Joshua's Quotes

#1. Afternoon at the Coffee Shoppe slipped into evening just as Joshua's caffeination reached the heights of the Rwandan plantations where his beverage originated.

Aleksandar Hemon

#2. Raven, holding Joshua's chin, asks him how old he is.
Joshua, folding in the pinky and the thumb on his left hand, while leaning on Raven's legs, raises three middle fingers into the air.
"That's what I thought. You're three.

Giorge Leedy

#3. To pray with Joshua's bold confidence, we must know the will of God. And the only way to know the will of God is by learning to know Him personally through His Word.

Melody Mason

#4. Kings" and "Kingdoms" were as thick in Britain as they had been in little Palestine in Joshua's time, when people had to sleep with their knees pulled up because they couldn't stretch out without a passport.

Mark Twain

#5. When he squirmed away from her, I felt the strangest mix of emotions. First, I wanted to jump into Joshua's arms and give him a series of grateful kisses - rewards for his apparent disinterest in her. Next, I wished I was substantial enough to tackle this stranger and pull out her pretty hair

Tara Hudson

#6. He'd never had much to do with the police in the Nottinghamshire village where he lived. They existed at a distance, as it were, and Joshua's life hadn't led him closer than that. By accident his actions had been law-abiding.

Alan Sillitoe

#7. If your actions are motivated by selfish interests rather than God, you are mortgaging tomorrow's joy.

T. B. Joshua

#8. The filmmakers have a story they want to tell, and they go get the material they need for it. The film either exceeds or fails to meet up to their expectations or it's different.

Joshua Oppenheimer

#9. People want stardom or fame or whatever - instant gratification as opposed to learning one's craft, which, when I was starting out, was the most important thing: that you are as fully equipped for your job or your art as possible.

Joshua Sasse

#10. I don't enjoy killing, but when done righteously, it's just a chore, like any other.

Joshua

#11. I think Direct Cinema's trying to be insightful by looking at reality in a very close way while, in fact, much more is staged than we like to think. In cinema verite, it's about trying to make something invisible visible - the role of fantasy and imagination in everyday life.

Joshua Oppenheimer

#12. No one forgets the presence of the camera, no matter how long it's there.

Joshua Oppenheimer

#13. Don't fight fair; don't worry what you look like," Joshua continued. "Do whatever you have to do to stop our enemy, no holds barred."
"Like a sale at Loehmann's," Brynne said.

Cate Tiernan

#14. I don't think any book of mine will ever come as close to pure fantasy as 'A Heaven of Others.' I'll never again set a book in a world or after-world in which it's impossible to buy a cup of coffee or take an undisturbed afternoon nap.

Joshua Cohen

#15. There are days that I get neurotic with the violin. Every little adjustment will change the balance for good or for bad. It's kind of a miracle, the way the whole thing works as an acoustical whole, so perfectly balanced.

Joshua Bell

#16. There's a few in our history, where the person who creates it becomes almost the product itself. Jobs is one of those.

Joshua Michael Stern

#17. Principal's no different from the rest - he orders and so he is.

Joshua Cohen

#18. If there's something that I really need to say that I can't say by speaking to someone, I usually write it in a song or a letter to someone.

Joshua Radin

#19. Oh Jesse, paint you pictures, 'bout how it's gonna be.
By now I should know better, your dreams are never free.
But tell me all about, our little trailer by the sea.
Oh Jesse, you can always sell any dream to me.

Joshua Kadison

#20. For some reason I can't explain, artist and musicians tend to look younger than our age. Being in music, you need this youthful sense of discovery and wonder for what you're doing and keep your imagination open. That's a youthful way of looking at life and I think that reflects in how you age.

Joshua Bell

#21. Some of the immediate causes of Jack Abramoff's troubles were some Indian elections that went bad for him.

Joshua Micah Marshall

#22. Criticism is always hard to take - we musicians are sensitive. It's always hard when someone says something negative - but you try to learn to just let it roll off and not worry about it.

Joshua Bell

#23. For better or worse, I have a lot of vaudeville circus skills that you just can't showcase in Aaron Sorkin's work.

