To wisdom belongs the intellectual apprehension of eternal things; to knowledge, the rational knowledge of temporal things.
I believe in comforting the afflicted and afflicting the comfortable.
No one can whistle a symphony.
Expressions of sharp and even violent criticism of religion and the church have been welcomed, for they usually imply sincerity of thought. If caustic criticism of religious institutions and practices is irreligious, then Amos, Isaiah, and Jesus were very irreligious men. In fact, that is exactly what many of their contemporaries took them to be.
Many years ago Rudyard Kipling gave an address at McGill University in Montreal. He said one striking thing which deserves to be remembered. Warning the students against an over-concern for money, or position, or glory, he said: 'Some day you will meet a man who cares for none of these things. Then you will know how poor you are. '
The aim of preaching is not the elucidation of a subject, but the transformation of a person. . . Our task is. . . the sharing of intense faith and experience.
We have a moral obligation to be interesting, for our gospel is loaded with life-and-death interest for people.
I talked with Quentin about where the character came from, and he told me Kansas City. I don't know how somebody talks from Kansas City, so I made him from New York.
The worst thing about television is that everybody you see on television is doing something better than what you're doing. You never see anybody on TV just sliding off the front of the sofa, with potato chip crumbs all over their shirt.
We shot on location in our very first weeks, in our very first shows. I would like to go on location again, Hawaii would be good!! But normally, we tape five days a week in the studio starting at about 8:00 a. m. and continuing until about 8:00 p. m.
Too few rejoice at a friend's good fortune.