A. N. Wilson Quotes

I like being a Baha'i who has an out-there sense of humor. God gives us talents and faculties, and making people laugh is one of mine.

Jazz in itself is not struggling. That is, the music itself is not struggling... It's the attitude that's in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history.

The business of writing is one of the four or five most private things in the world.

War, hate, jealousy, racism - what are they but manifestations of fear?

I didn't want to whisper and giggle about [puberty] anymore. I felt incredibly self-conscious. I felt like I was losing myself, and I was losing who I was. And that really scared me.

Death ain't nothing but a fastball on the outside corner.

All three of the Abrahamic religions were born and nurtured in arid, disturbed environments.

I think that charity is a tricky thing, because a lot of times, people equate charity with handouts. I don't believe in handouts.

Simple perception then is a fallacy. Besides the conscious prejudices that we are aware of imposing on the world, there are a thousand subconscious prejudices that we assume to be actuality.

The complex develops out of the simple.

Scotland is the Canada of England!

I don't know if I'm always going to be acting. Maybe when I grow up, I will be a scriptwriter. I already have a few scripts in my head.

I'd rather be known for my accomplishments, and for things that I really do take pride in, rather than known for this doll-like image I had when I was a child.

The "passion for incredulity" can produce as much self-deception as the uncritical will to believe.

I'm basically a writer of ideas, and the English aren't interested in ideas. The English, I'm afraid, are totally brainless.

If you asked me what is the basis of all my work, it's the feeling there's something basically wrong with human beings.

I came to realize I did believe in God. I couldn't conceive of a universe without someone overseeing it in a compassionate way.

When a man resists sin on human motive only, he will not hold out long.

I actually think the common anarchist position is that people are fundamentally good, blah blah blah. I don't believe that.

If you can affect someone when they're young, you are in their heart forever.

People need a sacred narrative. They must have a sense of larger purpose, in one form or another, however intellectualized. They will find a way to keep ancestral spirits alive.

Religious belief itself is an adaptation that has evolved because we're hard-wired to form tribalistic religions.

Once a decision is made to be tasteful and risk-free, all spark, soul, variety, sleaze, spontaneity and fun go right out the window

People love to help. I don't have to be insecure and know it all.

I face every project the same way - do it right and give 110%. 100% isn't good enough.

I'm not the classic type - fair skin, very beautiful women of a classic type, I'm talking about now.

I've played piano and guitar when I was younger.

It's all about humanity, humility, and integrity.

Abounding sin is the terror of the world, but abounding grace is the hope of mankind.

I can write songs, I've had songs in movies, but I can't compose film scores, you know?

I am always cautious.

Once a Catholic always a Catholic.

Im probably one of the worst people with numbers youve ever met. My brothers always kid that they think Im counting cards in Vegas, but Im just trying to add things up.

Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn't realize most all of the skills I was exposed to were going to come in handy later on when I became a designer.

I realized that I have to slow down. I work so hard, I'm so busy.

It's a really bad idea to be in a band and get involved with each other.

That just seems like a tough thing to do... just work in the middle of a company for your entire life. You just do the same thing out of college until you're 60, and then you retire

You noticed from last night, we only did two from the 80s. And our set's two hours long.

I'm actually quite conservative.

Of all the movies I've done in my life, the one where I play a crazy awful psycho woman finds me my husband.

It is clear that a temporary increase in the cap is needed to ensure high-tech companies can hire the specialized personnel they need to continue to help fuel California's economic growth.

Any article's good. Long as it's publicity, I think that's all that matters. I think it's advancement for my career.

Between speeches and awards, you can find something to do every other week. It's hard to write. Your focus gets splintered. Once you put one thing in your calendar, that month is gone.

I cried a river of tears but he was too heavy to float on them. So I dragged him with me these years across an ocean.

Australian cattle dogs, are not like Labradors, where they just like to just sit around by the fire and get petted. They're working dogs, so they have a lot of energy, and they can drive you crazy.

I get off on hearing other people's voices. I like voices: they're my favourite things on records.

I ain't never found no place for me to fit. Seem like all I do is start over. It ain't nothing to find no starting place in the world. You just start from where you find yourself.

Surfing music is dead. It was just a summer craze for kids on the beach. I'm finished with it.

So it's 1976 and we're still riding on our past success. I mean I've gone on like that for I don't know how long.

I hate those old falsettos, I really do, and it's embarrassing since I've grown up.