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Never underestimate the power of Abby Joseph Cohen. -- Alex Berenson
John Ashcroft is not a patriot, John Ashcroft is a descendant of Joseph McCarthy. -- Howard Dean
I see Santa Claus and Joseph Smith and Luke Skywalker as the same person. -- Trey Parker
I've never read Joseph Campbell, and I don't know all that much about story archetypes. -- Christopher Nolan
I think with movies I am really connecting to the Joseph Campbell idea of the collective unconscious. -- Will Smith
I named my new son James Joseph Brown II. I think he's going to be a lot better than I was. -- James Brown
Joseph McCarthy and the John Birch Society launched an anti-Communist crusade that won the support of millions of Americans in the 1950s. -- Robert Dallek
I have my hair done by Valery Joseph, who does a version of the Palm Beach crash helmet so that it doesn't move. -- Marjorie Gubelmann
The Book of Mormon, the record of Joseph, verifies and clarifies the Bible. It removes stumbling blocks; it restores many plain and precious things. -- Ezra Taft Benson
When I criticize Joseph Beuys or Francis Bacon, nobody calls those opinions anti-male. Putting female artists or their subject matter off-limits is itself sexist and limiting. -- Jerry Saltz
I wasn't with Joseph, but I believe him. My faith did not come to me through science, and I will not permit so-called science to destroy it. -- Thomas S. Monson
It is useful to compare the Branch Davidians with the Mormons of the mid-nineteenth century. The Mormons were vilified in those years in large part because Joseph Smith believed in polygamy. -- Malcolm Gladwell
We want an economic team, Paul Krugman and Robert Kuttner, Joseph Steiglitz's people and others, who say, you know what? We're sophisticated economists but we're concerned about poor and working people. -- Cornel West
I'm indebted to the teachers who shaped me - from the Sisters of St. Joseph at St. Croix Catholic elementary to the monks of St. John's in Minnesota to my professors at Georgetown. -- Denis McDonough
I was proud to march beside some of the most notable Civil Rights activists, such as the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., Rev. Jesse Jackson, and Joseph L. Rauh, Jr., from Selma to Montgomery. -- Charles B. Rangel
I almost stand in awe when I think of Joseph Smith. The angel appeared to him in 1823 - he said to this simple little boy, 'Your name should be known for good and evil throughout the entire world.' -- Gordon B. Hinckley
For years, I've had a hankering for the portrait of Benjamin Franklin by Joseph Duplessis. Franklin is credited with so many inventions: the postal system, lightning rods, the constitution. He was a rock star before there was such a thing. -- Jon Bon Jovi
Expect nothing and hope for the best' is my mantra. A drama teacher called Joseph Blatchley told me that, and it's the best advice I've had. If you keep an open mind and don't expect too much, then you won't be disappointed. -- Michelle Dockery
The Scriptures contain many stories of people who waited years or even decades before the Lord's promises came to pass. What modern believers can learn from the patience of biblical saints like Abraham, Joseph, David, and Paul is that waiting upon the Lord has eternal rewards. -- Charles Stanley
I have traveled down this path before - 'List of Seven' and 'Twin Peaks' both have thematic similarities - but 'Paladin' took me much deeper into the intuitive underground. Always bearing in mind Joseph Campbell's Rule No. 1: When entering a labyrinth, don't forget your ball of twine. -- Mark Frost
We belong to the race that knows Joseph -- Lucy Maud Montgomery
Joseph Mattson is a monster of a writer. -- Beth Lisick
My dad was just a big Joseph Campbell nut. -- Trey Parker
I started studying mythology, just on my own. Joseph Campbell, mysticism. -- Antoine Fuqua
Our differences with [Joseph] Stalin are entirely of a strategical character. -- Leon Trotsky
It's no coincidence that Superman's parents are Joseph and Martha Kent. -- Scott McClellan
You know, I've read Joseph Conrad's 'Heart of Darkness' about fifteen times. -- James Balog
Senator Joseph McCarthy was one of the greatest Americans who ever lived. -- John Wayne
Working with the likes of Joseph Fiennes was just an incredible experience. -- Alice Eve
Jesus, Mary and Joseph, I was going to squirt tears. How unprofessional. -- Jeaniene Frost
Time for the likeliest story since Mary told Joseph it was God's. -- Val McDermid
I will not get into a pissing contest with that skunk [Joseph McCarthy]. -- Dwight D. Eisenhower
