“The ultimate story of success: When a nobody, who has never once in his entire life known the feeling of being remembered or respected, suddenly snaps and becomes a world dictator. On one hand it sounds just, but on the other, it illustrates the reason why a prosperity message has and needs its limitations.” WorldNeedsReasonStoriesFeelingsHandsSoundKnownMessagesUltimateProsperityLimitationRememberedReason WhyContentmentDictatorSnaps Book:Killosophy Source: Killosophy
“From my observations, it would seem that the core message of most major religions is right, just and pure. For this reason I can not help but conclude that evil acts committed by religious people are committed not because of their religion, but in spite of it.” PeopleLifeI CanReasonHelpingSeemsEvilReligiousPureMajorsMessagesCommittedCoreObservationSpiteCan Not Author:Derek R. Audette
“For people who cannot get to church for various reasons, this is a great option. But it will always be a poor substitute for joining the faith community in person. Surely, the church experience is about more than a message. We are always better off together than flying solo. Godcasting is a supplement, not a substitute for weekly worship.” PeoplePersonsReasonTogetherCommunityChurchPoorWorshipMessagesVariousFlyingSubstitutesSoloBetter OffJoiningSupplementsFaith Community Author:Craig Detweiler
“I don't like to talk about messages so much with films simply because it's a little more didactic. The reason I'm a filmmaker is to tell stories and so you hope that they will have resonance for people and for the kind of things you're talking about.” PeopleKindLittlesReasonStoriesFilmTalkingMessagesFilmmakerResonanceDidactic Author:Jonathan Nolan
“The problem here is that a civilization that is 1,000 light years away doesn't know we exist. They don't know that we have radio telescopes here on Earth because they see Earth as it was 1,000 years ago. Nothing can travel faster than light, so however good their instruments they can't see in affect the future. So there is no particular reason they should be sending us messages at this time.” KnowsShouldYearsReasonProblemLightEarthParticularCivilizationMessagesYears AgoInstrumentsRadioFasterTelescopesLight Years Author:Paul Davies
“Supposing we knew that up there is some alien civilization and it's sending radio signals our way we should not tell the public where that is. We could say that we've picked up a signal, but we should not tell them where for the simple reason that anybody could commandeer a radio telescope, set themselves up as some self appointed spokesperson of mankind and start beaming all sorts of crazy messages back to the aliens.” WayShouldSelfReasonSimpleCrazyMankindCivilizationMessagesRadioAliensSignalsTelescopesSupposing Author:Paul Davies
“Perhaps the central reason that Ahmadinejad's message, and the hundreds of thousands of voices echoing his call throughout the world, are so dangerous is because the Free World is making precious little effort to assert its own message.” WorldLittlesReasonVoiceEffortDangerousMessagesFree World Author:Caroline Glick
“It takes a long time to write a book. I'm not going to spend that much time trying to deliver a message. The reason I do it is because I want to understand something myself. It's not a delivery device, it's an inquiry device. Didactic fiction to my mind never works. It backfires.” WantWritingTryingMindLongBookReasonFictionMessagesLong TimeDevicesWorking ItInquiryDeliveryDidacticBackfire Author:Ruth Ozeki
“Anybody who picks up a guitar and tells you that there's some inner message that they're trying to convey... it's nonsense. They're not being honest. The reason they're doing this is they wanna get lots of chicks and they don't want to work for a living.” WantTryingReasonHonestMessagesPicksGuitarBeing HonestNonsenseChicks Author:Gene Simmons
“I hear people everywhere saying that the trouble with our time is that we have no great leaders any more. If we look back we always had them. But to me it seems there is a very profound reason why there are no great leaders any more. It is because they are no longer needed. The message is clear. You no longer want to be led from the outside. Every man must be his own leader. He now knows enough not to follow other people. He must follow the light that's within himself, and through this light he will create a new community.” PeopleIfsKnowsMenWantLooksReasonEnoughLightSeemsCommunityLeaderClearTroubleNeededMessagesProfoundEvery ManReason WhyOur TimeGreat Leader Author:Laurens van der Post
“We all have a history of digital texts, posts, messages, reposts/tweets that are sitting out there and can be used by anyone for any reason.” ReasonUsedMessagesSittingPostsDigitalTweet Author:Mark Cuban
