jean Cocteau

A gently touching hand is an expression of trust. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

Don't feel the need to sugarcoat it for me, Doc."
"That was the sugar-coated version. DO you want the ugly truth?"
"Do you charge extra for the ugly truth?"
"No, only sugarcoating incurs an additional charge, like sprinkles. — Genna Rulon