I had always loved Joseph Cornell and wanted to do something with dioramas. -- Marcel Dzama
The moment Kafka attracts more attenetion than Joseph K., Kafka's posthumous death begins. -- Milan Kundera
There is no man that can teach us to be gentlemen better than Joseph Addison. -- William Makepeace Thackeray
Joseph and his mother come from the black kings who were before the white man. -- Peter Abrahams
Joseph has lately endeavored to seduce my wife, and has found her a virtuous woman. -- William Law
Joseph Campbell, who when asked what spiritual practice he followed said, "I underline books." Me too. -- Eric Weiner
I want the scripts Leonardo DiCaprio doesn't have time for. Joseph Gordon-Levitt isn't available? Call me. -- Michael B. Jordan
I must admit to being greatly influenced by Joseph Campbell's The Hero With a Thousand Faces. -- Norman Spinrad
We were now arrived at the close of our solitary journeyings along the St. Joseph's trail. -- Francis Parkman
Misguided liberal Joseph Stiglitz.Columbia University professor and Nobel Prize winner, claims the American dream is dead. -- Jedediah Bila
Joseph Stalin is a titan of thought. His name is to be given to an entire century. -- Palmiro Togliatti
When I have a problem, I write it down and ask St Joseph to sleep on it -- Pope Francis
My husband was getting his sea legs-rereading Joseph Conrad with a side order of C S Forester. -- Enid Nemy
It was by faith, nothing wavering, that Joseph saw God our Eternal Father and Jesus Christ, His Son. -- Thomas S. Monson
Joseph Smith could not have picked a better year to start The Book of Mormon than 600 B.C. -- Hugh Nibley
And as many of the plates as Joseph Smith translated I handled with my hands, plate after plate. -- Martin Harris
I was ordained one of the standing High Council in Zion, under the hands of President Joseph Smith -- Orson Pratt
[Vladimir] Lenin died in January, 1924; three months later [Joseph] Stalin expounded in writing Lenin's conception of the proletarian revolution. -- Leon Trotsky
I think of Oprah as a Mother Joseph wannabe, a daytime oracle rewarding the good and punishing the bad. -- Margaret Carlson
Scrooge pushed past Mary number 1 and Joseph number 2 in the wings without so much as an 'excuse me'. Typical. -- William E. Geist
In a sense [Joseph] Albers was an authoritarian teacher. He had rules about most things and very definite ideas. -- Michael Craig-Martin
I guess being French, I love Hollywood. I love Hollywood movies. Joseph Mankiewicz's 'All About Eve.' 'Mildred Pierce.' -- Christian Louboutin
I had an amazing instructor, Joseph Gotto , who, as a painter, spoke to me as it - he didn't condescend. -- Kehinde Wiley
I feel like shouting, hallelujah, all the time, when I think that I ever I knew Joseph Smith, the Prophet. -- Brigham Young
Joseph Campbell said the privilege of a lifetime is being yourself. That's his feeling. And I guess it's mine too. -- Viggo Mortensen
Joseph Cotten, who said, You know how I got my name? Sammy Davis picked it for me. Never got a dinner! -- Red Buttons
As to why people like Joseph Lelyveld are writing memoirs, I think they're just catching on the coattails of the trend. -- Francine du Plessix Gray
Being a son of the pastor, I was never allowed to play Joseph or any of the big parts for political reasons. -- Tom Ellis
In two months Joseph Kennedy had taken over my entire life, and I trusted him implicitly to make the most of it. -- Gloria Swanson
The modern essay has regained a good deal of its literary status in our time, much to the credit of Joseph Epstein. -- Karl Shapiro
Joseph Obomsawin, the elder I lived with there, says that those who turn to animals do so because humans have let them down. -- Jodi Picoult
I got fitter when I did 'Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.' I wore a loincloth - that's a lot of motivation! -- Donny Osmond
Every time I see a picture of Stalin I look him square in the eye and I say: You're a meat eater, Joseph. -- Philip K. Dick
I'm a Joseph Abboud fan. I'm a Hugo Boss fan. I'm a Brooks Brothers fan. As far as suits go, those are my go-tos. -- Rich Sommer
There is no better example of an older brother's love than that exhibited in the life of Hyrum Smith for the Prophet Joseph Smith. -- Heber J. Grant
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Nazi propaganda Minister Joseph Goebbels once remarked that if a lie is told often enough people will begin to see the lie as truth. -- Paul Watson
I believe in mythology. I guess I share Joseph Campbell's notion that a culture or society without mythology would die, and we're close to that. -- Robert Redford
