Quotes

Words change the world.
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“Life’s a gas” - Marc Bolan, 1974
"You can never have too many parties" - Maria Lamanna, 2015
"Christianity, if false, is of No importance, and if true, of Infinite importance.
The only thing it cannot be is Moderately important"
- CS Lewis, 1942
“Patriotism is a pernicious psychopathic form of idiocy” - Bernard Shaw, 1903
”When those people get up at the Grammys and say, "I thank God", I always imagine God going, "Oh, don't, please don't thank me for that one. Please, oh, that's an awful one! Don't thank me for that - that's a piece of crap !" - Bono Vox, 1999
"Could you hold on a moment, I need to tune up a string section..." - Jesse Wallace, 2013
“He who kneels before God can stand before anyone” - Anonymous.
“No one can possibly know what is about to happen: it is happening each time, for the first time, for the only time” - James Baldwin, 1967
"And I find it kind of funny, I find it kind of sad, The dreams in which i'm dying are the best i've ever had..." - Tears For Fears, 1983
"When people get cynical about Real love, they should look at us to see it’s possible" - after John Lennon bought her wedding ring for $3.10 - Yoko Ono, 1970
"Once we were happy, oh yes, once in the Garden, but then a lie broke the stillness, And our hearts began to harden" - Larry Norman, 1974
“The glass is always completely full. Now, the oxygen to water ratio is another matter completely” - Anonymous.
“Art is not a mirror to reflect the world, but a hammer with which to shape it” - Vladimir Mayakovsky, 1911
Lister: “The red, green and blue alert signs are all flashing. What the smeg does that mean?”
Kryten: “Well either we're under attack sir, or we're having a disco”
- The Red Dwarf Crew, 1997
“Jesus put His hand on me. It was a physical thing. I felt it. I felt it all over me. I felt my whole body tremble. The glory of the Lord knocked me down and picked me up” - Bob Dylan, 1981
“Worship is aggresive humility” - Ned Davies, 1996
"I want to die, and let You give Your life to me, so I might live" - Keith Green, 1981
”I often wonder if religion is the enemy of God. It's almost like religion is what happens when the Spirit has left the building” - Bono Vox, 1999
"I've heard there was a secret chord, that David played and it pleased the Lord, But you don't really care for Music do you" - Leonard Cohen, 1977
"Outside of Christ, my songs have no value" - Larry Norman, 1975
"There's an old android saying, which, I believe, has particular relevance here.
Goes like this: "If you don't gosub a program loop, you'll never get a subroutine
- Kryten, 1998
“Let me ask you one question. Is your money that good? Will it buy you forgiveness? Do you think that it could? I think you will find, when your death takes it’s toll, All the money you made will never buy back your soul” - Bob Dylan, 1965
"Jesus, Jesus help me. I'm alone in this world..." - Bono Vox, 1997
"And the holy book defines to be young and in love is a gift laced in gold. All the years have made me scared. Then i kissed you in the tree, and you said you'd never leave" - Joy Electric, 1994
"I repent of ever having recorded one single song, and ever having performed one concert, if my music, and more importantly, my life has not provoked you into Godly jealousy or to sell out more completely to Jesus" - Keith Green, 1982
“My ministry is to make doubters out of unbelievers” - T-Bone Burnett, 1986
“There was light born on the darkest day, but no-one wants to know, and no-one wants to Cry” - Roger Hodgson, 1984
"Did you understand the music, Yoko, or was it all in vain ?" - Roger Waters, 1982
“‘Repent, the kingdom of God is at hand’. That scares the shit out of people. Tell that to someone and you become their enemy” - Bob Dylan, 1982
“The reasonable man adapts himself to the world, but the unreasonable man persists in adapting the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unreasonable man” - Bernard Shaw, 1903
“Let’s drink to us, Let’s drink to us, Hold my hand while I’m throwing up, Let’s drink to us” - Tex Perkins, 2002
“We learned more from a 3 minute record, baby, than we ever learned in school” - Bruce Springsteen, 1985
“Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you walk into an open sewer and die” - Mel Brooks, 1982
“One year from today you will be glad you started today” - Anonymous.
“Even if the whole world tells you that you are righteous, in your own eyes consider yourself as wicked” - Niddah.
“The focus of Christianity isn’t a dollar bill, It’s a Cross. So why don’t you quit wearing it, and get on it!” - Rick Godwin, 1995
"You will not surely die, for God knows that when you eat of it your eyes will be opened, and you will be like God, knowing good and evil" - Satan, 4000bc
“Jesus surfs without a board” - Anonymous.
Rimmer: "And as prisoners of war I invoke the all nations agreement article number 3.9.4.3.6.1.7.5.8.8.0.9.3.2/B."
Kryten: "3.9.4.3.6.1.7.5.8.8.0.9.3.2/B? All nations attending the conference are only allocated one parking space? Is that entirely irrelevant sir? I mean here we are, in mortal danger and you're worried about the Chinese delegates bringing two cars."
- The Red Dwarf Crew, 1997
“It is only through God’s grace and the Holy Spirit that resides in me that I have the strength to do this. To have a relationship with God you have to accept Jesus for He is the bridge between you and God” - Eva O Halo, 2001

 “The church just can’t fight, cause it’s asleep in the light. How can you be so dead, when you’ve been so well fed?”

- Keith Green, 1978
“I’d hate to be you on that dreadful day” - Bob Dylan, 1962
“There were 3 crosses on that hill. One man was perfect, one man repented of his imperfection, and the third man embraced his sin in wilful death lock, unrepentant” - Larry Norman, 2001
“I knew Bob Dylan was searching for the truth and had been for years. And anyone who Really wants the truth ends up at Jesus” - Johnny Cash, 1984
“There are only 2 kinds of people. There’s saved people and there’s lost people. Jesus is Lord and every race shall bow to Him!” - Bob Dylan, 1980
“This next tune took 42 years to write, and about 4 minutes to sing” - Don Henley, 1994
“For my love is like the wind, And wild is the wind” - Nina Simone, 1976
“We always thought we’d look back on our tears and laugh, but we never thought we’d look back on our laughter and cry” - Anonymous.
“And those who have insight will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness, like the stars for ever and ever” - Daniel 12:3
“Loneliness is a very special place, Silently silently you touch my face” - Dennis Wilson, 1977
“Join the triumph of the skies” - Charles Wesley, 1751
“I called his name Adam, and showed him the two ways, the light and the darkness, and I told him: ‘This is good, and that bad’, that I should learn whether he has love towards me, or hatred, that it be clear which in his race love me” - God, in enoch
“What’s your philosophy, when you’re standing face to face with death?” - Breakfast With Amy, 1992
“To argue with a man who has renounced his reason is like giving medicine to the dead” - Thomas Paine, 1799
“As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord” - Joshua, 2500bc
“I am the Way and the Truth and the Life. No one comes to the Father except through Me” - Jesus Christ, 30ad