Do things that will get people asking questions, the answer to which is the Gospel.

Live in the kingdom of God in such a way that it provokes questions for which the gospel is the answer.

I am neither an optimist nor a pessimist. Jesus Christ is risen from the dead.

The church is not meant to call men and women out of the world into a safe religious enclave but to call them out in order to send them back as agents of God's kingship.

It is less important to ask a Christian what he or she believes about the Bible than it is to inquire what he or she does with it.

It has never at any time been possible to fit the resurrection of Jesus into any world view except a world view of which it is the basis.

The Church, wherever it is, is not only Christ's witness to its own people and nation, but also the home-base for a mission to the ends of the earth.

Our confidence...is not in the competence of our own knowing, but in the faithfulness and reliability of the one who is known.

The Church must be seen as the company of pilgrims on the way to the end of the world and the ends of the earth.

God's grace is not limited by any ecclesiastical barriers.

The living God is a God of justice and mercy and He will be satisfied with nothing less than a people in whom his justice and mercy are alive.

As music becomes less of a thing--a cylinder, a cassette, a disc--and more ephemeral, perhaps we will begin to assign an increasing value to live performances again.

Accents are funny in that they have this odd draw for us, yet we forget we have one, too. No one is without an accent, but the one you’ve got seems like oatmeal to their caviar.

I generally follow my own compass and make films about what's scaring me.

When I've seen an opportunity I haven't sat down and called a committee meeting, We've gone and done it.

It's just one day, one twenty-four-hour period to get yourself through. - Adam

I am trying to present objects in the simplest way possible, and I don't want to supply too much context.

While I am reluctant to cite sexism as a political issue, sexism certainly can exist.

I'm not religious, but I'm very spiritual.

But, my dear, I knew when I was a baby what I wanted to do, and I'll tell you, kiddo, if you don't do what your heart tells you, you'll never be real.

Pleasures newly found are sweet When they lie about our feet.