Son Quotes - Page 84

It is more important to know the person who has the condition than it is to know the condition the person has.

The American fascist would prefer not to use violence. His method is to poison the channels of public information.

Terrorism is obviously on everybody's mind. The other day my son says to me, 'Daddy, how come the bad men hate us?' How sad is that? I actually got tears in my eyes - because he's 18. What kind of a moron am I raising?

Generally, my writing is influenced by living, by absorbing everything that happens to me and my actions.

Change happens when you understand what you want to change so deeply that there is no reason to do anything but act in your own best interest.

The loving personality seeks not to control, but to nurture, not to dominate, but to empower.

Every pain is a lesson.

A harmonious person is never vibrating at the same rate as a germ.

I've always been a sad person. I'm a happy person too, but it's a thing in my brain or my spirit or something, I'm just sad and really acutely aware of mortality and loss.

Some people are molded by their admirations, others by their hostilities.

It's foolish to be prejudiced. There are so many reasons to hate people on an individual basis.

Doubt is poison. It leads to a loss of faith in yourself, and in all that's good and true.

In every life we have some trouble, but when you worry you make it double. Don't worry. Be happy.

The peacemakers shall be called the sons of God, who came to make peace between God and man. What then shall the sowers of discord be called, but the children of the devil? And what must they look for but their father's portion?

If moral precepts alone could have reformed mankind, the mission of the Son of God into all the world would have been unnecessary. The perfect morality of the gospel rests upon the doctrine which, though often controverted has never been refuted: I mean the vicarious life and death of the Son of God.

Try to reason about love, and you will lose your reason.

It's just rock and roll. A lot of times we get criticized for it. A lot of music papers come out with: 'When are they going to stop playing these three chords?' If you believe you shouldn't play just three chords it's pretty silly on their part. To us, the simpler a song is, the better, 'cause it's more in line with what the person on the street is.

To me, songwriting is the backbone of Nashville. Looks can go, fads can go, but a good song lasts forever.

We are used to thinking of the Arabs as primitive men of the desert, as a donkey-like nation that neither sees nor understands what is going around it. But this is a GREAT ERROR. The Arab, like all sons of Sham, has sharp and crafty mind . . . Should time come when life of our people in Palestine imposes to a smaller or greater extent on the natives, they WILL NOT easily step aside.

I was blessed with the talent. God gave me the gift to put words together and make popular songs.

Christ is the Son of God. He died to atone for men's sin, and after three days rose again. This is the most important fact in the universe. I die believing in Christ.

There is a trend today that would put a new robe on the prodigal son while he is still feeding hogs. Some would put the ring on his finger while he still in the pigsty. Others would paint the pigsty and advocate bigger and better hog pens.

What could be the basis of our having more inherent value than animals? Their lack of reason, or autonomy, or intellect? Only if we are willing to make the same judgment in the case of humans who are similarly deficient.

Man, once surrendering his reason, has no remaining guard against absurdities the most monstrous. . . .

The Son of God died; it is by all means to be believed because it is absurd. And he was buried and rose again; the fact is certain, because it is impossible.