I know that John Adams has had a very hard time directing French ensembles.
For instance, the notion of non-penal substitution. This idea, found in the work of the nineteenth century Scottish Reformed theologian John McLeod Campbell and based upon his reading of the letter to the Hebrews in particular, is that Christ offers up his life and death as a penitential act on our behalf, rather than as a punishment in our stead.
I can't resist telling you that when the Vienna Economics Institute celebrated its centennial, many years ago, they invited, as their keynote speaker, my father [John Kenneth Galbraith]. The leading economists of the Austrian school- including von Hayek and von Haberler - returned for the occasion. And so my father took a moment to reflect on the economic triumphs of the Austrian Republic since the war, which, he said, "would not have been possible without the contribution of these men. " They nodded - briefly - until it dawned on them what he meant. They'd all left the country in the 1930s.
John Updike is always fun. And one of my former students, Tom Pynchon. And Harold Bloom, another former student.
Well, the stuff that I liked growing up was ACDC, Led Zeppelin, but I also liked the Beatles and guys like Cat Stevens and Elton John.
I am honored to have John Lloyd called the Black Wagner. It is a privilege to have been compared with him.
It was there that, through a mutual friend, I met John Waters - proving what I've always said: you meet the best people on field trips.
John [Mulaney] likes to say I'm like a district attorney with absolutely no jurisdiction whatsoever.
Oliver North says he is very upset that John Walker could come back to this country and cash in on his celebrity status. He hates to see someone who did something wrong get rewarded by writing a book or getting a TV show out of it.
We [with John Logan] started talking about The Searchers, and then he went on to tell me a story about when he first met John Wayne, and he said, "Hey, you be me and I'll be Wayne," and I said, "No, let me be Wayne!" Anyway, it was a very pleasant conversation, it was clear to him that I was a big movie fan, and by the time I got home, there was a phone call, asking if I'd mind doing one scene in the movie [The Aviator].
I wonder if there's just a sense that we have nothing to learn from any Supreme Court justice, including the great Chief Justice John Marshall.
Dear God, please take care of your servant John Fitzgerald Kennedy.
My inspirations include the Beatles - love, love, love them - Elton John, Carole King, and Stevie Wonder.
[On John Cleese:] He sometimes seems to swat at his own thoughts as if they were bees.
Well, no one knows for sure. There are now two competing governments and various armed militias, tribes and clans. Secretary John Kerry and others have said they're hopeful a single government can be formed soon maybe in the coming weeks.
Bernie Sanders got $26 million raised, 77% of it from people under $200 or less. Bernie Sanders' money is equal to the combined donations of Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, John Kasich, and Lindsey Graham. It takes four Republicans, including the establishment's presumed front-runner, Jeb Bush.
The American people need a strong leader who has the experience and the judgment to be the next President of the United States, and that man is John McCain.
The reference to John Podesta is general. It is not specific. And, by the way, he does have his time in the barrel shortly thereafter.
In 2008, Obama won 56 percent of the women's vote to John McCain's 43 percent. It was the critical difference in the race.
What was it like working with John Carmack on Quake? Like being strapped onto a rocket during takeoff – in the middle of a hurricane.