JB Carlson Quotes

we need to break the habit of overreacting because of our speedy assumption and judgments

Life is a process--just one thing after another. When you lose it, just start again.

The war on Christmas. This is the most ridiculous right wing talking point I have ever lived through.The idea is that liberals want to get rid of Christmas.

Meanwhile, life keeps moving forward. The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now. If not now, when?

Life is yours, do not let life's problems have other influences on what you believe. See for yourself.

Girls can be so petty and jealous. I swear they're worse than guys sometimes. Except they're all quiet about it. They sugarcoat it or else they talk behind each other's backs. It's seriously twisted.

People who live the most fulfilling lives are the ones who are always rejoicing at what they have.

I think [Pat] Buchanan is far too easily and glibly dismissed.

I mean all this focus on how we look on the outside. It's just all wrong

I'm not superwoman. It's impossible to do everything 100 percent all of the time. And suggesting that women should be able to do it only puts more pressure on them.

We deny the parts of ourselves that we deem unacceptable rather than accepting the fact that we're all less than perfect.

Reserve is strength; overstatement is weakness. No one cares to hear the singer's topmost notes when the voice is 'nigh onto breaking.

I don't think all people yearn for freedom, actually. I think they yearn for stability.

To be a feminist, you could cut your hair really short. You have to be really angry about something.

I felt vindicated that I decided to speak up for not only myself but women all across the nation who've been put down.

Working outdoors or from life puts you in direct contact with the life force, not just the light and the landscape, but also the vitality of the world around you.

Too much reality in a picture is always a disappointment to the imaginative soul. We love suggestion and not hard facts.

Is puppy love the reason so many Americans are blind to the incompetence and waste of Republicans - who at a minimum are supposed to be good money managers - running Iraq reconstruction?

I have no time for political hacks who say things they don't believe because they get paid to.

What interferes with this peaceful feeling is our expectation of reciprocity.

In the anxiety to get beautiful colour harmony do not exhaust all combinations on one canvas.

The discipline learned from putting in time and effort as a child is a skill and a talent you carry with you for the rest of your life in trying to achieve goals.

as you begin to eliminate your need for perfection in all areas of your life, you'll begin to discover the perfection in life itself

The next time you find yourself in an argument, rather than defend your position, see if you can see the other point of view first.

I gotta get working, you know? I've been too busy. I've been trying my hardest, but it's really tough.

Just like Tim Robbins is very political - and obviously, Arnold Schwarzenegger must be - I want to be able to have this public personality that's considered authoritative.

You don't need really expensive clothes to look cute.

I usually shop at Charlotte Ruth and Bebe.

And I'm working with all these great people at Sony Publishing.

It's hard to be ambitious if you're content, isn't it?

You know, I'd love to do a Maxim shoot. But I'm not going to do it, because that's just stupid to do.

American officials have bent over backwards to show how sensitive they are to Muslim culture. It didn't seem very effective. They seem to be worried about winning the respect of other people.

I mean, look, no matter how you feel about Bush, watching him speak is difficult. It's like- it's like watching a drunk man cross an icy street.

If someone throws you the ball, you don't have to catch it.

The economic base of that rural Oregon area used to be manufacturing and logging. And that went away and they feel nobody has been speaking to them and finally Donald Trump has spoken to them.

You should be a missile and go and destroy your opponent.

You are what you practice most.

One of my Miss America judges called me a "God-clutcher" way back when because I spoke about my faith being an important part of my life during my interview.

Life isn't all it's cracked up to be. Nothing is ever good enough the way it is.

Working from photos makes you a little more analytical, a little more cerebral, because you're less connected to the intensity of life.

Stress is nothing more than a socially acceptable form of mental illness.

That great philosopher anonymous once said, never argue with a fool. People might not know the difference.

It is the ability to determine consciously what it is that interests him, and why, that differentiates the artist from the art student.

If you knew that you only had one day to live, what would you think about-your car or favorite pair of shoes or would it be the more everyday joys that occupy your mind?

We must not imitate the externals of nature with so much fidelity that the picture fails to evoke that wonderful teasing recurrence of emotion that marks the contemplation of a work of art.

If you're going to paint from photos, make sure you've painted for at least ten years.

Good colour really means good taste; and 'powerful' colour means a reserve, to give a climax its full force, and not 'red, white, and blue all over.

The great paintings are the ones with the most subtle value relationships. The closer you could bring your values and still distinguish between them, the stronger you were as a painter.

Idolatry is not simply worshiping a stone image; idolatry is any concept of God that reduces Him to less than who He really is.

Clouds are fascinating to paint because they are the only element in a landscape that possesses free movement.