J.R. Miller Quotes
Moralities, ethics, laws, customs, beliefs, doctrines - these are of trifling import. All that matters is that the miraculous become the norm.
I would call the French scumbags, but that, of course, would be a disservice to bags filled with scum. I say we invade Iraq, then invade Chirac.
If honesty is the key to intimacy, it means we don't have to be perfect and we don't have to pretend to be perfect.
When I got to college, acting suddenly seemed like a very risky proposition and all my friends were going to law school or med school or Wall Street.
After all the highways, and the trains, and the appointments, and the years, you end up worth more dead than alive.
Now let me get this straight. Bush is anti-abortion, but pro-death penalty. I guess it's all in the timing, huh?
Even if it doesn't work, there is something healthy and invigorating about direct action
I would often find myself, at the age of 21, at midnight, running down a dark street on my own with 10 men chasing me. And the fact they had cameras in their hands made that legal.
Serenity is when you get above all this, when it doesn't matter what they think, say or want, but when you do as you are, and see God and Devil as one.
My expertise was in public finance, particularly corporate taxation, since I had worked at the US Treasury.
A story is based on what people think is important, so when we live a story, we are telling people around us what we think is important.
It wasn't necessary to win for the story to be great, it was only necessary to sacrifice everything.
Books are love letters (or apologies) passed between us, adding a layer of conversation beyond our spoken words.
Think of me as the weathered sheriff coming back into Dodge 'cause the youngsters are shooting up the church and scaring the horses and not doing right by the women.
Leadership requires followership and following is an act of trust, faith in the course of the leader, and that faith can be generated only if leaders act with integrity.
When I have a child, it will be probably become my whole life, so I don't want to have any regrets that I should have done more.
I have a good brain on me, but I've never really used it when it came to making decisions about love, which has been a blessing and a curse.
A recent conversation: Dubya: Look at the clock, time is racing! Cheney: That's the second hand, George.
Everyone wants answers and wants to know what the timeline is. Unfortunately, it's a complex situation, and we don't have the final answers yet.
He is trying to recapture his innocence, yet all he succeeds in doing (by writing) is to inoculate the world with a virus of his disillusionment.
I'm really grounded and quite hippie, wanting to nurture and have children and be quiet.
Prayer no longer seems like an activity to me; it has become the continuing language of the relationship I believe God designed to fulfill a human life.
I don't feel like there's any need to hide the fact that I smoke pot. It's a harmless herbal substance that increases sensory appreciation.
The most important thing is actually raising up children with a true and lasting burning sense of curiosity. I don't even know how they do it. Good parents are a marvel.
And there is a time, glorious too in its own way, when one scarcely exists, when one is a complete void. I mean, when boredom seems the very stuff of life.
Every once in a while you ought to kiss a young lady. And every once in a while you ought to kiss a young lady for a while.
Almost all negative moods are missing one key element - calm. By learning calm, you learn to deal with difficult areas. Calm allows us to achieve what we want, without being overwhelmed by anxiety.