“To not be afraid in our world is the message that doesn't derive from reason, but maybe from this mysterious capacity given to humans which we call--not without a little embarrassment--faith.” WorldHumansLittlesReasonFaithGivenFearMessagesCapacityMysteriousOur WorldEmbarrassment Author:Friedrich Durrenmatt
“For that reason the simple test of the slogan 'Consume Less' as a basis for social action on the environment would be to tell it to the blacks in the ghetto. The message will not be very well received for there are many people in this country who consume less than is needed to sustain a decent life.” PeopleWellsCountryReasonWould BeActionSocialSimpleEnvironmentNeededMessagesTestsBasesDecentSlogansGhettoAffluenceSocial ActionDecent Life Author:Barry Commoner
“Behind every open heart is a story. Tell yours with my Open Heart collection. There are millions of reasons to give one, but the message is always the same: Keep your heart open and love will always find its way in.” WayGivingHeartReasonStoriesBehindsMillionsMessagesAnd LoveCollectionsOpen Heart Author:Jane Seymour
“There was a time - when I attained inner peace - when I died, utterly died to myself. I have since renounced my previous identity. I can see not reason to dwell upon my past, it is dead and should not be resurrected. Don't inquire of me - ask me about my message. It is not important to remember the messenger, just remember the message.” ShouldI CanImportantReasonPastRememberAsksIdentityMessagesDiedInner PeaceAsk MeMy PastMessengers Author:Peace Pilgrim
“Part of the reason that America is born in the world is to demonstrate an openness and a goodness and a compassion that is all too absent. It's part of the reason that I feel every day so blessed that I and so many Jews have found this wonderful haven, and I hope that we can spread that message and that people who come here will find it as inspiring as I think all of us do.” PeopleThinkingWorldFeelsReasonAmericaFoundBornCompassionWonderfulHavensGoodnessMessagesBlessedJewSpreadOpennessAbsent Author:David Wolpe
“If you are going to leave message, you have to be able to give enough value or reason to get your voice mail returned.” IfsGivingReasonEnoughAbleValuesVoiceMessagesMailLeaving Me Author:Jeffrey Gitomer
“Jesus first of all, loves His Father in heaven and would never compromise the message that sinners must be delivered or be damned. That is the reason Jesus came to earth-to save sinners.” FirstsReasonEarthFatherJesusHeavenMessagesCompromiseSinnerFather In HeavenNever Compromise Author:Kirk Cameron
“I believe nothing happens by accident. My fame has happened for a reason. My fans are my kindred spirits in revolution. If anyone chooses to ignore the message or the messenger, they do so at their own risk. Believe it or not, there are many more people out there that understand what I am trying to do than society wants to admit. The way I live my life represents a much bigger part of America than anyone would care to imagine” PeopleIfsWayWantTryingBelieveReasonHappensCareAmericaSpiritI BelieveImagineRiskHappenedFansRevolutionFameMessagesBiggerAccidentsThings HappenLiving My LifeMessengersKindredI Live My LifeKindred Spirit Author:Marilyn Manson
“The reason I do Shark Tank isn't to try take make more money of the deals, even though every deal I want to make money off of and even more so I want the entrepreneurs to be very successful and make money, but Shark Tank sends a message to everybody that the American Dream is alive and well.” WantTryingWellsReasonDreamDealsSuccessfulAliveMessagesEntrepreneurMaking MoneyAmerican DreamMore MoneyTanksSharks Author:Mark Cuban
“Now on to reparative therapy, I think counseling is a wonderful tool for anybody regardless of what struggle they bring to the table. I think we can all use a little bit of counseling on planet earth today. But when it comes to reparative therapy, the reason we have distanced ourselves from it is because some of the things that they employ and some of the messages that I've heard from reparative therapists with regards to what someone can expect once they get through that type of therapy.” ThinkingLittlesReasonUseTodayEarthBitsStruggleWonderfulHeardPlanetsTypeLittle BitMessagesToolsRegardTablesTherapyTherapistsPlanet EarthCounseling Author:Alan Chambers
“If anyone should have a reason to not be afraid, to move beyond the expectations of culture, that is kind of the whole message of Christianity.” IfsShouldKindReasonWholeMovingCultureChristianityMessagesExpectationsShould Have Author:Michael Gungor
