J.M. Williams Quotes

Serving democracy and nourishing the common good is, for the media, something that requires not only attacking corrupt secrecies in a society, but also defending non-corrupt communication.

For retirement brings repose, and repose allows a kindly judgment of all things.

I think there's a danger of a being typecast as the all-American mom forever.

In a spiritually sensitive culture, then, it might well be that age is something to be admired or envied.

We are called to show utter commitment to the God who is revealed in Jesus and to all those to whom His invitation is addressed.

I was concerned about doing a sequel and repeating myself. That was before I read the script.

A public is a necessary fiction.

What can we say about a marketing culture that so openly feeds and colludes with obsession? The Disney empire has developed this to an unprecedented degree of professionalism.

Many people forget that Jazz, no matter what form it takes, must come from the heart as well as the mind.

It never fails - you get in the bath and there's a rub at the lamp

I stress out so much about the red carpet and interviews and pictures, and, you know, not getting my skirt tucked in my knickers.

The meek may inherit the earth, but they don't get in to Harvard.

And when the world is created, it is created in such a way that those eternal objects of God's loving wisdom become actualities - interacting with one another, relating to God in the finite realm.

I struggle to come up to people and say what I think.

The game of basketball is not played with throwing punches, throwing elbows.

I have based my life on being strong enough to do anything.

Basically, me and Ed Sheeran are kind of Twitter friends - well, I say that. He probably just thinks I'm weird.

There is something unwholesome and destructive about the entire writing process.

"They've been trying to test on animals for the past 50 years. Nobody's come up with a cure,"he says. "If you want to test on somebody, test on me."

When I'm dancing, I don't know where the confidence comes from, but I just pretend I'm someone else, I think, and then I go out and dance.

Not a lot of people have jobs that they're really comfortable with, but I'm one of those people. I feel like I'm the luckiest girl on earth, and that's such a lovely feeling.

Let's be careful when we start comparing American to European tolerance because there isn't necessarily a lot of European tolerance.

Man is immortal till his work is done.

I just hate to lose. When I am on the court, it is like my life depends on it.

I've never felt invincible. I've never used that word to describe me ever.

only through new words might new worlds be called into order

You should put time into learning your craft. It seems like people want success so quickly, way before they're ready.

I'd rather play a few nights at the Fillmore than play one night at an arena.

The true meaning of a term is to be found by observing what a man does with it, not by what he says about it.

I have had to come to terms with wearing glasses.

What I do as a songwriter is a constant force in my life, that I'm grateful to have.

The thing about Alzheimer's is that it's... it's sort of like all these little, small deaths along the way, before they actually physically die.

The polemics of right-wing radio are putting nothing less than hate onto the airwaves, into the marketplace, electing it to office, teaching it in schools, and exalting it as freedom.

Don't hide your goosebumps.

I'm pretty much the same person I was 20 years ago. My politics haven't changed. I have the same feeling of idealism. But I am a little bit wiser and more experienced.

I mean, whose songs don't focus on tragedy and loss?

Vulnerability is power.

You can't really praise somebody's work and then criticize the process.

Reflect upon your own spirit, and believe Him that said it to His overzealous disciples, 'You know not what spirit you are of.'

I just broke up with my boyfriend, and I've been spending more time alone than I'd like.

My visit this autumn is an opportunity to continue that rich tradition of visits between Canterbury and Rome.

I feel as a brand I'm here to be around for a long time.

I've developed a karaoke habit. I've become a crooner.

The tongue is a powerful tool. And the words we say are never forgotten. Never.

Some of their best songs don't have bridges and choruses. So that made me think I should trust my instincts. My songs were okay, I figured. I didn't need to change anything.

All men of conscience or prudence ply to windward, to maintain their wars to be defensive.

When in doubt, try nutrition first.

The few things I’d sacrificed, or put on hold, to be with my husband and baby were worth it.

In ways and thoughts of weakness and of wrong, Threads turn to cords, and cords to cables strong.

I can forgive a man’s past faults, his present shortcomings, and his future failures if every minute of every day he loves me like it’s his religion.