Joseph is the wearisomest and self-righteous Pharisee who ever ransacked the Bible to rake the promises to himself and fling the curses on his neighbor. -- Emily Bronte
This is a natural evolution, building a complete bath ensemble program and the Joseph Abboud bath brand within the Creative Bath family of licensed programs. -- Bob Weiss
Take as an example the wisdom of Joseph and his submission. Do battle in chastity and service until you make yourself a king (cf. Gen. 41). -- Pachomius the Great
For years, Mount Holyoke professor Joseph 'Full Metal Jacket' Ellis had been regaling students, interviewers and friends with gripping stories of his service in Vietnam. -- Ann Coulter
The better part of one's life consists of his friendships. ABRAHAM LINCOLN, letter to Joseph Gillespie, July 13, 1849 Friendship is insipid to those who have experienced love. -- Francois de La Rochefoucauld
For those whose faith has faded, the reasons may be real to them, but these reasons do not change the reality of what Joseph Smith restored. -- James E. Faust
Joseph Kony is hiding somewhere in the Central African Republic. He is no longer a threat. We have already punished him. We provide our own safety. -- Yoweri Museveni
St. Joseph was a just man, a tireless worker, the upright guardian of those entrusted to his care. May he always guard, protect and enlighten families. -- Pope John Paul II
Star Wars is not entertainment. Star Wars is George Lucas masturbating to a picture of Joseph Campbell and conning billions of people into watching the money shot. -- John Scalzi
And we support Senator Joseph Lieberman, that it's time for our country to consider a military preemptive strike against Iran if they will not yield to diplomacy -- John Hagee
Not even Sen. [Joseph] McCarthy was able to repress ideas he opposed as effectively as Harvard's hiring committees have suppressed the conservative viewpoints they despise and fear. -- David Horowitz
I have good relationships with Hillary Clinton, Joseph Biden and especially Richard Holbrooke - he is my teacher. I learned a lot of great things from him. -- Mikhail Saakashvili
I have good relationships with Hillary Clinton, Joseph Biden and especially Richard Holbrooke - he is my teacher. I learned a lot of great things from him. -- Mikhail Saakashvili
Folklore and mythology, as well as man's catastrophic disregard for nature, are the meat of Joseph D'Lacey's horror. But the prime cuts are always compassion and surprise. -- Adam Nevill
Like Joseph Mitchell, I would scour the streets of New York and find little pieces of what other people think of as junk - and collect it. -- Stanley Tucci
The Lord chose Joseph Smith, called upon him at fourteen years of age, gave him vision, and led him along, guided and directed him in his obscurity. -- Brigham Young
I saw Joseph Cornell's lyrical work for the first time at the Museum of Modern Art in the late seventies and have internalized many of his boxes. -- Siri Hustvedt
Writing about Africa by Africans has been part of my literary apprenticeship, standing alongside works by authors such as Joseph Conrad, Joyce Cary and Graham Greene as influences. -- Giles Foden
My faith, inasmuch as I have any, is more like a kind of Joseph Campbell thing, and even that frequently finds itself tested to oblivion in siren waters. -- David Knopfler
[Joseph] Stalin closes the exposition of these [Leon Trotsky] ideas with the words, "Such are in general the characteristic features of [Vladimir] Lenin's conception of the proletarian revolution." -- Leon Trotsky
I'm as much influenced by Joseph Smith and the Mormons as I am, more so, than by Eliot. Actually, I'm much more influenced by the poetry of the Mormons. -- Marguerite Young
How does St. Joseph exercise his role as protector? Discreetly, humbly and silently, but with an unfailing presence and utter fidelity, even when he finds it hard to understand. -- Pope Francis
Joseph McCarthy, the Junior Republican Senator from Wisconsin, ruled America like devil king for four years. His purges were an American mirror image of Stalin's purges, an unnoticed similarity. -- Martha Gellhorn
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Michael Joseph Jackson's genius was the ability to be the raw article himself - the real article himself. He is part of the African American people who were marginalized. -- Michael Eric Dyson
Much as I cared for Joseph Kennedy, he was a classic example of that person in the arts with lots of brains and drive but little taste or talent. -- Gloria Swanson
We may not see the connection between the name Jesus and the phrase "save his people from their sins," but Joseph would have. He was familiar with the Hebrew language. -- Max Lucado
