Johnnie Guilbert Quotes & Sayings

I was a little lacking in vision as mayor - I failed to understand the significance that housing and the revitalization of housing means for a city. — Henry Cisneros

It's bloody annoying being shy. I'll spend a whole evening at a party asking everyone else about themselves. I'm not being self-deprecating; it's because I'm too shy to talk about myself. So people come away from the evening actually having learnt nothing about me. — Richard C. Armitage

In that day every trial borne in patience will be pleasing and the voice of iniquity will be stilled; the devout will be glad; the irreligious will mourn; and the mortified body will rejoice far more than if it had been pampered with every pleasure. Then the cheap garment will shine with splendor and the rich one become faded and worn; the poor cottage will be more praised than the gilded palace. In that day persevering patience will count more than all the power in this world; simple obedience will be exalted above all worldly cleverness; a good and clean conscience will gladden the heart of man far more than the philosophy of the learned; and contempt for riches will be of more weight than every treasure on earth. — Thomas A Kempis

I must not imagine what is 'not' as a means of escaping what 'is'. Rather, I must understand what 'is' and imagine how I can make it what it is 'not'. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

From earliest times men wholly ignorant of the Bible have concluded on the basis of the design in the universe that God must exist. — William Lane Craig

Part of being a conscious human being, is having an intention. And if you put an intention into whatever you do, it's definitely going to be more satisfying in the end — Daphne Guinness

I nodded, unsure if Ted sounded admiring or angry. 'I waded in but I couldn't find him. I mean, is it possible - the water wasn't deep enough for him to drown. It doesn't make any sense.'
'My band made four brilliant albums and never had a single goddamn hit. We were supposed to be the American Rolling Stones, and we couldn't get more than five minutes of airplay. Does that make sense?' Ted stubbed out his cigarette. — Elizabeth Hand

I don't think any industry was ever as closely scrutinized and written about and constantly in the public eye as television. — Roone Arledge

The concept of disruption is about competitive response; it is not a theory of growth. It's adjacent to growth. But it's not about growth. — Clayton M Christensen

He already knows I'm his binding mate since I've been appearing in his dreams too, but I'm not sure if he'll be able to contain his loathing for me. — Shannon Duffy

business he could have in town so soon — Jane Austen

called to testify in a court case. Asked to identify himself, he announced that he was the world's greatest architect. When asked how he could make such a statement, he replied, with visible enjoyment and a gleam in his eye, that he had no choice, he was under oath. — Ada Louise Huxtable