J.B. Phillips Quotes

Towns change; they grow or diminish, but hometowns remain as we left them.

You fail all the time, but you aren't a failure until you start blaming someone else.

Respect all. Fear none.

After assembly complete, when we have a larger crew on orbit, a more complex vehicle, more laboratories and more robot arms, maybe we'll have room for specialists. But right now we don't.

The Earth is not dying-it is being killed. And the people who are killing it have names and addresses.

Nothing. And, I don't start before noon.

What gunpowder did for war the printing press has done for the mind.

Nothing worthwhile was ever accomplished without the will to start, the enthusiasm to continue and, regardless of temporary obstacles, the persistence to complete

Because she is too ugly to kiss goodbye.

When it's first and a mile, I won't give it to him.

You never know what someone is dealing with behind closed doors. You only know what you see or what you think you see.

What is defeat? Nothing but education, nothing but the first step to something better.

Winning is only half of it. Having fun is the other half.

FOOD is the most widely abused anti-anxiety drug in America, and EXERCISE is the most potent yet underutilized antidepressant.

What is really important is what you learn after thinking you know it all.

No matter who you are, no matter what you do, you absolutely, positively do have the power to change.

Be patient and understanding. Life is too short to be vengeful or malicious.

The only things we keep permanently are those we give away.

How do you win? By getting average players to play good and good players to play great. That's how you win.

I think people like comedies and I think concept driven comedies seem to be working when it's a clear concept and you deliver funny stuff.

Yep. And I noticed how slowly he went down each time, too.

Teenagers complain there's nothing to do, then stay out all night doing it.

I believe a woman who loves herself is a powerful, passionate, attractive force and I commit from this day forward to love myself deeply and extravagantly

Some people never learn the art of compromise. Everything is either black or white. They do no recognize, or will not concede, that the equally important color gray is a mixture of black and white.

You can't do extraordinary things in the world if you're spending time criticizing others because they don't look or behave the way you think they should.

Imagine you were flowing with energy and confidence, free of doubt and fear.

The degree to which you resist is the degree to which you are free.

There is a certain phase in the life of the aged when the warmth of the heart seems to increase in direct proportion with the years.

Love is a state of mind which has nothing to do with the mind.

Yeah, that test says he's dumb as a fence post, but when he hits he looks like Einstein to me.

There's two kinds of coaches, them that's fired and them that's gonna be fired.

Literature can teach us how to live before we live, and how to die before we die. I believe that writing is practice for death, and for every (other) transformation human beings encounter.

If the fear of the Lord is the beginning of knowledge, why would we ask those who do not fear the Lord to teach our children?

Money will come when you are doing the right thing.

You don't win by making sensational plays; you win by not making mistakes.

He may not be in a class all by himself, but it don't take long to call the roll.

I don't mind people thinking I'm stupid, but I don't want to give them any proof.

There are three stages of man: he believes in Santa Claus; he does not believe in Santa Claus; he is Santa Claus.

Two kinds of ballplayers aren't worth a darn: One that never does what he's told, and one who does nothin' except what he's told.

Bangkok, like Las Vegas, sounds like a place where you make bad decisions.

Dallas Cowboys may be America's team, but the Houston Oilers are Texas' team.

I know why we lost the Civil War. We must have had the same officials.

Anything worth having is worth fighting for.

Children, be worried when they call you America's most valuable natural resource. Have you seen what they've done to the other natural resources?

Many people think they could do much better if they only had the opportunity that they don’t realize they already have.

Just because a jackass brays does not mean you have to pay attention.

Character may be manifested in the great moments, but it is made in the small ones.

The most un-American thing you can do is to stifle dissent

I'd rather have preparation than motivation. Everyone likes to play, but no one likes to practice.

Every good educator knows that true teaching is to teach kids how to ask the right questions.