Jo Graham Quotes

I don't think anyone is free

If you live in a country run by committee, be on the committee.

The power is to set the agenda. What we print and what we don't print matter a lot.

I'm going to be pulling my pants up all day, and I'm just going to have a terrible day. Because if your clothes don't fit, just like bras or anything, it's not a good day.

He's a player you only miss when he's not playing

If one is rich and one's a woman, one can be quite misunderstood.

Think of the magic of that foot, comparatively small, upon which your whole weight rests. It's a miracle, and the dance is a celebration of that miracle.

I've always looked at shoes as being immensely beautiful things.

The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy.

If I have noticed anything over these 60 years on Wall Street, it is that people do not succeed in forecasting what's going to happen to the stock market.

The Bible does not teach that sin is completely eradicated from the Christian in this life, but it does teach that sin shall no longer reign over you.

Old age may have its limitations and challenges, but in spite of them, our latter years can be some of the most rewarding and fulfilling of our lives.

Our society strives to avoid any possibility of offending anyone - except God.

Despair is the price one pays for setting himself an impossible aim.

Innocence is a kind of insanity

Pity is cruel. Pity destroys.

Math is sometimes called the science of patterns.

If you have abandoned one faith, do not abandon all faith. There is always an alternative to the faith we lose. Or is it the same faith under another mask?

Confusing speculation with investment is always a mistake.

When you set goals, you have to keep them always in mind.

Time is of the essence - and I'm very short of essence.

You should be allowed to be a modern city dweller and still care about the environment.

The investor should be aware that even though safety of its principal and interest may be unquestioned, a long term bond could vary widely in market price in response to changes in interest rates.

God never tempts any man. That is Satan's business.

My Lord, what love is this that pays so dearly. That I, the guilty one, may go free!

We've got to cut the extraneous out of our lives, and we've got to learn to stem the inflow. We need to think before we buy. Ask ourselves, 'Is that really going to make me happier? Truly?'

Is he ever going to learn?

The greatest surprise in life to me is the brevity of life.

McGough: I'm sorry. I'm afraid I've caught poetry. Mr Bones: Oh really? Well, don't worry, sir - I used to suffer from short stories. McGough: Really? When? Mr Bones: Oh, once upon a time...

Only when we understand the holiness of God will we understand the depth of our sin.

The world has not learned the technique of balanced expansion without the resultant commercial and financial congestion.

Just because the truth is unpopular doesn't mean that it should not be proclaimed.

Once you've lost your privacy, you realize you've lost an extremely valuable thing.

No nation is ever taller than when on its knees.

The market is always making mountains out of molehills and exaggerating ordinary vicissitudes into major setbacks.

The storm: I close my eyes and, standing in it, try to make it mine.

Oh how we want to be taken and changed, want to be mended by what we enter.

I never saw a U-Haul behind a hearse.

Everything we have comes from (God's) hands; even if we worked for it or earned it, He still gave us the ability and the opportunity to do it.

Jack Daniels makes us all puke.

To drive to extinction something He has created is wrong. He has a purpose for everything... We Christians have a responsibility to take the lead in caring for the earth.

By faith I accepted Him for what He claimed to be, the Son of the Living God. That simple decision changed my life, and I have seen it change the lives of countless others across the world.

... the same hand that made trees and fields and flowers, the seas and hills, the clouds and sky, has been making a home for us called heaven.

Each generation faces different issues and challenges, but our standard must always be measured by God's Word.

Only God who made us can touch us and change us and save us from ourselves.

Nothing is more revealing than movement.

Listen, strange women lyin' in ponds distributin' swords is no basis for a system of government.

I still have an insane drive to create and express myself, and it'll never stop because I don't know how to stop it.

To enjoy a reasonable chance for continued better than average results, the investor must follow policies which are (1) inherently sound and promising, and (2) not popular on Wall Street.

God knows what is best for you, and He wants to reveal it to you and show you what you ought to do.