Wallis Quotes & Sayings

Nothing sexier than a man who knows his books. — Trudy Wallis

Our calling is not only to pull people out of the river, but to go upstream to find out what or who is pushing them in. — Jim Wallis

Last summer we had eight people in the [Christian] congregation who danced four different sun dances. Of course the missionaries have said all along that those ceremonies are pagan and we can't do that. Our people insist that they are free in the gospel, free in Christ Jesus, to participate in Indian religious forms and ceremonies. - George Tinker — Jim Wallis

Some people believe the alternative to bad religion is secularism, but that's wrong ... The answer to bad religion is better religion
prophetic rather than partisan, broad and deep instead of narrow, and based on values as opposed to ideology. — Jim Wallis

No old Men (excepting Dr. Wallis) love Mathematicks. — Isaac Newton

Statistics may be defined as a body of methods for making wise decisions in the face of uncertainty. — W. Allen Wallis

At times I think the truest image of God today is a black inner-city grandmother in the United States or a mother of the disappeared in Argentina or the women who wake up early to make tortillas in refugee camps. They all weep for their children, and in their compassionate tears arises the political action that changes the world. The mothers show us that it is the experience of touching the pain of others that is the key to change. — Jim Wallis

A single man of good intelligence must be in want of a library card. — Trudy Wallis

If you are asking the wrong question, it doesn't matter how good the answer is, you aren't going to get where you want to go. — Jim Wallis

I met the president when he was president-elect at a meeting in Austin. He spoke of his faith. He spoke of his desire for a compassionate conservatism, for a faith-based initiative that would do something for poor people. — Jim Wallis

Our choice is between cynicism and hope. — Jim Wallis

A marriage, even one that goes awry, generates claims and needs that persist like an afterglow long after the emotional fire is burned out. — Wallis Simpson

I just keep doing what I'm doing and don't ever give up. — Quvenzhane Wallis

How do we nurture both families and communities, promote a civil discourse, and approach problems with solutions and hope instead of fear and blame? — Jim Wallis

He wasn't sure why he felt so compelled to follow the singing, or why he needed to bring the foot with him, but he knew the two phenomena were connected. And in the midst of the mystery lay his father. His father's sanity. Nicholas was sure of this. — Kevin Wallis

I want to meet everybody on 'Disney Channel' and 'Disney XD' that are alive. — Quvenzhane Wallis

Um, I don't know, really [about my future.] — Quvenzhane Wallis

Whereas Nature does not admit of more than three dimensions ... it may justly seem very improper to talk of a solid ... drawn into a fourth, fifth, sixth, or further dimension. — John Wallis

Hope unbelieved is always considered nonsense. But hope believed is history in the process of being changed.
— Jim Wallis

Don't listen to what other people say about you negatively! — Quvenzhane Wallis

The great thing about social movements is everybody gets to be a part of them. — Jim Wallis

More than just a moral issue, hope is a spiritual and even religious choice. Hope is not a feeling; it is a decision. And the decision for hope is based on what you believe at the deepest levels - what your most basic convictions are about the world and what the future holds - all based on your faith. You choose hope, not as a naive wish, but as a choice, with your eyes wide open to the reality of the world - just like the cynics who have not made the decision for hope. — Jim Wallis

I have a puppy purse, and it's named after my doggie named Sammie, who is at home. It's from Poochie and Company. — Quvenzhane Wallis

I believe in the separation of church and state, absolutely. But I don't believe in the separation of public life from our values, our basic values, and for many of us, our religious values. — Jim Wallis

We have got some mountains to move. Three billion people - half of God's children - are living on less than $2 a day. — Jim Wallis

The principle of always seeking an alternative applies to nonviolence as well. It is this: If nonviolence is to be credible, it must answer the questions that violence purports to answer, but in a better way. — Jim Wallis

But when we place God on our side of things, that we are now ridding the world of evil - that's very dangerous, that one nation has this role to rid the world of evil. What about the evil we have committed, that we are complicit in? — Jim Wallis

I'm a shape shifter. — Annabelle Wallis

They can only hurt you if you let them. — Wallis Warfield Simpson

Faith reminds us that change is always possible. — Jim Wallis

Two of the greatest hungers in our world today are the hunger for spirituality and the hunger for social change. The connection between the two is the one the world is waiting for, especially the new generation. And the first hunger will empower the second. — Jim Wallis

The little girl's face was from Will's vilest nightmares. Cavernous mouth, distended chin, bastardized nose. The enormous, bulging eyes glared at Will, demanded he see the truth, commanded him to acknowledge his sin. — Kevin Wallis

We kind of fell into one another, not even realizing it was happening. — Ashley D. Wallis

They forget that we, too, have earned the right to live! So I say if we are going to die, my friend, let us die trying, not sitting. — Velma Wallis

Now, because we have spent so many years convincing the younger people that we are helpless, they believe that we are no longer of use to this world. — Velma Wallis

There is a natural opposition among men to anything they have not thought of themselves. — Barnes Wallis

