A. N. Wilson Quotes

I think history has shown that the worst way to [try to] bring people over and actually change public opinion is by insult and applied degradation of them.

The education of women is the best way to save the environment.

In the attempt to make scientific discoveries, every problem is an opportunity — and the more difficult the problem, the greater will be the importance of its solution.

Jehovah had nothing to say to Moses and the others about the care of the planet. He had plenty to say about tribal loyalty and conquest.

That's one of those things that will really hurt me personally, if I label a character or think about what it might do if it were to do well. I just try to do a good job with it.

I think the way it works is that when you're casting a movie, you usually want to work with people that you believe in.

The unattended garden will soon be overrun with weeds; the heart that fails to cultivate truth and root out error will shortly be a theological wilderness.

True religion is removed from diet and days, from garments and ceremonies, and placed where it belongs - in the union of the spirit of man with the Spirit of God.

One thing the young Christian should be taught as quickly as possible after his conversion is that Jesus Christ is all he needs.

Let God be true but every man a liar" is the language of true faith

I have no concern for the common man except that he should not be so common.

Life isn't just to be found, you have to work for it.

Acting is more fun than writing. Writing is harder, more like having a term paper.

Led Zeppelin, you can't find a better band to pay homage to.

I don't think we ever clash but we do become frosty.

Fleetwood Mac are more like a folk-rock band.

All the songs that were written for that album are just all our first sophomore songs. So they're all from real life. Very sweet and very innocent.

The world is waiting to hear an authentic voice, a voice from God- not an echo of what others are doing and saying, but an authentic voice.

You've got to want to be married to the person you're married to.

Nobody's safe around a writer.

The growth of a naturalist is like the growth of a musician or athlete: excellence for the talented, lifelong enjoyment for the rest, benefit for humanity.

I fear that for the most part people are worshiping worship rather than worshiping God and communing with Him.

You are responsible for the world that you live in.

We are saved to worship God. All that Christ has done in the past and all that He is doing now leads to this one end.

I love the example of Jefferson because he's willing to murder his government and then he becomes a president and then his face is in a mountain. Just because he exercised his power.

Masculinity is the glad assumption of sacrificial responsibility.

My show is my statement. What I have to say is on the screen. My life is my own. I don't want to talk about my private self. Why should I?

You know, I want to be the uncommon one. I think it's pretty cool that I'm only 5'11, you know, and playing in the National Football League.

I know the coaches definitely trust me and my ability to throw the football.

We'll do whatever it takes to score as many points as we can-and definitely one more point than the opponent.

I am fascinated with religion or things that people believe in and question that. I think it's interesting.

Don't order one for the road, because the road is already laid out.

I believed that I could go to the Super Bowl and win multiple Super Bowls and do all of those things. I believe in that every day.

There's a king in every crowd.

When you're hot, you're hot; when you're not, you're not.

I'm having the time of my life and I'm glad people are enjoy it.

What this country needs is a credit card for charging things to experience.

The belief in the possibility of a short decisive war appears to be one of the most ancient and dangerous of human illusions.

We cannot get happiness by striving after it, and yet with an effort we can impart it.

Your believing or not believing in karma has no effect on its existence, nor on its consequences to you. Just as a refusal to believe in the ocean would not prevent you from drowning.

If I were to talk to Lindsay Lohan, I'd encourage her to get the hell out of acting and into something soothing. Take up botany or something.

This is no job for a UN committee. It needs the same kind of unwavering dedication and the kinds of people that got us the first nuclear submarine and the first man on the moon.

The fastest way for a politician to become an elder statesman is to lose an election.

Each mans spills the drink he loves.

You can "prove" anything on the verbal level, just be accepting the necessary axioms at the beginning.

It's getting so people no longer count the silverware when I come to dinner.

A fellow who is always declaring that he's no fool, usually has his suspicions.

There are gods, but there is no God; and all gods become devils eventually.

I personally prefer being a blonde, but whatever it takes for the character.

Use plants to bring life