“I think part of the reason that I have been successful, though, despite maybe not always fitting my message into the pre-packaged formulas, is there is this whole other media ecology out there of the Internet and Instagram and memes and talk shows and comedy, and I'm pretty good at that.” ThinkingHas BeensReasonWholeShowsSuccessfulComedyMediaInternetMessagesDespiteFormulasEcologyInstagramFittingTalk ShowsMemes Author:Barack Obama
“Many of the people who voted for Trump were people who voted for Obama eight years ago. You remember, of course, his message was "hope and change." People wanted change, for good reasons, and they wanted hope. Disillusioned with what took place, they turned to someone else who was offering hope and change. When they're disillusioned with that, it depends on what activists and others do.” PeopleYearsReasonWantedRememberCoursesDependsTrumpMessagesYears AgoEightActivistOfferingDisillusionedHope And Change Author:Noam Chomsky
“[Erwin Rommel] explained why in short words, what the two generals' message and then he explained his position and he gave some reason for his position. And then he said, "The ten minutes are over, and I have to leave now." Then my father said goodbye. He also told that us that in I think twenty or thirty minutes, I don't remember, "You will get a telephone call telling you that I have died of stroke."” ThinkingSaidTwoReasonRememberFatherMinutesPositionTenMessagesDiedTwentiesThirtyGoodbyeStrokesTelephonesRemember YouRemembers YouShort WordsRommel Author:Manfred Rommel
“The reason I'm a Democrat is because the essence of the Democratic Party is an abhorrence for the abuse of power on the one hand, and the notion that everyone's entitled to be treated with dignity. That message never got through.” ReasonHandsPartyMessagesDignityEssenceAbuseDemocraticDemocratNotionTreatedEntitledDemocratic PartyAbuse Of PowerAbhorrence Author:Joe Biden
“You can't go to church without praying ten or fifteen times for God to have mercy on you. You can't sing "Amazing Grace" without reminding yourself that the reason God's grace is amazing is it saves a wretch like you. This self-denigration stuff - Jesus died for my sins - is nothing but a guilt message. That's the thing we've got to get out from under. That's not Christianity. That's sort of fourth-century Christianity that got turned into doctrines and dogmas that we've never been able to escape.” SelfReasonAbleJesusStuffChurchSinChristianityGraceCenturyLike YouPrayingTenMessagesMercyDiedGuiltDoctrineFourthDogmaFifteenRemindingGod's GraceAmazing GraceReminding Yourself Author:John Shelby Spong
“The whole reason to study (and learn to control) body language is to have that support (rather than undercut) your message.” ReasonWholeBodyLanguageSupportStudyMessagesBody LanguageUndercut Author:Nick Morgan
“Too often preachers want to deal with people simply at the level of publicly accessible reason. We participate with them in their own epistemology. But this is not New Testament preaching. We have a message that is not from this world; it is from God. We don't know it by our own cleverness; we know it because God has revealed it.” PeopleKnowsWorldWantReasonLevelsDealsThis WorldMessagesPreacherPreachingTestamentNew TestamentClevernessEpistemology Author:Mark Dever
“When young black men reach a certain age - whether or not there is incarceration in their families - they themselves are the target of police stops, interrogations, frisks, often for no reason other than their race. And, of course, this level of harassment sends a message to them, often at an early age: No matter who you are or what you do, you're going to find yourself behind bars one way or the other. This reinforces the sense that prison is part of their destiny, rather than a choice one makes.” MenWayMatterReasonAgeYoungCertainChoicesCoursesBlackLevelsRaceBehindsDestinyMessagesPoliceWho You ArePrisonBarsOne WayNo ReasonFinding YourselfTargetHarassmentIncarcerationInterrogation Author:Michelle Alexander
“Harry closed his eyes. He never wanted to open them again. His heart sent this message to his molecules: "For reasons obvious to all of us, this galaxy is dissolved!” HeartReasonEyeWantedMessagesObviousHis EyesGalaxyMolecules Book:Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday! Source: Breakfast of champions: or, Goodbye blue Monday!
“The Potter books in general are a prolonged argument for tolerance, a prolonged plea for an end to bigotry. And I think it's one of the reasons that some people don't like the books, but I think that's it's a very healthy message to pass on to younger people that you should question authority and you should not assume that the establishment or the press tells you all of the truth.” PeopleThinkingShouldBookEndsReasonHealthyAuthorityMessagesArgumentPressesAssumingToleranceBigotryEstablishmentPotters Author:J. K. Rowling