D. T. Max Quotes

Hi. I haven't insulted you yet, have I?

To get hwat you want out of life, all you really need to do is be honest about it, don't be afraid to go for it, and have fun while you do it -- and you'll eventually get it.

In actual fact those who do not care for politics and sit on the fence do indeed side for a political party: The ruling party.

Enjoy your achievements as well as your plans.

Forbid that I should judge others, lest I condemn myself.

In 2056, I think you'll be able to buy T-shirts on which are printed equations describing the unified laws of our universe.

Gratitude is a dialysis of sorts... it flushes the self-pity out of our systems.

People are either born hosts or born guests.

What is this love that endures decades, passes on sleep, and resists death to give one kiss? Call it agape love, a love that bears a semblance of God's.

The one real goal of education is to leave a person asking questions.

There is nothing I hate more than sentimentality.

Christ said, The Truth shall make you free, but Truth is not found once and forever. Truth is eternal, and the quest for Truth must also be eternal.

Painting constantly appeared to me as the one and only possible achievement.

My figures come and go, suggested by fortune or misfortune. I try to fix them divested of their apparent accidental quality.

Engage with the Bible. Meditate on it day and night. Think and rethink about God's Word. Let it be your guide. Make it your go-to book for questions. Let it be the ultimate authority in your life.

It is never possible to predict a physical occurrence with unlimited precision.

An important scientific innovation rarely makes its way by gradually winning over and converting its opponents: What does happen is that the opponents gradually die out.

They had all this talent, and they had no instruments. So they started rap music. They rhymed on their own. They made their own sounds and their own movements.

My name has opened doors and slammed doors shut.

Compassion gives us a common ground to stand on regardless of your faith background. It gives us a chance to stand shoulder-to-shoulder rather than go fist-to-fist with somebody.

The duty of the branch is to cling to the vine.

The point is to show who is the cross and who the crucified.

Hooking on scuba gear and blindly diving into zombie-infested water is a wonderful way to mix the two childhood terrors of being eaten and drowning.

What causes us to think of prayer as the last option rather than the first? I can think of two reasons: feelings of independence and feelings of insignificance.

You are God's child. His creation. Destined for heaven. You are a part of his family.

The real guarantee of freedom is an equilibrium of social forces in conflict, not the triumph of any one force.

We venture to make the assertion that there is but one sin: IGNORANCE, and but one salvation: APPLIED KNOWLEDGE.

Give your problems to Christ before your problems get to you.

I believe ingratitude is the original sin. I believe if Adam and Eve had been grateful for the garden of Eden they had, they would not have been so focused on the one tree they didn't have.

God has enough grace to solve every dilemma you face, wipe every tear you cry, and answer every question you ask.

The thoughtful believer recalls God's faithfulness in the past when confronted by any new threat. Part of spiritual maturity is strong sense of one's own history.

No amount of study of present forms [of life] would permit us to infer [the existence of] dinosaurs

The object of the state is always the same: to limit the individual, to tame him, to subordinate him, to subjugate him.

You know people just assume, 'Well, all my life I'll be a worrier.' That doesn't have to be true. There's a way to drink from God's presence so much that worry begins to dissipate.

If I get a parking ticket, there is always a parallel universe where I didn't. On the other hand, there is yet another universe where my car was stolen.

For me, [John Wheeler] was the last Titan, the only physics superhero still standing.

Jesus gives us hope because He keeps us company, has a vision and knows the way we should go.

Choose satisfaction over salary. Better to be happy with little than miserable with much.

Ignore your mistakes. The number one thing to worry about is -Am I doing what I'm good at?

The general intellectual level of South Florida is somewhere just above "functionally retarded".

God is God. He knows what he is doing. When you can’t trace his hand, trust his heart.

No one can do everything, but everyone can do something

What counted was not the facts but the fears.

The hallmark of a deep explanation is that it answers more than you ask

God does uncommon things through common people in common places.

Above all, leadership is a position of servanthood.

A strong feeling of adventure is animating those who are working on bacterial viruses, a feeling that they have a small part in the great drive towards a fundamental problem in biology.

Only the insane take themselves seriously.

Might is a fine thing, and useful for many purposes; for "one goes further with a handful of might than with a bagful of right."

With the abolition of otium and of the ego no aloof thinking is left. ... Without otium philosophical thought is impossible, cannot be conceived or understood.