A modern American prophet, like Micah, once said, "A nation that continues year after year to spend more money on military defense than on programs of social uplift is a nation approaching spiritual death."3 He was Reverend Martin Luther King Jr., and he also made the connection between war and poverty. — Jim Wallis

Brave men don't learn from their home. — Quvenzhane Wallis

I think it's a good thing for a president or political leaders to want to put their values or their faith into action. Desmond Tutu did that in South Africa. Martin Luther King Jr. did that here. This is a good thing. — Jim Wallis

My favorite actor is - I can't believe I'm saying this - is Meagan Good. I've met her in person. — Quvenzhane Wallis

I loved experiencing city life in New York. — Quvenzhane Wallis

Pat Robertson is an embarrassment to the church and a danger to American politics, .. It's time for Christian leaders of all stripes to call on Robertson not just to apologize but to retire. — Jim Wallis

I love penguins. — Quvenzhane Wallis

I have always had the courage for the new things that life sometimes offers. — Wallis Simpson

The crowning blessing of a true visitation of the Holy Spirit is a mighty harvest for the kingdom of God. — Arthur Wallis

Fortunately for the human race, pain, however piercing, is not a lasting emotion. The recollection of happiness lingers, but the consciousness never retains for long the first thrust of tragic loss. The details of daily life crowd in upon the mind. — Wallis Simpson

I get to meet different directors and different people. — Quvenzhane Wallis

Faith can cut in so many ways. If you're penitent and not triumphal, it can move us to repentance and accountability and help us reach for something higher than ourselves. That can be a powerful thing, a thing that moves us beyond politics as usual, like Martin Luther King did. But when it's designed to certify our righteousness - that can be a dangerous thing. Then it pushes self criticism aside. There's no reflection. — Jim Wallis

Wallis,' said Maturin, 'I am happy to see you. How is your penis? — Patrick O'Brian

I actually had to learn what an Oscar was. — Quvenzhane Wallis

It is doubtful that the government knows much more than the public does about how government [Economic] policies will work. — W. Allen Wallis

The logic of nuclear deterrence gets more and more convoluted the deeper one goes into it. It is assumed, for instance, that the leaders of Russia, in contemplating an attack on the UK, would be sufficiently sane and rational as to weigh up the consequences of a possible retaliatory nuclear strike from the UK and decide on that basis to refrain from attacking. On the other hand, it is assumed that those same leaders would base their sane and rational decision on the likelihood of their counterparts in the UK acting so insanely and irrationally as to be willing to launch nuclear weapons against Russia that would almost certainly bring about their own total self-destruction. — Timmon Milne Wallis

It's kind of good to do things while you're young. — Quvenzhane Wallis

People in L.A. think I'm so posh. They think I live in 'Downton Abbey.' — Annabelle Wallis

I want to just be what kids believe in. — Quvenzhane Wallis

All this was mine; but I was a long time learning that wisdom and experience are things apart; that to taste life is not to be confused with understanding what life is really all about. The shared experiences, the wisdom so freely proffered by others, in words and in example, rarely swayed me for long. Came another day and the import was gone, and only the echo of the laughter remained. Experience was a revolving sun in the warmth of which I was content to bask. — Wallis Simpson

I was a long time learning that wisdom and experience are things apart; that to taste life is not to be confused with understanding what life is really all about. — Wallis Simpson

In the final round of the game, if your company has admitted women to the play, I do not recommend that you vote for your paramour, or for the member of the company who has taken your fancy. In my experience it rarely leads to success; and your fellows will notice and make fun of your noble gesture for weeks. — James Wallis

Wallis," said his master dreamily when his man appeared again, "I want some more real clothes. Tired of sleeping-suits. Get me some, please. Good night. — Margaret Widdemer

You can't be evangelical and associate yourself with Jesus and what he says about the poor and just have no other domestic concerns than tax cuts for wealthy people. — Jim Wallis

When evangelical leaders can persuade the president to be concerned about what's happening in Sudan, or sex trafficking around the world, or HIV-AIDS, that's a very good thing. I am completely supportive of that. — Jim Wallis

All the mighty interceding of the ages that has ever shaken the kingdom of darkness has been based upon the promises of God. — Arthur Wallis

There can be no summary and dramatic end to a marriage - only a slow and painful unravelling of a tangled skein of threads too stubborn to be broken. — Wallis Simpson

You change society by changing the wind. Change the wind, transform the debate, recast the discussion, alter the context in which political discussions are being made, and you will change the outcomes ... You will be surprised at how fast the politicians adjust to the change in the wind. — Jim Wallis

It's time for white Christians to be more Christian than white. — Jim Wallis

It was really fun working with Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz on set. — Quvenzhane Wallis

The Christian doctrine is one that is both about individual spirituality and a parallel commitment to social justice. — Jim Wallis

I don't think we should discriminate against an organization or congregation because they're religious, if they're doing good work. But government can't subsidize proselytizing or worship or religious activity. It can't. — Jim Wallis

