J.V. Hart Quotes

The military weapon is but one of the means that serve the purposes of war: one out of the assortment which grand strategy can employ.

The theatre breeds its own kind of cruelty, and its sadism takes on a keener edge since it can be enjoyed under the innocent guise of critical judgment.

I know everything and nothing about him all at the same time.

Every action is seen to fall into one of three main categories, guarding, hitting, or moving. Here, then, are the elements of combat, whether in war or pugilism.

When life knocks us down, God CAN put us back together again. He can meet us in our brokenness and restore us to something even more glorious than we were before we were shattered.

I can't say I'm happy to be talking about John Ritter and his passing. In my 21 years of Entertainment Tonight, this really was one of the most shocking and sad things to have happened.

Bringing a child into the world is the greatest act of hope there is.

One of the strongest and most persistent elements in national development has been that inheritance of political traditions and usages which the new settlers brought with them.

I'm not going to stop having problems.

Many attempts had been made by colonial legislatures to cut off or to tax the importation of slaves.

Each colony became accustomed to planting new settlements and to claiming new boundaries.

When obstacles have been put in front of me, I just get around them and move past them and laugh at them.

If you look at me close enough, there's a small resemblance to a chicken nugget. I don't know if it's my skin texture or my hair, but the resemblance is definitely there.

I hate auditions - when I'm doing them, I can't wait to get out the bleeding door.

I'm belligerent rather than ambitious.

Not only was it that I surprised people by beating Bret Hart, but it was a great match. They still rate it as one of the best wrestling matches of all time.

In any event, colonization and the grant of lands were provincial matters.

I'm still working, I've got two arms, two legs, two gorgeous kids, a lovely wife. Fifteen years ago, I was homeless. So when you think about it, I'm lucky.

Washington's defeat in 1754 was followed by active military preparations on both sides.

Double J is similar in age, we're similar in experience. I think if we hooked up, we could be a formidable team. We get along well inside the ring and outside the ring.

I love to pop up at the movie theaters. I love to treat the people who are there.

I'm a Buffalo wing magnet, a sandwich fanatic, a cheesesteak guy. But I'll only get a cheesesteak in Philadelphia. No one else does it right.

Because of what I do, it has to be an open book, but right now this is a book that is being written.

The stars handle it very graciously. They let you know. They know how to play the game.

In instances in history, civil disobedience has been appropriate and useful.

I'm not a happy-ending person. I want to know what happens once Cinderella rides off with Prince Charming.

I experimented with weed, Ecstasy, mushrooms and mescaline for about a year and a half.

If you want to appeal to everyone, you can't do a world tour and expect black people to show up at every date - when you're in Australia, when you're in Dubai, when you're in Indonesia.

They had an opening. You know, it was one of those deals. I auditioned and got it in '93.

Without vanity a writer's work is tepid, and he must accept his vanity as part of his stock in trade and live with it as one of the hazards of his profession.

I don't know who St. Valentine was, but I hope he died alone, surrounded by couples.

The higher level of grand strategy [is] that of conducting war with a far-sighted regard to the state of the peace that will follow.

I'm such a comedy fan that I just love laughing and so admire comedians who have brought me joy.

The atheist barista (who's obsessed with astrology) asked me, "So what's your sign?" I responded, "The sign of the cross." I think she spit in my coffee.

Note to self: If you can't hear God when you pray, shut up.

I am glad that people are trying to have a rational conversation about drugs.

I am actually wearing slacks on the show more than I ever have - it is now acceptable, and I like mixing it up.

America has become politically and culturally agnostic, and the Christian faith in the minds of many has come to represent intolerance.

For even the best of peace training is more theoretical than practical experience ... indirect practical experience may be the more valuable because infinitely wider.

It is only to clear from history that states rarely keep faith with each other, save in so far (and so long) as their promises seem to them to combine with their interests.

The nearer the cutting off point lies to the main force of the enemy, the more immediate the effect; whereas the closer to the strategic base it takes place, the greater the effect.

The body is precious and the body is always going to speak through its own capacity for communication and love.

In a lot of cases, as in Tom and Nicole's case, the tabloids were about to break the story, so they said just let the news out. And they called organizations such as ours.

Walk along one day and do nothing wrong, play by the rules, be a good person, do everything right: it doesn't guarantee anything.

While hitting one must guard ... In order to hit with effect, the enemy must be taken off his guard.

The effect to be sought is the dislocation of the opponent's mind and dispositions - such an effect is the true gauge of an indirect approach.

Ever doubt that God answers your prayers? Pray (sincerely) for humility... and watch what happens.

Unrequited love's a bore.

A guy like Benoit, he's really good and a lot like Dynamite. Dynamite, just because he was the original, was the best. But, you know, Benoit now is by far better. Dynamite Kid is nothing now.

Everything we have - every blessing, every talent - is a gift from our Father. The only thing that's all ours is our sin.