Doe Quotes - Page 368

A poem really does recreate the language, and that's what it has to do. A true poem, I think, has to give you that shiver. That, "yes, it's never been said quite that way before."

The commandment 'Thou shalt not kill' does not say it's O.K. to kill some people and not others.

The man or woman who is born of God, who is regenerate, simply does not and cannot continue-abide-in a life of sin. They may backslide temporarily, but if they are born of God they will come back. It is as certain as that they have been born again. It is the way to test whether or not someone is born again.

Assuming China does not become destabilized and continues to grow, it will no doubt develop a military program in proportion to its resources.

Sun Tzu does not need my praise. His work has lived for over two thousand years, and will surely live for another two thousand without any help from me.

Formula One does very well. It is a very interesting asset. Could it be run in a different way? Sure it could be. Could it be improved? I'm sure it could. But all I can say is, it seems to do pretty well.

A man does not measure its height in moments of comfort, but in terms of change and controversy

Faith does not inquire whether there are good works to be done, but even before asking questions, faith has done the works already.

[It is] essentially wholesome and necessary, for a Christian to know, whether or not the will does any thing in those things which pertain unto Salvation. Nay, let me tell you, this is the very hinge upon which our discussion turns. It is the very heart of the subject

Even though they (women) grow weary and wear themselves out with child-bearing, it does not matter; let them go on bearing children till they die, that is what they are there for.

A great variety of reading confuses and does not teach. It makes the student like a man who dwells everywhere and, therefore, nowhere in particular.

I cannot forbid a person to marry several wives, for it does not contradict Scripture.

Elevated locations imply elevated purposes, even in American cities departing as radically as Los Angeles does from the traditional planning patterns of the Eastern Seaboard.

The work that I do, I am grateful to do and honored and privileged to do, but I do it for my family and, if you don't have a family, then what does it mean?

I don't think there's any company that has the same tools as Martha Stewart Living does, and people know that. They really love the tools and, if you have the tools, you can pretty much do the craft.

If you have really good intelligence, that truly does put the - I mean putting troops on the ground in some way.

I just want to be clear, I am a very dark and bitter person, but I think on some level, everything really does come when it's meant to come.

Does this feel warmer or colder?

Relationships don't exist... Relating does.

Acting kind of pays my bills more than music does.

Every time you find something that doesn't work, you're a step closer to what does work.

A small fact: You are going to die....does this worry you?

Does Batman ever NOT have a plan...?

when you recollect something which belonged in an earlier chapter, do not go back, but jam it in where you are . Discursiveness does not hurt an autobiography in the least.

Sometimes I lifted a chicken that warn't roosting comfortable, and took him along. Pap always said, take a chicken when you get achance, because if you don't want him yourself you can easy find somebody that does, and a good deed ain't ever forgot. I never see papa when he didn't want the chicken himself, but that is what he used to say, anyway.