Jim Quotes

There is the world that should be and the world that is. We live in one and must create the other.

Like NASCAR race drivers or PGA golfers, why not require each of the [US presidential] candidates to cover their clothing, briefcases and staff with the logo patches of their corporate sponsors?

Blood is the rose of mysterious union.

Wherever you are, be all there! Live to the hilt every situation you believe to be the will of God.

My mentor said, 'Let's go do it', not 'You go do it'. How powerful when someone says, 'Let's!'

My father taught me to always do more than you get paid for as an investment in your future.

Here's the major problem with going on strike for more money: You cannot get rich by demand!

There's always, always a choice. My options might really, truly suck, but that doesn't mean there isn't a choice.

Sometimes the only answer to death is lunch.

There are so many opportunities in life, that the loss of two or three capabilities is not necessarily debilitating. A handicap can give you the opportunity to focus more on art, writing, or music.

If you want to amend your errors, you must begin by amending your philosophy.

I was 13 when I was started questioning and 16 when I stopped believing in God.

Lifestyle is the art of discovering ways to live uniquely.

Feel the mountain and let it show you how you're going to ski it. Relax and cruise. This isn't a fight, it's a dance, and the mountain always leads.

We will never end poverty if we don't tackle climate change.

One discipline always leads to another discipline.

Nothing teaches character better than generosity.

If wishes were fishes, the world would be an ocean

The most sophisticated people I've ever known had just one thing in common: they were all in touch with their inner children.

It is a human demolition derby!

You must learn to translate wisdom and strong feelings into labor.

Oh, what would you like on your vegetarian pizza?" "Dead pigs and cows," I said. She glanced up at me and wrinkled her nose. "They're vegetarians," I said defensively.

The only difference between a pigeon and the American farmer today is that a pigeon can still make a deposit on a John Deere.

Our calling is not only to pull people out of the river, but to go upstream to find out what or who is pushing them in.

Life, in all its uniqueness, would not be life without the negatives and the positives.

I will make Maggie safe. If the world burns because of that then so be it. Me and the kid will roast some marshmallows.

I believe in a long, prolonged, derangement of the senses in order to obtain the unknown.

Measure your emotions. You don't need an atomic explosion for a minor point.

We must teach our children not to spend their money a dollar at a time. If you spend your dollar at a time, you'll wind up with trinkets instead of treasures.

I'm a hard guy to live with. I'm like a caged animal. I'm up all night walking around the living room. It's hard for me to come down from what I do.

My advice is, do not try to inhabit another's soul. You have your own.

The only thing worse than not reading a book in the last ninety days is not reading a book in the last ninety days and thinking that it doesn't matter

There is no better opportunity to receive more than to be thankful for what you already have. Thanksgiving opens the windows of opportunity for ideas to flow your way.

Like many of you, I was concerned about going out into the world and doing something bigger than myself. Until someone smarter than myself made me realize that there is nothing bigger than myself.

I work every day. I work all day. I've never had a holiday. It's all I really want to do. It's what I'm here for. . . . More and more, I'm just so grateful I was born an artist.

You're not always going to be at your best, but it better be the best you've got that day.

He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose.

I think if you study--if you learn too much of what others have done, you may tend to take the same direction as everybody else.

What is the point of having free will if one cannot occasionally spit in the eye of destiny?

Faith reminds us that change is always possible.

Some of the analysts were saying, Now you're a cash cow, there's no growth at all, pay it all out in dividends, give me it all, you can't invest wisely.

I learned many great lessons from my father, not the least of which, was that you can fail at what you don't want so you might as well take a chance on doing what you love

I have felt the impact of your prayer in these past weeks. I am certain now that nothing has had a more powerful infl uence on this life of mine than your prayers.

If I could save time in a bottle The first thing that I'd like to do Is to save every day

Sport climbing is a lot like sport f*#king. It's a lot of fun and requires no commitment.

Life is like a Ferrari, it goes too fast. But that's ok, because you can't afford it anyway.

I never thought I didn't have a card to play.

I'm a very sensitive person. I do like to be respected. I'm very loyal. I like it to be a two-way street.

Books are easy to find and easy to buy. A paperback these days only costs six or seven dollars. You can borrow that from your kids!

During the war, in which several of our embedded correspondents were able to report from moving vehicles crossing the Iraqi desert, the use of technology made news gathering safer.