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The party in power, like Jonah's gourd, grew up quickly, and will quickly fall. -- Davy Crockett
If the Bible had said that Jonah swallowed the whale, I would believe it. -- William Jennings Bryan
When down in the mouth, remember Jonah. He came out all right. -- Thomas A. Edison
Jonah saw God's will as punishment. Jesus saw God's will as nourishment. -- Warren W. Wiersbe
Like Jonah, you may lose your gourd, but you cannot lose your God. -- Charles Spurgeon
Call me Jonah. My parents did, or nearly did. They called me John. -- Kurt Vonnegut
I met Taylor Lautner and Jonah Hill at the 'Today Show.' That was pretty cool. -- Lexi Thompson
Cast out thy Jonah--every sleeping and secure sin that brings a tempest upon thy ship, vexation to thy spirit. -- Frederic Reynolds
Jonah Peretti is one of the smartest web publishers out there. And Buzzfeed is an aggressive and dynamic company. -- Nick Denton
You want to know about creativity? Just go out and buy that book Imagine by Jonah Lehrer. It's only $29.00 in hardcover. -- Bob Dylan
Like Jonah, the whale had swallowed me; unlike him, I believed I would spend eternity inside the belly of the beast. -- Bob Kerrey
There are a lot of really funny guys who are very natural in what they do: Jonah Hill, Michael Cera, Seth Rogen. -- Will Ferrell
You guys are related to Jonah Wizard?" Jake asked, his lip curled disdainfully. "And the other guy," Dan grumbled. "Vin Diesel's stunt double. -- Peter Lerangis
The Bible is full of dubious scientific impossibilities, from Jonah living inside a whale, to the sun standing still in the sky for Joshua. -- Lawrence M. Krauss
His father's made us paint half this town and if we stick around any longer he'll make us paint the rest of it." -Jonah Griggs -- Melina Marchetta
I met Jonah Lomu. I never knew how huge he was. I felt like a peasant in a Godzilla movie. 'Quickly! Tell the other villagers! We go now!' -- Robin Williams
In 'Surprised by Grace: God's Relentless Pursuit of Rebels,' I retell the story of Jonah and show how Jonah was just as much in need of God's grace as the sailors and the Ninevites. -- Tullian Tchividjian
These actors like Danny McBride and Jonah Hill are so good at improvising, and when they do it, it's this fun moment for the audience. It makes them feel like they're watching something fresh and new. -- Jillian Bell
Keep the change, Gin," McCallister said in a smarmy, mocking voice. "Consider it an early Christmas present." "Aw," I drawled. "A whopping thirteen cents. You're too kind, Jonah. Why, you'd put Ebezener Scrooge to shame with your bighearted generosity. -- Jennifer Estep
The story of the whale swallowing Jonah, though a whale is large enough to do it, borders greatly on the marvelous; but it would have approached nearer to the idea of a miracle if Jonah had swallowed the whale. -- Thomas Paine
If the bible myth of Jonah in the whale and the Mother Goose myth of Jack and the Beanstalk were switched at birth so that Jack in the Beanstalk were in the bible, do you think any child would notice? -- Bill Maher
The thing is, God has already seen every twist and turn of your life. He already knows what's in your heart. He already knows the decisions you've made. He's just waiting for you to call on Him and be honest with Him like Jonah was. -- Victoria Osteen
Working with David Gordon Green, and Jonah Hill, and Michael Cera, and Drew Barrymore, and all of those people - those are the best people in comedy to work with. Anna Faris. You know, that's my goal, to keep learning and to just keep working with the best people I can. And yeah, we do all hang out, and we all kind of know each other. -- Ari Graynor
Any real Bob Dylan fan would sleep with Jonah Lehrer. -- Bob Dylan
Me? As England's answer to Jonah Lomu? Joanna Lumley, more likely. -- Damian Hopley
But you pashed Jonah Griggs and he's the leader of the enemy. -- Melina Marchetta
If you ever tell anyone about Jonah's sexual dysfunction, I'll never play music again. -- Bob Dylan
I'm a good friend of Jonah Lehrer's. You should go on a date with him. -- Bob Dylan
