James Patrick Kelly Quotes

#1. Each group and each youngster is different. As a leader or coach, you get to know what they need.

Mike Krzyzewski

#2. Heaven is where you'll be when you are okay right where you are.

Sun Ra

#3. Being an American is such a rich environment, because there's so many people from other countries and cultures, and through that you're able to see other people's experiences.

Rick Yune

#4. Zachary Jernigan's short stories are in deep conversation with the history of the genre while maintaining a thoroughly modern sensibility. Here's a new writer who has found his voice. Listen to him and enjoy!

James Patrick Kelly

#5. It was always baseball for me. This is what I always wanted to do.

Joe Mauer

#6. Ivy? I called as I went belowdecks, fear winding between my soul and reason when she didn't answer. The silence ate away at my hope like bitter acid, drop by drop, breath by breath.

Kim Harrison

#7. The text of the Bible means what God inspired it to mean, not what it means to me.

Donald S. Whitney

#8. The real way I became a model is I won a genetic lottery, and I became the recipient of a legacy.

Cameron Russell

#9. The secret of a good sermon is to have a good beginning and a good ending; and to have the two as close together as possible.

George Burns

#10. Do you love me?"
Without hesitation, he answers, "More than anything in my life.

Belle Aurora

#11. The walls are everywhere. Limits. You're not smart enough, not rich enough. You get tired. You die. Some people like to pretend they've broken out. That they're running free. But there's no escape. You have to find a way to live within the walls. And then, they don't matter.

James Patrick Kelly

#12. What I need I carry in my head. Everything in that machine came from me. My fat burned into knowledge. My calories pedaled into data analysis" -- The Calorie Man

James Patrick Kelly

#13. Our Lord tells us that the Sabbath was made for man (Mark 2:27): it is a witness to our creatureliness, to the fact that we can rest because the government of all things is not on our shoulders, and our Lord is King over all creation.

Rousas John Rushdoony

#14. The lives of great men are like legends-difficult but beautiful,

Janusz Korczak

#15. This your brain. This is your brain on Facebook. Any questions?

James Patrick Kelly

#16. Isn't it only appropriate that, in return for the free use of the public spectrum, broadcasters provide something substantial, something that wouldn't otherwise be provided by marketplace competition?

Reed Hundt

#17. Gratitude is not only a response to God in good times - it's ultimately the very will of God in hard times. Gratitude isn't only a celebration when good things happen. It's a declaration that God is good no matter what happens.

Ann Voskamp

#18. If you must be in a hurry, then let it be according to the old adage, and hasten slowly.

Vincent De Paul

#19. On the surface, reality may appear the same each day, but in essence, we are new every moment of our lives. The potential for change and growth is unlimited if we allow ourselves to surrender to the flow.

Dorit Brauer

#20. Still, I could not imagine how being poor could be worse than being rich and hating yourself. I had seen enough of what it was like to be dead. It was time to try living.

James Patrick Kelly

#21. For those who resist the notion that the mainstream is a genre, we recommend that they browse the shelves of their local bookstore. For if the mainstream is not a genre, then it must necessarily embrace all kinds of writing: romance, adventure, horror, thriller, crime, and, yes, science fiction.

James Patrick Kelly