Ron White Blue Collar Comedy Tour Quotes & Sayings

The life of Jesus recapitulates key elements in the earlier story of Israel. For a moment, as Jesus stands on the mountain giving the famous sermon, he is Moses. For a moment, answering his critics about his actions on the sabbath, he is David. For a moment, as he calls and names the twelve disciples, he is perhaps Jacob, bringing the twelve patriarchs into the world. For a moment, healing the sick and raising the dead, he is Elijah or Elisha. And so on. In the transfiguration he actually meets Moses and Elijah. — N. T. Wright

To understand the heart and mind of a person, look not at what he has already achieved, but at what he aspires to. — Kahlil Gibran

Then Gregory lowered his voice, suddenly serious. "But it looks like we got to do it the hard way, and stay down here, and educate them. — Howard Zinn

I think sports gave me the first place where this awkward girl could feel comfortable in my own skin. I think that's true for a lot of women-sports gives you a part of your life where you can work at something and you look in the mirror and you like that person. — Teri McKeever

Alone in my chamber, I fairly trembled with excitement. How could it be that I, who had never been kissed before, had kissed the Prince of Denmark himself, not once but many times? Did he really speak to me of love? It was beyond belief that I, humble Ophelia, should be wooed by Prince Hamlet. Surely I had imagined it. — Lisa M. Klein

When given the chance to see China off the beaten track, definitely take it. — Larry Herzberg

Sometimes I stare into a pool of piss, I see my reflection, I picture a hole in my face, there's nothing there, it's vanished. I watch the maggots turn to flies, and they fly off with bits of flesh from my body. I attempt to wipe it clear from my mind, but the nice thoughts get swallowed up. I can't think nice for too long ... it would destroy me. — Stephen Richards

God promised to make you free. He never promised to make you independent. — Madeleine L'Engle

Sometimes this human stuff is slimy and pathetic ... but better to feel it and talk about it and walk through it than to spend a lifetime being silently poisoned. — Anne Lamott

There's nothing more intimate in life than simply being understood. And understanding someone else. — Brad Meltzer

Cancer is caused by what you do for many, many years, not what you do for a few weeks or months. — Joel Fuhrman

Sometimes life sends you a bit of love without you ever knowing it. — Patrick Stevens

What's so fascinating about people is what they don't show. People are masters at it; usually actors show too much. — Glenn Close

Cinder felt her heart tug in sympathy - she could relate to being a slave for her "guardian," but she couldn't recall ever being afraid that Adri might actually kill her. Well, other than that time she sold her off for plague research. — Marissa Meyer