The fact that the scarab flies during the hotest part of the day made the insect to be identified with the sun, and the ball of eggs to be compared to the sun itself. The unseen power of God, made manifest under the form of the god Khepera, caused the sun to roll across the sky, and the act of rolling gave to the scarab its name kheper, i.e., "he who rolls". — E.A. Wallis Budge

I feel like I'm five sometimes because I still enjoy myself. I enjoy what I do. — Quvenzhane Wallis

Fasting is calculated to bring a note of urgency and importance into our praying, and to give force to our pleading in the court of heaven. The man who prays with fasting is giving heaven notice that he is truly in earnest. — Arthur Wallis

'The Tudors' was ground-breaking in the sense that it did ruffle the feathers of classical historians and alter the way people did period drama at the time. — Annabelle Wallis

I never make a trip to the United States without visiting a supermarket. To me they are more fascinating than any fashion salon. — Wallis Simpson

I'm not a beautiful woman. I'm nothing to look at, so the only thing I can do is dress better than anyone else. — Wallis Simpson

No, we are not the master of the state, said King. We are not the servant of the state. We are the conscience of the state. The churches or the religious community should be, I think, the conscience of the state. We're not just service providers. — Jim Wallis

I look a hundred and weigh 110 - you won't love me when you see the wreck England has made me. — Wallis Simpson

Why?' is the prophetic question. — Jim Wallis

Nothing else matters except that I have fun, and I'm still having fun. — Quvenzhane Wallis

If the president is going to use so much language of theology and the Bible, then let's use that language for a serious discussion about the war in Iraq. And that was never done. — Jim Wallis

I would never get married in a conventional way; I'd have the 'Curb' music as the union music. — Annabelle Wallis

The real essence of any marriage that has struggled, however unsuccessfully, towards happiness, lies in the growth of a wordless understanding that what is acceptable to one partner will be acceptable to the other. — Wallis Simpson

I'm not gonna name names, but sometimes when reporters are talking, it gets a little boring because I don't have any jokes to tell because the questions are so serious. — Quvenzhane Wallis

But the sun rises again when the night is past, and, as it begins a new life with renewed strenght and vigour, it became the type of the new life which the Egyptian hoped to live in the world beyond the grave. — E.A. Wallis Budge

You have no idea how hard it is to live out a great romance. — Wallis Simpson

President Wallis was the president before the Chinese assault and continued leading the United States throughout the war," Silvia confirmed. I thought the name to myself. Wallis, Wallis, Wallis. I really wanted to remember this to tell May and Gerad when I went home, but we were learning so much, it was hard to keep it all straight. "What was their motivation for invading? Celeste?" She smiled. "Money. The Americans owed them a lot of money and couldn't pay them back." "Excellent, — Kiera Cass

The women are drinking and laughing inside somewhere, Wallis guesses, as manless as these men are without women. — Sheri Holman

There are few things more calming than a quiet room full of books. — Trudy Wallis

What is my calling? What am I supposed to do? I think running for office, public office, can be a divine calling. I mean, I've wrestled with that very question myself. — Jim Wallis

It was not uncommon to see the letters G.T.T. painted or carved on the doorways of cabins in Tennessee and other parts of the country especially in the south. It was a sure sign that the occupants had picked up and were as they said "Gone to Texas". It was a popular expression for those people who had committed crimes or owed money or just did not want to be found. — Michael Wallis

Warmth cocooned her, and she slipped into sleep without even noticing where she was. — Alice Wallis-Eton

When a man is willing to set aside the legitimate appetites of the body to concentrate on the work of praying, he is demonstrating that he means business, that he is seeking with all his heart, and will not let God go unless He answers. — Arthur Wallis

If you are a 5-year-old, you just go ahead and try something. You don't think about it. You are just a little kid. — Quvenzhane Wallis

Despite our significant public-policy differences, I commend Jim Wallis for advocating religious belief as an invaluable resource in addressing the urgent moral and social crises of our time. — Richard Land

Religion is often used as a sword to divide, rather than as a balm to heal. — Jim Wallis

He would take a cactus home if Jane recommended it as toilet paper. Soon — Trudy Wallis

The people who have more money and goods than any people in the history of the world spend most of their time worrying about not having enough. — Jim Wallis

As the video game designer and writer James Wallis puts it, Human beings like stories. Our brains have a natural affinity not only for enjoying narratives and learning from them but also for creating them. In the same way that your mind sees an abstract pattern and resolves it into a face, your imagination sees a pattern of events and resolves it into a story. — Jonathan Gottschall

A Hymn of Praise to Osiris Un-Nefer, the great god who dwelleth in Abtu, the king of eternity, the lord of everlastingness, who tra-verseth millions of years in his existence. — E.A. Wallis Budge

You can never be too rich or too thin. — Wallis Simpson

I am so anxious for you not to abdicate and I think the fact that you do is going to put me in the wrong light to the entire world because they will say that I could have prevented it. — Wallis Simpson