Joshua Malina

#24. It's different for people who have not seen a symphony conductor conduct from a chair. I feel very connected to the orchestra in a way that a conductor sometimes does not feel. I think it's more visceral.

Joshua Bell

#25. Never doubt God's desire or ability to help you.

T. B. Joshua

#26. The cleaner and nicer the program, the faster it's going to run. And if it doesn't, it'll be easy to make it fast.

Joshua Bloch

#27. Maybe it's due to my west coast liberal upbringing, but, the idea of parallel universes doesn't strike me as being too far out there.

Joshua Jackson

#28. God will make right all that is wrong, He will take away the lingering effect of sin and what's not right in our lives. He knows how painful life in this world can be.

Joshua Harris

#29. The doctrine of Scripture teaches us about the authority of God's Word. Scripture must be the final rule of faith and practice for our lives. Not our feelings or emotions. Not signs or prophetic words or hunches.

Joshua Harris

#30. Hong Kong is not just a global financial center. It's also a place with a lot of teens and youth who love freedom, democracy, and human rights.

Joshua Wong

#31. God's true love pretty much nullifies dating as we know it ...
It seems that dating as we have come to know it doesn't really prepare us for marriage; instead it can be a training ground for divorce. We cannot practice life-long commitment in a series of short-term relationships.

Joshua Harris

#32. Beethoven's symphonies are not 'relaxing.' They are the most exciting things that have ever been created by a human being.

Joshua Bell

#33. It's time for architecture to do things again, not just represent things.

Joshua Prince-Ramus

#34. I think as long as there are folks on the fringe who want to make movies, the indie scene will still be around. I do think it's getting harder to get them seen though.

Joshua Leonard

#35. Today, religion is systematized, formalized group worship. It's packaged. We don't live the divine any longer, we only hear or read about it.

Alan Joshua

#36. During the Middle Ages they understood that words accompanied by imagery are much more memorable. By making the margins of a book colorful and beautiful, illuminations help make the text unforgettable. It's unfortunate that we've lost the art of illumination.

Joshua Foer

#37. my generation's screwed - we're not the immigrant experience, we're not the assimilation experience - we're the first nothing generation, we've got nothing to write about and no one to read it, everyone too busy getting technologized, too harried with degrees.

Joshua Cohen

#38. Banks are kinda cool, you put some money in there. It should be kinda vaguely sexy, but it's not.

Joshua Homme

#39. I won't run from death. I won't run from pain or fear. Life hurts sometimes, sometimes so much that you think it's never gonna stop hurting. That's a beautiful thing.

Joshua McCune

#40. I agree with God's Word; I disagree with any condition, situation or circumstance contrary to that Word.

T. B. Joshua

#41. Celebration is a confrontation, giving attention to the transcendent meaning of one's actions.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

#42. I think we are fascinated and scared by evil at the same time. I think it's important not to suppress our fascination but to walk into it with open eyes.

Joshua Oppenheimer

#43. Joshua nodded with a small smile. "I know if you're with her, nothing bad can happen to her. I'll go to school with Marie and Stefan. Of course, if you took me, all the other kids would think I have a big daddy, and they wouldn't try to pick on me." He shrugged. "But Stefan's big. Maybe he'll work.

Christine Feehan

#44. There is a short window at the beginning of one's professional life, when it is comparatively easy to take big risks. Make the most of that time, before circumstances make you risk averse.

Joshua Foer

#45. You know the difference between Hell's fury and a scorned woman? If you keep your wits about you, you might have a chance of surviving Hell in one piece.

Joshua Bader

#46. Generally, I love traveling because it's great to see new places.

Joshua Roman

#47. The more we're doing to ensure we're following our joy and passion, that's when we really start to put the gas in our lives.

Joshua Mohr

#48. You should be more careful," said Josh with a crooked grin, the barrel of his gun still smoking. "It's dangerous around here. You could get hurt."
Sam grinned back savagely. "I'll try to remember.