Do not lose hope; St. Joseph also experienced moments of difficulty, but he never lost faith and was able to overcome them, in the certainty that God never abandons us. -- Pope Francis
Only in the Fall of 1924 did [Joseph] Stalin discover that it is especially Russia, as distinguished from other countries, which can by its own forces build up a socialist society. -- Leon Trotsky
Like any joker, he was watching For the card that is so high and wild He'll never need to deal another He was just some Joseph looking for a manger -- Leonard Cohen
I was eighteen when I first read Joseph Heller's stunning work 'Catch-22,' and was at that time close to being drafted for the fruitless and unenlightened war in Viet Nam. -- Thomas Steinbeck
Joseph Smith was a prophet of God and the restorer of all things important to building the kingdom of God and preparing for the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ. -- L. Tom Perry
He that confesseth not that Jesus has come in the flesh and sent Joseph Smith with the fullness of the Gospel to this generation, is not of God, but is anti-christ -- Brigham Young
It was Joseph Smith who taught me how to prize the endearing relationships of father and mother, husband and wife; of brother and sister, son and daughter, mashed potatoes and gravy. -- Parley P. Pratt
Joseph Smith, the Prophet and Seer of the Lord, has done more, save Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it. -- Sam Smith
Should we be mindful of dreams?" Joseph asked. "Can we interpret them?" The Master looked into his eyes and said tersely: "We should be mindful of everything, for we can interpret everything. -- Hermann Hesse
I graduated. I did History of Art, you know, all those things - American Studies - and then I went to art school, and I did Joseph Alvarez in the art school. -- Peter Beard
I just gave them a little scare. A touch of psychological terror. As Joseph Conrad once wrote, true terror is the kind that men feel towards their imagination. (from Super-frog Saves Tokyo) -- Haruki Murakami
With the selection of Acting Secret Service Director Joseph P. Clancy as the director, President Obama has guaranteed that the agency will continue to lurch from one shocking security failure to another. -- Ronald Kessler
I have all the equipment to be a politician. Total shamelessness. But it's lucky I never ran. In the years from [Joseph] McCarthy to now, I would have either been destroyed or reduced. -- Peter Biskind
We know the Lord makes His servants bold. The young boy Joseph who saw God the Father and His Son, Jesus Christ, in a grove of trees was transformed into a spiritual giant. -- Henry B. Eyring
If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith]; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him -- George Q. Cannon
Joseph Bazalgette created a sewer system which he originally sized for London's needs of the time - he then doubled it to anticipate the future beyond. These are the qualities that I admire. -- Norman Foster
There's a great quote from Henry Kissinger, which I became aware of from reading [Joseph] Heller's Good As Gold. He said: 'Every great achievement was a dream before it became a reality.' -- Roy Hodgson
I hate the stereotype of the pitfalls of the child actor. There are so many amazing examples - Natalie Portman, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Jodie Foster, Drew Barrymore - of people who have made it through. -- Jamie Bell
The great medley of Oregon and California emigrants, at their camps around Independence, had heard reports that several additional parties were on the point of setting out from St. Joseph's farther to the northward. -- Francis Parkman
Mary had Joseph. Esther had Mordecai. Ruth had Boaz. We will not become the women God intends us to be without the guidance, counsel, wisdom, strength, and love of good men in our lives. -- John Eldredge
Whether our days trip along like the angels mounting on Jacob's ladder to heaven or grind along like the wagons that Joseph sent for Jacob, they are in each case ordered by God's mercy. -- Charles Haddon Spurgeon
The great medley of Oregon and California emigrants, at their camps around Independence, had heard reports that several additional parties were on the point of setting out from St. Joseph's farther to the northward." -- Francis Parkman
Indolent and unworthy the beggar may be"?but that is not your concern: It is better, said Joseph Smith, to feed ten impostors than to run the risk of turning away one honest petition. -- Hugh Nibley

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