Buddhist Catholic Contemplative Evangelical General Christian Hindu Jewish Latter-day Saint Muslim New Visions Progressive Christian

Beliefs

Topics

Columnists

Resource Library

Research Tools

Video

Podcasts

Thought Readers

Faith In Media Tracker

Newsletters

Ad-Free & Subscriber Log-In Subscription Support

Follow Patheos

Home
Progressive Christian
Quotable Me

Quotable Me

Last updated on: September 18, 2009 at 7:31 pm by John Shore

Quotable Me 2009-09-18T19:31:19-08:00 John Shore

LOGO Patheos Explore the world's faith through different perspectives on religion and spirituality! Patheos has the views of the prevalent religions and spiritualities of the world.

quote

Last week someone told me they were going to put something I wrote in the “Favorite Quotations” part of their Facebook profile. “You’ll be right there between Rumi and Wayne Dyer!” enthused this FB-buddy.

Who doesn’t like to be quoted? Not I.

Then, two days ago, I thought, “Hey: I know! I’ll try Twittering again (I tried last year, and kind of hated it)—only this time I’ll make the whole point of my tweets to be Totally Quotable Quotes!” So between then and now I put up the best 140-character quotes I could think of when I wasn’t pounding my face against a table at Starbucks as a means of avoiding some insanely boring editing work I was doing.

The resultant pithy pontifications are below. If you like any of them—by all means, quote away! Thus can you do your part to help me maintain my ongoing delusion that I’m Someone With An Interesting Mind. (Oh, and yes, you can safely ascribe these lines to me. I mention that only because just today four people wrote asking about the source of these quotes. So … yes: them be me. In fact, if you’re a regular reader of this blog you’ll probably recognize some of this stuff.)

So here’s This Week’s Big Quote Round-Up. (Note that I’ve italicized the quotes in order to make them look statlier stateliar statlyer fancier.)

People sometimes wonder if God has sense of humor. Two words prove that he does: Dung beetle.

Evaluating a potential mate? Watch how he/she treats the waiter. If they don’t treat everyone with respect, they can’t really respect you.

Would-be writers: the thought must come first, and then the words necessary to do that thought justice. Words can only serve thoughts, not create them.

If you’re wondering whether or not you’re really in love, you’re not.

If you’re looking for God, look around yourself right now. There he is!

Bringing your rational mind to an understanding of God is like bringing cement shoes to your sky diving lesson.

“Forgiving” isn’t about letting go of anything. It’s about neutralizing your emotions by achieving an understanding of their origin.

Few people are less trustworthy than a “spiritual leader” whose personal finances are bound to their public reputation for moral rectitude.

And … that’s it for those two days.

**********************************************************************************************************

Email: [email protected]

Follow: http://twitter.com/johnshore

Befriend: http://www.facebook.com/john.shore1

Be Fan: http://www.facebook.com/pages/John-Shore/89494795412?ref=s

Previous Post

September 16, 2009

Helping Christians be Bored by Homosexuality Since 2007

Next Post

September 20, 2009 Announcing The First Annual John Shore 10-Word Short Story Contest

Browse Our Archives

Select a Category Christian Issues Christian Spirituality Dear John En Espanol Everywhere She's Not Humor Look See Pastor Bob's Corner Personal Portuguese Relationships Russian Short-short story Smith Family Chronicles Uncategorized

Select a Month March 2024 August 2022 August 2020 July 2020 June 2020 February 2020 December 2019 June 2019 December 2018 May 2018 May 2017 January 2017 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 February 2013 January 2013 December 2012 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2007 April 2007

TAKE THE

Religious Wisdom Quiz

Who said, "Let there be light"?

Select your answer to see how you score.

God Moses Elijah Paul

Books by This Author Books by John Shore

See All Titles »