Phillip W. Simpson

#49. It was only in Palo Alto that I searched "Rachav Binder" and "Rach Binder," got an undousable flame of her defense of an article of mine critical of the Mormon Church's databasing of Holocaust victims in order to speed their posthumous conversions

Joshua Cohen

#50. The most romantic things a man can do for a woman are the little things that let her know that she's on his mind and in his heart.

Joshua Harris

#51. If you need scale in order to create value, it's hard to get scale, because there's little incentive for the first people to use the product.

Joshua Schachter

#52. This is the great reward of service, to live, far out and on, in the life of others; this is the mystery of Christ, - to give life's best for such high sake that it shall be found again unto life eternal.

Joshua Chamberlain

#53. We are not trapped by our thoughts. What we generally do, however, is create thoughts that trap us." (p.162)

Joshua David Stone

#54. 'Backwash' is an old-school, slapstick-y romp between three eccentric loser friends who inadvertently rob a bank, armed solely with a salami and a sweat sock, and then find themselves on the run pursued by singing cops. It's kind of a classic piece, a sophisticated piece, if you will.

Joshua Malina

#55. We pass now quickly from each other's sight; but I know full well that where beyond these passing scenes you shall be, there will be Heaven.

Joshua Chamberlain

#56. I think it's our obligation as filmmakers, as people investigating the world, to create the reality that is most insightful to the issues at hand. Here are human beings, like us, boasting about atrocities that should be unimaginable.

Joshua Oppenheimer

#57. It is forgivable to say nothing out of ignorance; it's inexcusable to remain silent once awareness dawns.

Joshua Ferris

#58. I break my back for music because it's something that I love, but I'm not going to break my back for a bank. I wouldn't want to be an ATM repairman; there are some things that just aren't worth it.

Joshua Homme

#59. Here's to our beloved George Washington, the Joshua of America, who commanded the sun and the moon to sand still
and they obeyed.

Benjamin Franklin

#60. You are provided with hands, but you decide how to employ them. Some use their hands to provide a lover's caress, chisel a sculpture, plant seeds; others use their hands to tighten a noose, pull a gun trigger, turn a prison key on innocent souls.

Joshua Emmet

#61. Joshua 23:10 provides my favorite image of God's favor. It says, "One of you routs a thousand, because the LORD your God fights for you." How can a single warrior with one sword take down a thousand armed enemies? Because God fights for him!

Kevin Myers

#62. Isolation is not a healthy 'coping' method, it's like quarantining yourself in a gas chamber!

Joshua Stannard

#63. Obviously, I want it to be legally downloaded, and I myself have spent a fortune on iTunes because, for me, that's the easiest way to get music.

Joshua Bell

#64. That D.C. grand jury investigation of Abramoff can't go on forever. Eventually the lawyers at the Public Integrity Section will go to their bosses with some decisions about just who they want to indict. That's when Al Gonzales will have to show his cards.

Joshua Micah Marshall

#65. She began to notice his servant's heart, his humility, and his leadership. This attraction felt different from her prior experiences of liking guys. "Before it had always been, 'Here's the guy I want!' But this time I thought, 'Here's a man I could follow.

Joshua Harris

#66. I think Uma Thurman is one of God's creatures, one of the most beautiful women I've ever seen.

Joshua Jackson

#67. There are some days I take my violin out and it feels dreadful, like nothing is responding, and I want to sell it and get rid of it. And the next day suddenly the skies open up and the sound is glorious again. So it's like a relationship: There are good days and bad days.

Joshua Bell

#68. Knowledge and the study of God's Word is voided by the folding of unwilling hands.

Joshua Roman

#69. Bach's music is really some of the greatest. I think, in some ways, Bach is the most profound composer of all.

Joshua Bell

#70. The office is a romantic enabler because you're always around the person you have a crush on. There's no escape from, and maybe no desire to escape from, those pressure-cooker conditions. And there's an automatic series of things you have to talk about all the time.

Joshua Ferris

#71. The one's who want to make a difference, the people who can change the world for the better, are laughed out of the game by the players.

