Prester John Quotes

pointed to glass panes high on the wall. "How do we get up there?" said Jenny. "And once we're out, how do we get out of here?" Cora thought a minute. "There's a barn out back with horses. We'll take them. Can you ride?" "Yes, I can ride, but what if they catch us? And which way do we go?" "They won't even know we're gone until much later. By then we'll be in town. Galena is only a few miles away. We went through it on the way here, remember? We'll go straight to the sheriff there and tell him what happened. Now help me move some tables and chairs." They assembled a rickety pile that gave them access to the high window, which was loose enough ~ Jordan St. John

Many people are in fact living with a diminished sense of meaning, and they struggle to fill the void within them by frantically pursuing power, money, pleasure, thrills, mind-altered states, or the latest psychic fad. Yet these compulsive cravings only serve to reveal the lack of purpose in their lives, poor substitutes for a life built around authentic purpose and genuine meaning. ~ John Chaffee

I launched 'Lightspeed' magazine in 2010, and from day one, we've had a strict mission to try to have gender parity in the magazine because that was the first hurdle that science fiction and fantasy have been dealing with for a long time. ~ John Joseph Adams

My inspirations include the Beatles - love, love, love them - Elton John, Carole King, and Stevie Wonder. ~ Gloria Estefan

Before you, I was a doubled-up fist - now I can hold soft things, fragile as butterfly wings ... ~ John Geddes

The observer cannot be left out of the description of the observation. ~ John Archibald Wheeler

My heart matters to God. My heart has always mattered to him ... ~ John Eldredge

I've never been much given to little social cliques. ~ John Bercow

During those years he met his seminars,
went & lectured & read, talked with human beings,
paid insurance & taxes;
but his mind was not on it. his mind was elsewheres
in an area where the soul not talks but sings
& where foes are attacked with axes. ~ John Berryman

Like an organism, photography was born whole. It is in our progressive discovery of it that its history lies. ~ John Szarkowski

I believe that this president [George W. Bush], regrettably, rushed us into a war, made decisions about foreign policy, pushed alliances away. And, as a result, America is now bearing this extraordinary burden where we are not as safe as we ought to be. ~ John F. Kerry

Dr Rahmat thrust his hand between her legs, tried to kiss her and suggested that there was time for a quick one.'

'Meaning sexual intercourse?' Sir Hector was clearly not about to take the view that my client was offering his patient a small sherry. ~ John Mortimer

A1 Great Britain has to look at the longer term. ~ John Surtees

The question that preoccupied the Fathers was not to know if God existed or not - the existence of God was a "given" for nearly all men of this period, Christians or pagans. The question which tormented entire generations was rather: *how* he existed. And such a question had direct consequences as much for the Church as for man, since both were considered as 'images of God'. ~ John D. Zizioulas

If there's a child on the south side of Chicago who can't read, that matters to me, even if it's not my child. If there's a senior citizen somewhere who can't pay for their prescription, who has to choose between medicine and the rent, that makes my life poorer - even if it's not my grandparent. If there's an Arab-American or Mexican-American family being rounded up by John Ashcroft without benefit of an attorney or due process, I know that that threatens my civil liberties. And I don't have to be a woman to be concerned that the Supreme Court is trying to take away a woman's right, because I know that my rights are next. It is that fundamental belief - I am my brother's keeper, I am my sister's keeper - that makes this country work. ~ Barack Obama

Wherever there is society, there is authority and the temptation to disobedience because our individual wills refuse to submit ... ~ John Geddes

Connecting is vital for any person who wants to achieve success. It is essential for anyone who wants to build great relationships. You will only be able to reach your potential-regar dless of your profession or chosen path-when you learn to connect with other people. ~ John C. Maxwell

Real spiritual authority has to do with the truth of the actual words being spoken, and the spirit of the person behind the words. Really, authority is about truth: honest-living truth. ~ John Ortberg

The spirit of man, which God inspired, cannot together perish with this corporeal clod. ~ John Milton

She said Robert Joyner had killed himself with a gun. And then I asked why, and then she told me that he was getting a divorce and was sad about it.'
'Lots of people get divorces and don't kill themselves,' I said.
'I know,' she said, excitement in her voice. 'That's what I told her. ~ John Green

Serving Leaders have to reduce their wisdom on 'how to succeed' into bite-sized packages. ~ John Stahl-Wert

I find web browsing, checking multiple email accounts, and Google mapping rather tiresome on an iPhone - the iPhone's native interface, for all its supposed perfection, has all kinds of wrong baked in - and the screen is just far too small. ~ John Battelle

He had scores to settle with the world, and she, at that moment, was world enough for him. ~ John Banville

We were both having a laugh attack, so the main challenge became to avoid falling into our own excrements. ~ John Duover

Most times when you try to be all things to all people, you end up being nothing. ~ John Mayer

Jesus said to her, "Didn't I tell you that if you believed you would see the glory of God?" John 11:40 ~ Beth Moore

The precondition for thinking politically on a global scale is to see the unity of the unnecessary suffering taking place. * ~ John Berger

A dog doesn't care if you're rich or poor, educated or illiterate, clever or dull. Give him your heart and he will give you his. ~ John Grogan

I don't generally exercise that much. I exercised a great deal in my life - at times. In periods. ~ John Gemberling

The sacred duty of being an individual is to gradually learn how to live so as to awaken the eternal within you. ~ John O'Donohue

We're more interested in the editor of this Astounding Science Fiction. General Groves sent me to ask that someone who knows more about this work you're doing interview this" - he glanced at a card - "John W. Campbell. ~ Gregory Benford

After all, there have never been loonies carrying signs saying, "The End is Not Near. ~ John Brockman

If we cannot think alike, at least we may love alike; and can anything but love beget love? ~ John Wesley

Just by coincidence, Senator Teddy Kennedy and I, in the last couple of days, after several months of negotiations, have reached an agreement for an immigration proposal that we will be putting out next week, ... our proposal is along the lines of make them pay a fine of a couple thousand dollars, make them work for three years, and after three years they can get in the back of the line for a green card and then eventually become citizens. ~ John McCain