The book of Jonah becomes an embarrassing and public reading of your family business. (page iii) -- Michael Ben Zehabe
I'll be selling tickets for my next tour exclusively through Jonah Lehrer. Make sure to pay cash. -- Bob Dylan
As long as you give my friend Jonah Lehrer a free pizza, I'll write a song about your restaurant. -- Bob Dylan
I feel like Jonah Hill would be a good selfie, or Jennifer Lawrence. They'd be really good ones...Historic. -- Sarah Hyland
Girls under the age of fourteen are the most frightening creatures I have ever come across. - Jonah Griggs -- Melina Marchetta
Oh, are you from Wales? Do you know a fella named Jonah-He used to live in whales for a while -- Groucho Marx
If I wanted to see Jonah Hill masturbate at a pool party, I'd go to one of Jonah Hill's pool parties. -- Amy Poehler
J.J. Abrams and Jonah Nolan and Lisa Joy, who are brilliant people, so I knew it [Westworld] was going to be amazing. -- Evan Rachel Wood
We think that we do well to be angry with the rebellious, and so we prove ourselves to be more like Jonah than Jesus. -- Charles Spurgeon
Jonah peered critically up at the Renaissance masterpiece. "Man, those copies don't due it justice. This one's the truth!" "Only a Janus," groaned Hamilton. -- Gordon Korman
Just a reminder, if you tell anyone about what happened with Jonah last night, I'll destroy all of my writing and never play music again. -- Bob Dylan
Like the whale who swallowed Jonah, we have engulfed all national dishes known to civilized man and made them in delight, if not in name our own. -- Louis Pullig De Gouy
Please, Kenzie, Jonah thought. Please, please, please back off from this. His life wasn't much, but it was all he had, this small safe space, walled in by secrets. -- Cinda Williams Chima
To me, these biblical stories are just so many fish stories, and I'm not specifically referring to Jonah and the whale. I need indisputable proof of anything I'm asked to believe. -- W. C. Fields
Adam hid in the Garden of Eden. Moses tried to substitute his brother. Jonah jumped a boat and was swallowed by a whale...Man likes to run from God. It's a tradition. -- Mitch Albom
The book of Jonah is one of the shortest books in the Bible. Yet, something beneath the surface whispers to us, hinting that there is much more beneath this little book. (page iii) -- Michael Ben Zehabe
Jonah and Catcher shared one of those manly, "It's nice to meet you, but I'm going to barely acknowledge your existence with a small nod because that's the manly thing to do" gestures." -- Chloe Neill
Jonah Lehrer is one of the most talented explainers of science that we've got. What a pleasure it is to follow his investigation of creativity and its sources. Imagine is his best book yet. -- Joshua Foer
Miles: Well, things are kind of complicated right now. When you're a grown-up, you'll understand. Jonah: I don't want to be a grown-up. Miles: Why not? Jonah: Because grown-ups always say that things are complicated. -- Nicholas Sparks
Seated upon the convex mound Of one vast kidney, Jonah prays And sings his canticles and hymns, Making the hollow vault resound God's goodness and mysterious ways, Till the great fish spouts music as he swims. -- Aldous Huxley
Amy gritted her teeth. "King Louis XVI even put Franklin's picture on a chamber pot!" Jonah looked at his dad. "Do we have souvenir chamber pots?" "No." His dad whipped out his phone. "I'll make the call. -- Rick Riordan
Keep the change, Gin," McCallister said in a smarmy, mocking voiceConsider it an early Christmas present.""Aw," I drawledA whopping thirteen cents. You're too kind, Jonah. Why, you'd put Ebezener Scrooge to shame with your bighearted generosity." -- Jennifer Estep
The road climbed into the mountains, Jonah taking the hairpin curves as fast as he dared. "You look so macho clutching the door handle that way," he said to Hamilton. "Just...be...careful," Hamilton said through clenched teeth. -- Judy Blundell
The shark had never begged Jonah in order to get him swallowed; Jonah's own actions took him into the shark's belly! Failure may not chase after you, but when you miss your way, you will rather go chasing failure! -- Israelmore Ayivor
