J.R. Miller Quotes

I'm extremely moved by the loving, caring relationship the President always seems to have with his imaginary son.

President Bush gave his first-ever presidential radio address in both English and Spanish. Reaction was mixed, however, as people were trying to figure out which one was which.

Of *course* he needs to renegotiate his salary - the guy buys more snow than Seward did when he bought Alaska from the Russians.

Hey, Cunningham - Andy Warhol called. You're at 14:55 and we're tickin' big-time here, Chachi.

If you could use the Internet somehow to see how a Fiji sailor is doing, rather than having to read a text version of it somewhere a day later, that would be great.

Listen, the weather is just like Hillary's explanation for her war vote: we just don't know, do we?

Let me use their own terminology against them. They aborted a child in the 200th trimester.

Detroit's so bad this year they might lose their bye week.

Somebody can say they don't understand why somebody drifts. But I've always found people who drift interesting, 'cause it shows me the game's not stagnant in their own head. They're thinking.

Of course, that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.

Some people like M&Ms plain, and some people like them with nuts.

After September 11th, freedom of speech in America has become a topic that's touchier than a Vatican summer camp.

I don't know about you, but in my neighborhood, they just opened a Starbucks... IN A STARBUCKS!!!

I have a nice house. And when somebody says it's a palace, I always feel like we're digging a little or something.

Any time your parent says they party with you, that is its own form of child abuse.

Drop the veneer periodically and be like "OK, I'm an imperfect human. Let's try to get through this."

I've changed after 9/11. My friends are still my friends.Bill Maher is my friend. I don't agree with a lot of what he says. And there are times I think, "Oh, my God. How could he say that."

It's nice to be included in the broadcast food chain.

I think [Ann Coulter] understands that, she's Pavlov's dog. She gets the corn kernel if she hits that drum once in a while.

When your mother starts using the word "party" as a verb about her kid, that's absolutely crazy.

I don't want to write melodies anymore. I can only write really simple, dumb caveman melodies.

I deeply care about what the fans think.

You don't have to have a terrific voice or know how to read music. The only requirement is that you enjoy singing, fun and fellowship. And, this is a great hobby for fathers and sons to share.

This is a great opportunity for gear heads to celebrate the holiday, show off their hot rods and visit the aquarium.

I think life is staggering and we're just too used to it.

Grace only sticks to our imperfections. Those who can’t accept their imperfections can’t accept grace either.

Moral #1: "If you work hard, stay focused, and never give up, you will eventually get what you want in life." Moral #2: Sometimes the things we want most in life are the things that will kill us.

Suffering ceases to be suffering when you have a redemptive perspective.

Sometimes the story we're telling the world isn't half as endearing as the one that lives inside us.

I think understanding your life as a story is a really terrific way of kind of knowing where you are and knowing who you are.

To change the world you'll need a pen.

By accepting God's love for us, we fall in love with Him, and only then do we have the fuel we need to obey.

The most attractive characteristic in a person is the story they are telling the world. We stop and stare at stories.

If I use the Bible to prove I am right, I have yet to be humbled by the beautiful truths of the Bible.

Passion about nothing is like pouring gasoline in a car without wheels. It isn't going to lead anybody anywhere.

I stay away from churches in which I feel like I have to pretend I'm a better person than I am. That sort of thing moves my faith backwards.

God doesn't give us crying, pooping children because he wants to advance our careers.

We don't naturally want to take responsibility for our lives. We want to give the responsibility to someone else. We blame them when our lives aren't good.

Book of Ecclesiastes, God is saying... Write a good story, take somebody with you and let me help

The early bird catches the worm. But I have never been one for worms. I am not sure what the late bird catches, but I will feast with him today. Probably porridge.

I love to give to charity, but I don't want to be charity. This is why I have so much trouble with grace.

Half the time I don't know what I'm trying to say.

There's no authoritarian structure at Reed College, but the education is conservative. So what you have is a lot of students who are very authentically looking for truth.

I don't find anyone more noble than Jesus.

Good stories must travel through conflict. And in epic stories, the conflict must become unbearable.

Without the Christian explanation of original sin, the seemingly silly story of Adam and Eve and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, there was no explanation of conflict. At all.

When we think too much about the opinions of others, we are letting them edit a book God has written.

Every human being is searching for a deep sense of meaning, and yet we're all chasing success. We've confused one for the other.

How many people have damaged their own lives by mistaking enablement for grace?

When a relationship is right, it is no more possible to wake up and want out of the marriage than it is to wake up and stop believing in God. What is, is what is.