Parable Of The Prodigal Son Quotes

#1. I thought of the parable of the prodigal son. We had made merry for the beloved child's return too - but what happens when the beloved child doesn't say she's sorry? The parable doesn't talk about that. Jesus figures of course you're sorry. Jesus, I thought, you blew it. Not everybody is sorry.

Caroline B. Cooney

#2. There are yawning gulfs into which large chunks of me have fallen. I do not always know where I am at present.

Joseph Heller

#3. If you've seen 'Spirited Away', 'Spirited Away' is set in a very, very Japanese sensibility. And so, to Japanese audiences, when Sen would walk up, the main character, and look at this big building with a flag on it with Japanese writing on it, everyone in Japan would know what that is.

John Lasseter

#4. Sleep here each day, Ildiko." A sweet warmth suffused her. She entangled her legs with his and hugged his arm to her waist. "As you wish. Just don't steal the blankets.

Grace Draven

#5. What I admire most in men - To sit opposite a mirror at dinner and not look in it

Richard Harding Davis

#6. I am merely an insignificant creature on a microscopic blue dot in the vastness of space.

Abhijit Naskar

#7. Be frank with me and we may do some good. Play tricks with me, and I'll crush you.

Arthur Conan Doyle

#8. POMPEII Note the ruts in roadway worn by chariot wheels.

H.G.Wells

#9. The fatted calf, the best Scotch, the hoedown could all have been his too, any time he asked for them except that he never thought to ask for them because he was too busy trying cheerlessly and religiously to earn them.

Frederick Buechner

#10. Knowing yourself and expressing it is hip. I think knowing yourself is the real journey, for me anyway.

David Schwimmer

#11. If the Prodigal Son's a parable, and if Adam and Eve are metaphors, then maybe God is just figure of speech.

Dan Barker

#12. Be resilient until you complete a task. Challenge yourself and never limit yourself. Stay humble, hopeful, patient, but never quit!

Winsome Campbell-Green

#13. My father is Italian, and I never met my paternal grandparents. The family name was 'Caroselli' and it was changed in the mid '50s. I think they wanted to assimilate, which was pretty common, although I love the name 'Caroselli.'

Steve Carell

#14. He took a sheet of paper out of a desk drawer. But what would he write? The day's work had hardly involved more than collecting a large number of question marks.

Henning Mankell

#15. There are all kinds of smiles. On the football field I mostly used the one where the hawk spots the dove.

Deacon Jones

#16. A woman's perfume tells more about her than her handwriting.

Christian Dior

#17. A writer's inspiration is not just to create. He must eat three times a day.

Pierre Beaumarchais

#18. I was completely broke, so I started saying yes to everything. I said yes to a woman who approached me about shooting the Dracula ballet, even though I felt like I was probably going to sabotage it.

Guy Maddin