Derivatively Quotes

#1. Preaching that is boring is preaching that talks first about us and then only tangentially about God. Preaching that is faithful is preaching that talks first about God and then only secondarily and derivatively talks about us. The God of Scripture is so much more interestingly than we are.

William Henry Willimon

#2. Wisdom is not in words; Wisdom is meaning within words.

Khalil Gibran

#3. The highlight of my childhood was making my brother laugh so hard that food came out of his nose.

Garrison Keillor

#4. In life the turn coat (traitor) is never trustworthy by either side. The one that he betrayed will hate him and the other that benefited from his treachery will fear him. After all what is going to stop the "turn coat" from betraying him as well.

Artur Pawlowski

#5. Be thankful you're an American as we treat foreigners a lot worse.

U.S. Dept. Of Fear

#6. A conscience is what hurts when all your other parts feel so good.

Steven Wright

#7. I don't hold to the idea that God causes suffering and crisis. I just know that those things come along and God uses them. We think life should be a nice, clean ascending line. But inevitably something wanders onto the scene and creates havoc with the nice way we've arranged life to fall in place.

Sue Monk Kidd

#8. Taryn, I know being in a relationship with me comes with an entire set of stressors that normal people never have to deal with. But you cut that away and I'm still me. I'm just a man.

Tina Reber

#9. We lived in the provincial town of Ramat Gan where I spent most of my youth adjacent to the chess board.

Arnon Goldfinger

#10. The very success of science in showing us how deeply ordered the natural world is provides strong grounds for believing that there is an even deeper cause for that order.

John C. Lennox

#11. Corson wrote from Chicago that while he had never heard Hitler speak, he had read the speeches, and he seemed

Sigrid MacRae

#12. Boileau said that Kings, Gods and Heroes only were fit subjects for literature. The writer can only write about what he admires. Present-day kings aren't very inspiring, the gods are on a vacation and about the only heroes left are the scientists and the poor.

John Steinbeck

#13. The consensus we arrived with States for amending the Constitution to implement GST is a major breakthrough. This alone has the potential to make India competitive and attractive for investment.

Narendra Modi

#14. You never want a serious crisis to go to waste. Things that we had postponed for too long, that were long-term, are now immediate and must be dealt with. [A] crisis provides the opportunity for us to do things that you could not do before.

Ryan Holiday