J.R. Miller Quotes

A new poll shows that Senator Kerry's support in the South is strongest amongst blacks. Kerry's appeal to Southern blacks is obvious. He is a white man who lives far, far away.

If you want to make an easy job seem mighty hard, just keep putting off doing it.

We ought not to have to wait for sorrow before we can appreciate the sweetness of joy.

The quality of life decreases with heightened security.

When one is trying to do something beyond his known powers it is useless to seek the approval of friends. Friends are at their best in moments of defeat.

Canadian pride may not rest on our sleeves, but it resides deeply in our hearts.

I'm a comedian, for God's sake. Viewers shouldn't trust me. And you know what? They're hip enough to know they shouldn't trust me. I'm just doing stand-up comedy.

We are all part of creation, all kings, all poets, all musicians; we have only to open up, only to discover what is already there.

Develop an Interest in Life as you see it.

I'm a pretty happy person, to be honest with you.

Nostalgia is a way of remembering people and places and things, and wishing things hadn't changed. It has a sweetness to it. Sadness is just--well--being sad.

I have made a silent compact with myself not to change a line of what I write. I am not interested in perfecting my thoughts, nor my actions.

When you know what men are capable of you marvel neither at their sublimity nor their baseness. There are no limits in either direction apparently.

The city has to do what any citizen or family does, when you have a dream. You tighten your belt. You sacrifice some luxuries. Above all, you don't waste a dime.

The tragedy of it is that nobody sees the look of desperation on my face. Thousands and thousands of us, and we're passing one another without a look of recognition.

One of the great things silence does, it gives us a new concept of God.

What have we to offer the world beside the superabundant loot which we recklessly plunder from the earth under the maniacal delusion that this insane activity represents progress and enlightenment?

If I can make someone laugh, I lift them out of their fundamentally tragic existence.

Music is what I love, take that away from me and I really got nothing.

We can't be intimate because we can't share feelings that we don't have

I don't think I have the mileage on me to really complain of any injuries yet.

Sin, guilt, neurosis; they are one and the same, the fruit of the tree of knowledge.

Reporters, even flawed reporters, should not be jailed for protecting even flawed sources.

Putting a photo into your LinkedIn stream increases engagement up to 90%.

With a nation at war against terrorism and our men and women on the front line defending our homeland from abroad, resources need to be prioritized and allocated properly.

And I've always been paranoid. I can remember as a baby my mother would spin the mobile above my head and thinking..."yeah, that's coming down."

If a child has an older sibling involved in an addiction, there is a 90 percent chance that he or she will get involved too.

I used to just think about what my fans wanted all the time. But it just started feeling weird to me. I want to just show everyone who I am and stick to my vision. I have to trust myself.

As a strong supporter of our 2nd Amendment rights, I believe tougher enforcement of our nation's existing gun laws must be done before any more laws are enacted and put on the books.

I'm not so sure he's mad, Father. Just a little devious in his sanity.

I don't want to talk about the specifics of other people's performances compared with my own. I'd never do that.

I've fallen prey to my fair share of moments of the phobias of others and the way that that can become an attack.

I'm a Christian woman, but I believe in human rights.

That feeling is the same whether you're on either side of the hundredths. Obviously, it's great to win the world championship, but if you put down that kind of skiing, it's awesome either way.

But recently it seems that each time I vote, I am being asked to compromise my conservative ideals and my commitment to the American taxpayer simply for the benefit of political gain.

I can take $15,000 a year and raise kids on that. Later, they'll figure out I've got millions, but hopefully they'll have the values to say, 'So what?

No love is conditional. If love is conditional, it’s just some sort of manipulation masquerading as love.

He lasted about as long as the dessert tray at Rosie O'Donnell's house.

I've often argued that oil and gas exploration is a state's rights issue. It is abundantly clear that the State of Florida does not want drilling to negatively affect its beaches and shores

One kid's old, used-up equipment is another kid's brand-new, awesome, awesome equipment.

All are free to believe or not believe; all are free to practice a faith or not. But those who believe must be free to speak of and act on their belief

All you can hold in your cold dead hand is what you have given away.

I spend my weekends sleeping and watching DVDs, and eating at restaurants within a 2-block radius of my apartment.

Life, as it is called, is for most of us one long postponement.

I didn't come to Hollywood to get on magazine covers or start my Porsche collection or to enjoy that kind of lifestyle, to go to the right parties and meet the right people.

I'm very pleased with being a part of the Bean Pole family. It's a relationship that makes sense to me. I'm very pleased to have my name associated with Bean Pole Jeans.

Their offense is shakier than Katherine Hepburn after an all-night espresso bender at Starbucks.

We live in a constant fear that our shortcomings will be exposed to family, to friends and to the world

I'm the kind of person who wants to present my most honest, authentic self to the world, so I hide backstage and rehearse honest and authentic lines until the curtain opens.

People are like lice - they get under your skin and bury themselves there. You scratch and scratch until the blood comes, but you can't get permanently deloused.