Normal Quotes - Page 9

They're called in the Scripture the Beatitudes. You know why they're called the Beatitudes without being prestigious? Because they should be the attitudes of every believer. That's the normal Christian life, not the abnormal Christian life. The normal Christian life is holiness.

The most frightening thing in the world is to discover the abnormal in that which is closest to us.

The living arrangements American now think of as normal are bankrupting us economically, socially, ecologically and spiritually.

It was almost normal for people over thirty to be frightened of their own children

Overall I enjoy a certain anonymity. I live a very normal, very ordinary life.

Everybody seems normal, till you get to know them.

That's got to be at least one of the benefits of heaven - never having to act normal again.

I see everybody as pretty normal, ya' know? Except for the people that are normal; I think they're stranger than the people that are strange.

If you ask me the image of Latin America, there are sorne countries which oppress their peoples much more, and among the less - least oppressive, among those with which we could have perfectly normal relations without any difficulties - we could have Uruguay, Chile, maybe Costa Rica. But the U.S.. do not permit us.

as a child i suppose i was not quite normal. my happiest times were when i was left alone in the house on a saturday.

I didn't have a normal academic career. I never studied cinema. I learned from life.

Testosterone Poisoning: … Until now it has been thought that the level of testosterone in men is normal simply because they have it. But if you consider how abnormal their behavior is, then you are led to the hypothesis that almost all men are suffering from ‘testosterone poisoning.’

Victory is the normal experience of a Christian; defeat should be the abnormal experience.

...Suddenly normal wasn't good enough.

Being famous is wicked but its cool to be normal as well.

The condition of alienation, of being asleep, of being unconscious, of being out of one's mind, is the condition of the normal man.

The world is on a bumpy journey to a new destination and the New Normal.

In terms of how the music developed, it was my normal process, which I would say is really a hybrid process of sketching on bits of paper, playing the piano, playing synthesisers, using the computer, staring out of the window, finding things I'd forgotten about, happy accidents, failed plans, best intentions, equipment failures. It is a multidimensional process incorporating a lot of planning and intention and a lot of randomness. Ultimately I just follow the material where it wants to go a lot of the time.

Normal fear protects us; abnormal fear paralyses us. Normal fear motivates us to improve our individual and collective welfare; abnormal fear constantly poisons and distorts our inner lives. Our problem is not to be rid of fear but, rather to harness and master it.

I grew up in the Philippines, and I don’t think there is a problem with the typhoon. It’s normal for us.

Since life consists of madness spiked with lies, the farther you are from each other the more lies you can put into it and the happier you'll be. That's only natural and normal. Truth is inedible.

Imbalance or abnormity is never so dangerous as when it is widely perceived or accepted as being normal. The worst thing you can do is not to try.

If you accept it to be natural and normal to be gay then it follows it is not right for two folk who love each other to be denied marriage.

The conception of what is normal varies not only with the culture but also within the same culture, in the course of time.

I remember during Oscar season, the thing I hated most was being talked to differently; people treat you differently. And then I suddenly understood why celebrities can be so weird; it's hard to act normal when no-one treats you normally.