Oh, no-" They weren't even on the runway, and Jonah's father was already immersed in his BlackBerry. "Remember those 'Live Large with the Wiz Generation' posters? Well, guess how that translates into Chinese- 'Jonah Wizard Makes Your Ancestors Fat'. -- Gordon Korman
Time after time, on matters great and small, we are still standing on the sidelines, mutely accepting what is decided elsewhere instead of raising our voices and making our own choices. Scotland's much vaunted partnership of Jonah and the whale. -- Winnie Ewing
Jonah squealed, jumping up and down and shaking his pom-poms. His skirt swished around his scrawny yellow knees."Jonah, can I give you a piece of sisterly advice?""Yeah.""If you ever want to lose your virginity, don't do that again. Ever." -- Carrie Harris
There's something wrong with the brakes." He didn't recognize his shaky, weak voice. He pumped them again. Nothing. "There's something wrong with the BRAKES?" "I don't think we have any." "We don't have any BRAKES?" "Bro, it doesn't help to repeat everything I say!" Jonah yelled. -- Judy Blundell
Yeah!" shouted Jonah, twirling the much larger Hamilton around the restaurant in a victory dance. The other diners watched in amazement. This wild display was hardly the public image of the too-cool-for-school Jonah Wizard. "What's the matter?" Hamilton challenged. "Haven't you ever seen a happy rapper before? -- Gordon Korman
Here's some more stuff we're going to need." 1 pair coveralls 1 extension ladder (30 foot) 1 glass cutter 1 artist's portfolio (large) 1 water pistol 1 bottle india ink 1 portable trampoline (collapsible) 1 bicycle w/basket 4 pizza boxes Jonah whistled. "I hope you've got some crazy evil-genius strategy, 'cause"?straight up"?I don't get it. -- Gordon Korman
It is pretty clear in the Bible story that the whale swallowing Jonah wasn't meant as a punishment from God, it was God saving him from drowning. So it was actually provision to give him a second chance. The whale itself was the start of Jonah's second chance. -- Phil Vischer
And the Lord God prepared a plant and made it come up over Jonah, that it might be shade for his head to deliver him from his misery. So Jonah was very grateful for the plant. -- Jonah
The traveler from Europe edges into it like a tiny Jonah entering an inconceivably large whale, slipping past the straits of Belle Isle into the Gulf of St. Lawrence, where five Canadian provinces surround him, for the most part invisible... to enter Canada is a matter of being silently swallowed by an alien continent. -- Northrop Frye
Be deaf unto the suggestions of tale-bearers, calumniators, pick-thank or malevolent detractors, who, while quiet men sleep, sowing the tares of discord and division, distract the tranquillity of charity and all friendly society. These are the tongues that set the world on fire--cankerers of reputation, and, like that of Jonah's gourd, wither a good name in a single night. -- Thomas Browne
The quote-unquote 'description' of a leading man was once your tall, handsome man with the build of whatever, almost a trophy to some degree. I think now it's about making a leading man what you want a leading man to be. In this day, you can't deny talent. You look at Jonah Hill, you look at Zach Galifianakis, you look at myself. -- Kevin Hart
It is thought strange and particularly shocking by some persons for a woman to question the absolute correctness of the Bible. She is supposed to be able to go through this world with her eyes shut, and her mouth open wide enough to swallow Jonah and the Garden of Eden without making a wry face... Of all human beings a woman should spurn the Bible first. -- Helen H. Gardener
Lord, make me less like Jonah and more like Jesus. Save me from being the kind of person who cares more about my comfort, my reputation, and my success than I do about the people You are calling me to serve. Help me to keep all of my dreams on Your altar and be ready at all times to respond with faith and obedience to Your call. -- Colin S. Smith

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