Doe Quotes - Page 252

But it's also true that the person who risks nothing, does nothing, has nothing. All we know about the future is that it will be different. But perhaps what we fear is that it will be the same. So we must celebrate the changes.

What does the Christian faith say about Mary's childhood. We do not know much of Mary's childhood.

I've always believed that the facts about dancing are more interesting than the myths, and this was a great chance for me to explore how the human body does such incredible things.

The belly is the reason that man does not easily mistake himself for a god.

Cynicism does not cause inaction.

I like good food and decent wine as much as Roy Jenkins does, but I keep quiet about it.

It's really a question of fairness and what kind of country we're going to live in. There are 22,000 people making over $1 million. They're paying an effective tax rate in the teens. As Warren Buffett said, he pays less in taxes effectively than his secretary does. That's not right.

Christianity does not start with an invitation we offer to Jesus, but with an invitation Jesus offers to us.

Advertising reflects the mores of society, but it does not influence them.

Sadly, this picture [ Joy] does not go from strength to strength. It sinks into a morass of tedious obstacles to this woman's success. Joy the person may be able to surmount all barriers, but the film with her name on it is not so fortunate.

No-one is friends with Hewitt and he does not worry me at all.

We cannot live without trade. A society can neither advance nor improve without excess of disposable income. This excess can only be amassed through the production of goods and services necessary or attractive to the mass. A financial system which allows this leads to inequality; one that does not leads to mass starvation.

I've always loved the electric guitar: to hold it and work it and hear what it does is unreal.

It's so warm now, and Thanksgiving came so early - is it just me, or does it not really feel like Ramadan?

Whenever you are questioning a person's desire for something, consider what he does, not necessarily what he says.

If the schooling system does not rapidly close the gap between what it does, and what it should do in response to the demands of the 21st century, it will simply become irrelevant.

Someone once asked me, `How does Jimmy Page strike you?' I replied, `With both hands, of course...'

I do not know whether any of this is true. I am certain that the scientific community does not know that it is false.

People have given me classified information, but always with the disclaimer 'This can never end up in a book.' And it never does.

When you really respect somebody who does something different from you, your respect is for the quality of the job.

Entire new continent can emerge from the ocean in the time it takes for a Web page to show up on your screen. Contrary to what you may have heard, the Internet does not operate at the speed of light; it operates at the speed of the DMV.

In the words of a very famous dead person, 'A nation that does not know its history is doomed to do poorly on the Scholastic Aptitude Test.

I distrust a man that says when. If he's got to be careful not to drink to much it's because he's not to be trusted when he does.

Before I tell you, I have to know three things," I said. "Okay." "One, are you sitting down?" "Yes." "Two, are you mentally stable?" "More than you'll ever be." Well, that was uncalled for. "And three, how do you spell schizophrenia?" "What does that have to do with anything?" "Nothing. I just wanted to see if you'd tell me.

Insanity does NOT run in my family. It strolls through, takes it's time, and gets to know everyone personally - T-Shirt