S.L. Jennings Quotes

I'm a reporter. I'm not a scholar.

A couple of weeks is a long time in American politics.

Do we elect a man because of what he stands for, because of where he stands on the issues, because how he makes the nation feel?

Every candidate goes into every debate hoping that they can own a particular moment.

I think sometimes negative campaigning, like so much, is in the eye of the beholder, and I don't think we'll ever get rid of it.

Don't be confused that my interest in religion, faith, and spirituality is driven by any sense of faith or spirituality of my own.

I was raised with the notion that it was OK to ask questions, and it was OK to say, I'm not sure. I believe, but I'm not quite so certain about the resurrection.

I was able to be more reckless and now I still make mistakes, but having kids, you have a responsibility and these little people who are looking up to you for everything.

Whenever one refuses to admit such a self-evident truth, for instance, as that it is wrong to steal, don't argue with him-search him; the reason may be found in his pocket.

Principles are eternal.

If evolution wins, Christianity goes!

There is no more reason to believe that man descended from an inferior animal than there is to believe that a stately mansion has descended from a small cottage.

If the Bible and the microscope do not agee, the microscope is wrong

I hope the two wings of the Democratic Party may flap together.

All the ills from which America suffers can be traced to the teaching of evolution.

If you want criticisms, read the dissenting opinions of the Court. That will give you criticisms.

Darwin begins by assuming life upon the earth; the Bible reveals the source of life and chronicles its creation.

If it be true, as I believe it is, that morality is dependent upon religion, then religion is not only the most practical thing in the world, but the first essential.

If that vital spark that we find in a grain of wheat can pass unchanged through countless deaths and resurrections, will the spirit of man be unable to pass from this body to another?

We spend months inside them, then the rest of our lives getting babied by them.

There's no such thing as an independent person.

My place in history will depend on what I can do for the people and not on what the people can do for me.

Everybody dreams about getting to the NBA and everybody dreams about having their own shoe. But when you're the face of a brand, you've got to kind of back off and let it all soak in a little bit.

Often, I visualize a quicker, like almost a ghost runner, ahead of me with a quicker stride.

Unconditional gratitude is a powerful activity allowing ourselves to be grateful for whatever happens in our life.

The thing you like/are good at is a sacred thing.

There's the kind of love where being around someone makes you feel energized. Just being around them gives you more energy than less.

We have been through a period where we see power leaching away from Washington. Who is more important in the world today: Bill Clinton or Bill Gates? I don't know.

All of my records have been very personal, just writing more and more songs, you get better at being able to say what you feel.

Nobody knows I'm Elvis, nobody knows this is me. After all of my tries, I've got the perfect disguise.

Only those who believe attempt the seemingly impossible.

The Rock of Ages is more important than the age of rocks.

We are survivors from the moment of diagnosis.

Canada join the United States? Where would young Canadians run off to for adventure? Where would Americans run to escape?

The one thing that I have done really well in my life is be a father.

I believe there are unidentified flying objects, I'm just not sure who's driving.

Finally, my manager negotiated a deal where I got to produce my own records.

An orator is a man who says what he thinks and feels what he says.

No greater victory can be won by citizens or soldiers than to transform temporary foes into permanent friends.

Belief in God is almost universal and the effect of this belief is so vast that one is appalled at the thought of what social conditions would be if reverence for God were erased from every heart.

The great political questions are in their final analysis great moral questions.

Senator Albert Gore Sr. was one of the first outspoken critics of the Vietnam War.

My job is to be fit and I'm really blessed that I get to go and work out and live a really healthy lifestyle.

Sometimes you have to change. You know change is always good.

I'm not trying to say that people don't have the right opinion but I have to live my life. And I'm living it and I'm loving it.

That to me was one of the most exciting, and weird puzzles of this book: how are the most religious people and the least religious people of their time all drawn to very similar visions of utopia?

Atheist isn't really the right word because they tended to believe in some sort of Enlightenment, capital 'N' Nature kind of god. But these were people who in their times were criticized as infidels.

Alan Webb is the best thing to happen in this event, but professionals and collegiates don't want to lose to high school guys. I don't want to lose to no one.

I'm a writer. I write not only for a living, I write because I'm a writer.

Anything pursued and attained as a supposed compensation for the lack of self-love is ineffective and can get downright ugly.