Best 2581 quotes in «calling quotes» category

Now I'm a God, but tomorrow, when you have to stop me from playing with dead things again, you'll be right back to calling me an idiot, won't you?

Now watch what you say or they'll be calling you radical, liberal, fanatical, criminal.

Now we're in the midst of not just advocating for change, not just calling for change - we're doing the grinding, sometimes frustrating work of delivering change - inch by inch, day by day.

Now the whole worlds calling me a killer all I ever did was try to reach the kids with the realer.

Obama says he's bringing 10,000 troops home. The Republicans are calling it a failed jobs program.

Of course our genes will make some capacities very much easier to learn than others, and of course our genes themselves are not learned. But the point remains that genes themselves are not cognitive capacities, and that anything worth calling a cognitive capacity will depend to some degree on learning and so not be innate.

oh well, is it hurting anyone? Because if its not and you’ve been given it, I’d as soon stop calling it a thing and start referring to it as a gift.

Once I asked my counsellor for advice about my vocation. I asked, 'How can I know if God is calling me and for what he is calling me?' He answered, 'You will know by your happiness. If you are happy with the idea that God calls you to serve him and your neighbour, this will be the proof of your vocation.'

One of the reasons I'm not so keen on people calling me an "experimental" writer is that it suggests the work is about the experiment, when it's always the opposite - any "experimentation" is dictated by the material.

One of the best ways into the business is to get a job with a production, which you can do by cold-calling or by getting your résumé out there, and also through contacts. That's where nepotism really helps.

One is only happy in proportion as he makes others feel happy and only useful as he contributes his influences for the finer callings in life.

On the flip side, when we connect our work with a greater sense of purpose and calling beyond the paycheck, we begin to see the kind of flourishing that we were called to create.

Only he has the calling for politics who is sure that he shall not crumble when the world from his point of view is too stupid or too base for what he wants to offer. Only he who in the face of all this can say 'In spite of all!' has the calling for politics.

One thing we all know, if one does not possess PERSISTENCE, one does not achieve noteworthy success in any calling.

Only the individual knows to what God is calling him.

Our eyes meet. I hear a train horn, so faint it could be wind whistling through an alleyway. But I know it when I hear it. It sounds like the Dauntless, calling me to to them.

Originally what I used to love was being on a stage and reacting to a live audience and maybe my calling is more in theatre.

Our band is different in the sense that we all are involved with a lot of different projects. It's hard to say when we'll record again, but we're not calling it quits right away.

Our calling is not only to pull people out of the river, but to go upstream to find out what or who is pushing them in.

Our high and privileged calling is to do the will of God in the power of God for the glory of God.

People don't choose their calling, it chooses them.

Our sense of calling should be like an unfolding epic adventure.

Our world is obsessed with success. But how does God define success? Success in God's eyes is faithfulness to His calling.

Overcoming naive impressions to figure out how things really work is one of humanity's highest callings.

People are calling a lot, sending scripts my way. Yes, it's wonderful because, let's face it, there aren't many wonderful scripts for women over the age of 10.

People have been calling us, guys on other teams, a few of the other Twins

People have told me that Ive helped them feel confident, like they can say things they want to say. They can talk about feminism in class without people calling them a lesbian. Thats so amazing that I can make someone feel like that.

People like definite decisions, / Tidy answers, all the little ravelings / Snipped off, the lint removed, they / Hop happily among their roughs / Calling what they can't clutch insanity / Or saintliness.

Planet Lucy Press? I incorporated myself to deal with publishing and was calling myself Big Bang Incorporated, which of course has to do with the Big Bang at the beginning of creation.

People love science and all it offers, but they also feel a calling in themselves to the sense of what's deeper.

Perhaps the Mad Hatter had a reason for calling time Him.

Philanthropy is not about giving money but about solving problems. While well-meaning, the idea of writing a check and calling it 'philanthropy' is extremely short-sighted and, unfortunately, extremely pervasive.

Playwriting isn't a calling so much as it is a hazing process.

Please be slow to judge ‘brothers’ who have a different calling.

Public service used to be the highest of callings, until people like Madame Voldemort vilified it.

Preston smirked. “You’re gonna have to stop calling me things like ‘gorgeous’ and ‘beautiful.’ I’m gonna get a complex. Why can’t I be ‘sexy,’ or maybe ‘irresistible’?

politics were as bad as mathematics, and that the mission of politicians seemed to be calling each other names

Powdered donuts," Tyson said earnestly. "I will look for powdered donuts in the wilderness." He headed outside and started calling, "Here, donuts!

Prayer worth calling prayer, prayer that God will call true prayer and will treat as true prayer, takes for more time by the clock than one man in a thousand thinks.

President Bush got a little upset with a reporter for calling him 'sir' instead of 'Mr. President.' Man, how upset is he going to be after the election when they start calling him George again?

Put simply, I want to treat my readers as partners and not crooks. There is no future in calling your most active promoters crooks.

Racing is a calling, a passion.

Recognize your highest calling as early in life as possible. Proactively and creatively persist, day in and day out. Leave an enduring legacy.

Recognize your highest calling as early as possible in life.

Redistribution divided society into two social classes: the beneficiaries of transfer, who are calling for ever more; and the victims, who submit unwillingly. It could hardly fail to injure social peace and harmony.

Regarding heroism, I grew up in a culture where you learn about heroes and heroines all the time. In a way, when you call someone a hero or heroine, it's the same as calling them a villain.

Russia needs a strong state power and must have it. But I am not calling for totalitarianism.

Ronnie had it right calling it Torture. That is a much more accurate description the way I see it.

Six imams removed from a US Airways flight from Minneapolis to Phoenix are calling on Muslims to boycott the airline. If only we could get Muslims to boycott all airlines, we could dispense with airport security altogether.

Serve God by doing common actions in a heavenly spirit, and then, if your daily calling only leaves you cracks and crevices of time, fill them up with holy service.