Douglas Wilson Quotes - Page 2

Stories in themselves are not automatically good; it has to be the right kind of story told by the right kind of person.

Confession of sins is not meritorious: to confess sins as a way of placing God in your debt is not dealing with sin; it is committing another sin. The context of all confession must be the free grace of justification.

Yeah, I spent about 20 years in a dorm room. It took me a while to graduate.

The medievalist has the capacity, and the desire, to harmonize. He believes the planets sing in harmony; why cannot technology also sing?

Use plants to bring life

As you read, allow your reading to cluster around your interests.

Liars are experts in chopping logic and missing the truth slightly - 'Did God say not to eat from any tree?' In order to pin a liar down, words must be defined in the most careful manner available.

Fatherlessness is a rot that is eating away at the modern soul.

Ripping up carpet is easy, tiling is the issue.

The TSA must think we're mushrooms. You know, the way they are trying to keep us in the dark, and the way they keep feeding us a fertilizing agent that comes from the south end of a north-bound cow.

I am the young, edgy New Yorker.

I want to get the point across that you may not have money to give to a charity, whether that is Ronald McDonald House or Broadway Cares or DIFFA, but you can help RAISE money or give your time and talents.

Your deep interests should always have a dog-eared place on your nightstand.

I've made an incredible amount of money stealing fans from homeowners.

How is it possible to live like a machine and bear fruit like a tree?

I'm very flattered, but I don't think I'm the sexiest man on the planet.

I'm opinionated. I always stick to my design plan. I don't waver.

Whether it was working on theatre sets or stage lighting, I didn't realize most all of the skills I was exposed to were going to come in handy later on when I became a designer.

I've had rooms that didn't come out to my liking.

Designing is a lot like a high-wire act - if the tightrope walker is only six inches off the ground, where's the excitement?

We cannot pursue a classical and Christian education as a fad. We are not purchasing intellectual hula hoops for the kids.

In Acts 14:1, we are told, "At Iconium Paul and Barnabas went as usual into the Jewish synagogue. There they spoke so effectively that a great number of Jews and Gentiles believed." This is what should be sought in Christian schools, not just teaching, but effective teaching. Christian content alone is insufficient. It must be presented in a certain way, and that way cannot be reduced to technique. Nevertheless, God has graciously made it possible to bring people the truth by how the truth is presented.

Being in the design industry, I've tended to meet more people who are affected by HIV and AIDS.

If it does not come at the last to gladness, then to hell with it.

We're able to influence younger generations on design and art. They might not have realized they were an artist.