D. T. Max Quotes

There is nothing miraculous about puzzles. Competent mentalism is miraculous.

If life were a movie, physical reality would be the entire DVD: Future and past frames exist just as much as the present one.

It's not about winning or losing, but love and respect.

What I have in my power, that is my own. So long as I assert myself as holder, I am the proprietor of the thing.

Do it, do it, do it. And watch good actors. See what they are doing and how they are doing it. You have to practically participate, I think, in order to develop yourself.

God created marriage. No government subcommittee envisioned it. No social organization developed it. Marriage was conceived and born in the mind of God.

Take kindly the counsel of the years, gracefully surrendering the things of youth.

The manger dares us to believe the best is yet to be. And it could all begin today.

Speak your truth quietly & clearly; and listen to others, even the dull & ignorant; they too have their story.

Vengeance fixes your attention on life's ugliest moments. Is this where you want to look? Remember: God dispenses perfect justice.

Molecular genetics, our latest wonder, has taught us to spell out the connectivity of the tree of life in such palpable detail that we may say in plain words, "This riddle of life has been solved."

When all of earth turns against you, all of heaven turns toward you.

Tell beautiful women they are smart, and smart women they are beautiful.

There is much to be said for failure. It is more interesting than success.

May you live in such a way that your death is just the beginning of your life.

The real sadness of fifty is not that you change so much but that you change so little.

Change is inevitable, progress is not.

God meets daily needs daily. Not weekly or annually. He will give you what you need when it is needed.

Zombies let us explore notions of the apocalypse - no water, food, medical care, the government imploding - while letting us sleep at night.

Politics is a strong and slow boring of hard boards.

When we see death, we see disaster. When Jesus sees death, he sees deliverance!

‎Mark it down: God loves you with an unearthly love. You can't win it by being winsome. You can't lose it by being a loser. But you can be blind enough to resist it

Experimenters are the shock troops of science.

Trust comes only with genuine effort, never with a lick and a promise.

Let God have you, and let God love you - and don’t be surprised if your heart begins to hear music you’ve never heard and your feet learn to dance as never before.

Beyond a wholesome discipline, be gentle with yourself.

Though we may not be able to see His purpose or His plan, the Lord of heaven is on His throne and in firm control of the universe and our lives.

Indeed, baptism is a vow, a sacred vow of the believer to follow Christ. Just as a wedding celebrates the fusion of two hearts, baptism celebrates the union of sinner with Savior.

Fine doesn't mean fine! The scale goes: great, good, okay, not okay, I hate you, fine.

Hope is not a granted wish or a favor performed; no it is far greater than that. It is a zany, unpredictable dependence on a God who loves to surprise us out of our socks.

Things always work out for me because I do whatever I want without worrying about the consequences.

I don't want to compare myself to Picasso, but he had four or five periods in his life. Any good artist grows and changes and matures.

I think the one thing that I cannot do without each day is hope. If you put me in a position where you took all my hope away, I'm not sure I could make it through the day.

I choose kindness... I will be kind to the poor, for they are alone. Kind to the rich, for they are afraid. And kind to the unkind, for such is how God has treated me

If we could solve the problem of who we are and where we are going, that it would have a huge impact on the culture and waterfall in on some of the more practical and social issues.

Others have promised and failed. But God has promised and succeeded. He loves you with an unfailing love.

Milkmen seem so wholesome, and there's no way anybody can be that wholesome.

The people who really got me off were dealing with the musical potential of their instrument.

The 'chess machine', by which admiring title he had been known, revealed the great drawback of a machine: it had not sufficient flexibility to adapt itself to altered circumstances.

Yes, your family history has some sad chapters. But your history doesn't have to be your future. The generational garbage can stop here and now.

The monsters that rose from the dead, they are nothing compared to the ones we carry in our hearts

Nurture strength of spirit to shield you in sudden misfortune.

Even though you may not understand how God works, you know he does.

Comfort and solace come about differently for different people.

Always act the part — and you can become whatever you wish to become!

Fear is the most valuable commodity in the universe...Turn on the TV...What are you seeing? People selling their products? No. People selling the fear of you having to live without their products.

The first condition a community should set, if it aspires to be a nation, is to own the land whereon it lives, and supply its own needs.

Finished things cease to be a shelter for the spirit; but work in progress is a delight.

Meditation is a mental discipline that enables us to do one thing at a time.

Remember, you are special because I made you. And I don't make mistakes.