J. J. Johnson Quotes

Christ was either the grandest, guiltiest of impostors, by a marvelous and most subtle refinement of wickedness, or He was God manifest in the flesh.

The saddest of all failures is that of a soul, with its capabilities and possibilities, failing of life everlasting, and entering upon that night of death upon which morning never dawns.

If Christianity were only a development, then Christ was not needed. If Christianity were only a scheme of morals, then the divine incarnation was a thing superfluous.

Most people are blinded by faith leaving them unable to see the truth that is science.

I'm folding up my little dreams Within my heart tonight, And praying I may soon forget The torture of their sight.

Is there not a way by which the man who can think can be enabled to have time to think?

The strong demand, contend, prevail; the beggar is a fool.

Whenever you read a book or have a conversation, the experience causes physical changes in your brain.

I'm absolutely a Ron Paul fan.

I wasn't hired to be a moral judge. I wasn't hired to be a preacher or an evangelist. I'm hired to apply the law.

The only thing I expect out of lawyers is that they be back in their coffins by sunup.

Those who die relearn or remember The secrets of life that they forgot at birth.

I said we needed to organize women around the world to push peace.

I'm not the only one who feels the sting of continually losing.

I grew up in a musical family; the majority of my growing up was done in Hawaii. It's what we do. You sing, you dance, you play ukulele and you drink.

I like the idea of working in different genres and transcending genres and hopefully finding success, and ultimately make movies people like.

The fact of the matter is this: Austin can take his ball, and go home. But as far as The Rock is concerned, as far as I'm concerned, this is home.

As an actor, you can have your own backstory and prepare all the details that you need to know for your character.

You've got to keep your finger on the pulse of what your audience is thinking and know what they'll accept from you.

'You can't see me'? What are you playing? Peekaboo?

I've always loved the showmanship of professional wrestling. While I love making movies, I love that platform, too.

Tea beckons us to enjoy quality time with friends and loved ones, and especially to rediscover the art of relaxed conversation.

I pestered the hell out of everybody I ran into until I could play the guitar well enough to write and sing with it.

I try to parent equally, but I think little girls are a little more sensitive.

Even though some of the films I've made haven't been particularly commercial, I don't find them failures.

I studied a lot of Foghorn Leghorn.

You're under pressure when you produce facts. You're working with facts in journalism, but you're under all kinds of formal constraints; there are expectations.

Death is the mother of beauty.

There's so much goop inside of us, man," he said, "and it all just wants to get out.

And you, you ridiculous people, you expect me to help you.

She had nothing in this world but her two hands and her crazy love for Jesus, who seemed, for his part, never to have heard of her.

Giving up represents a choice you make when you decide not to take action on something over which you actually do have control.

If you want to grow, you must learn to let go.

Although most of us realize what we control and do not control, we live as though we do not really know, and in some cases we spend years focusing on things we cannot control.

Your behavior is based on your beliefs, and what you do and say, over and over again, helps develop your habits.

Your destiny is in your hands. Creating the life you want is only, and always, up to you.

In order to grow, you must learn to let go and strive toward something greater.

Don't get too caught up in making money or having a job, get excited about the fact that you can design your life.

We've never done a coordinated music effort. Everything else we've done has been around a holiday - Halloween, Mardi Gras, half way to Mardi Gras, St. Patrick's Day.

I'd love to do a live record, I'd love to do an acoustic record, I'm already thinking about what I may want to do with the next studio record.

In my opinion, if you buy a ticket to see me you're buying experience. People don't want to see me stand there and play guitar, they want to party with us.

It feels real good to look at some of the guys who have played before me, then come in and break a record. But records are made to be broken.

Writing is my refuge. It's where I go. It's where I find that integrity I have.

Every miracle brings the release of glory.

We are not relevant when we mirror secular culture. We are relevant when we are what they long to be.

It’s in the environment of worship that we learn things that go way beyond what our intellect can grasp

Sacrifice is a step beyond convenience.

Nothing compares with the satisfaction of pleasing the heart of our heavenly Father.

The 'renewed' mind is the canvas on which the Spirit of God can paint.

Many stop short of a divine encounter because they are satisfied with good theology. The word of God is to lead us to the God of the word.