Joshua Grisham

#72. I like working with kids because I enjoy seeing the looks on their faces and, it's kind of selfish, I want a future audience.

Joshua Bell

#73. I'm incapable of truly relaxing. I remember when I was younger and less wise or experienced, actors that I knew would always talk about jobs ending and wondering whether they were ever going to work again. Now that's my life.

Joshua Malina

#74. I think, as an artist, it's very important to continue to be challenged and feel challenged all the time.

Joshua Bell

#75. If you're not ready to consider marriage or you're not truly interested in marrying a specific person, it's selfish and potentially harmful to encourage that person to need you or ask him or her to gratify you emotionally or physically.

Joshua Harris

#76. My mom says that my dad coerced me into choosing the cello. He says that's not entirely true. I don't remember; I was three.

Joshua Roman

#77. It's endless, the amount of things that music touches on that can help kids grow that are very, very practical.

Joshua Bell

#78. Revenge is Always Sweet, it's the Aftertaste that's Bitter.

Joshua Caleb

#79. The orchestra confides in me about their music director or their conductor, and I've never seen a conductor that's been liked by everyone.

Joshua Bell

#80. As far as doing TV, I do think there's a big audience out there that could enjoy classical music, but they don't know how to find it, and sometimes by doing different things ... crossover things probably make up about 5% of what I do.

Joshua Bell

#81. There is no answer to Auschwitz ... To try to answer is to commit a supreme blasphemy. Israel enables us to bear the agony of Auschwitz without radical despair, to sense a ray of God's radiance in the jungles of history.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

#82. It's easier to get over a lost body than a lost soul.

Joshua Prager

#83. The solution of mankind's most vexing problem will not be found in renouncing technical civilization, but in attaining some degree of independence of it.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

#84. There's a tradition of reenactment in documentary which is about sort of illustrating what the past might have been like.

Joshua Oppenheimer

#85. No one can hurt you if you know what's real and what isn't.

Joshua Furst

#86. We are one another's strength.

T. B. Joshua

#87. As an actor, it's so, so rewarding and so pleasing to not be reprimanded.

Joshua Sasse

#88. Crises can never break the one who relies on God's strength.

T. B. Joshua

#89. In terms of so-called fly-on-the-wall documentaries, there's a claim that the camera is a transparent window into a pre-existing reality. What really is happening is that the film crew and the subjects are collaborating to simulate a reality in which they pretend the camera is not present.

Joshua Oppenheimer

#90. Someone on the internet referred to me as 'that horrible little man who's replacing Rob Lowe', which is hurtful, because I think of myself as a delightful little man.

Joshua Malina

#91. When you try to put everything into music, there's no room left to try to make you think we're cool. We know you think we're cool.

Joshua Homme

#92. The single biggest threat to man's continued dominance on the planet is the virus.

Joshua Lederberg

#93. A marriage takes work. You have to constantly put energy into it to keep it from falling apart. Going nowhere takes energy. Stability isn't what you get when you do nothing. It's what you can hope to achieve when you work hard.

Joshua Edward Smith

#94. There was no damn way we were ever gonna put our people into the ground again.
Beneath us was hell.
Heaven's above ...
... and that's where we all deserve to be.

Joshua Ortega

#95. To write a novel is to dream while awake, then express the dream to the reader in an absorbing way. The road leading from the writer's inner world to the readers' is paved with prose.

Alan Joshua

#96. In Robert Louis Stevenson's 'Jekyll & Hyde,' the hero decides on the terms of his transformation in a process that's explained not through the supernatural but the natural or, at least, through biochemistry.

Joshua Cohen

#97. Wonder or radical amazement is the chief characteristic of the religious man's attitude toward history and nature.

Abraham Joshua Heschel

#98. It is better to live poorly upon the fruits of God's goodness than live plentifully upon the products of our own sin.

T. B. Joshua

#99. I think it's a very bad idea for someone to start writing for a readership.

Joshua Ferris

#100. My whole life, I've been watching conductors. I was 7 the first time I played with a conductor. Seeing the ones that do it well, it's an amazing thing.

Joshua Bell