Panisa Burke Quotes & Sayings

I grew up believing in God without having a clue what He is like. I called myself a Christian, was pretty involved in church, and tried to stay away from all of the things that 'good Christians' avoid- drinking, drugs, sex, swearing. Christianity was simple: fight your desires in order to please God. Whenever I failed (which was often), I'd walk around feeling guilty and distant from God. In hindsight, I don't think my church's teachings were incorrect, just incomplete. My view of God was narrow and small. — Francis Chan

When I was going on one day in the car about not having any close friends - using my favourite metaphor: the cage of glass between me and the rest of the world - she just laughed. 'You like it,' she said. 'You say you're isolated, boyo, but you really think you're different. — John Fowles

We should gather all the good and true principles in the world and treasure them up, or we shall not come out true Mormons. — Joseph Smith

If you haven't noticed so far, I think sleep is really important. — Lisa Loeb

I was not meant to be an atheist. — Brandon Sanderson

I've got all these great broads in me, all these character women. I was playing a torn-down stripper at twenty-five on Broadway, and now I fit the shoes. — Faith Prince

The religion of a sinner stands on two pillars; namely, what Christ did for us in the flesh, and what he performs in us by his Spirit. Most errors arise from an attempt to separate these two. — Richard Cecil

Small churches become more effective when they specialize in what they do best. — Rick Warren

Now there are more overweight people in America than average-weight people. So overweight people are now average. Which means you've met your New Year's resolution. — Jay Leno

I am for the ones who represent sense, and so was Jane Austen. — Mary McCarthy