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“I'll very often just start humming my way through a scene. Say, OK the tempo should be about like this, it should pause here, it should pick up here. And very often I'll make up a little melody just to do that. About half of the little melodies in the score for Jonah are those little melodies that I made up just to use to kind of pace a scene and then we got kind of attached to them.”

Phil Vischer

From Disc Two; The Music: The Score (00:00:17-00:00:38)
Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie DVD (2002)

Way

“Telling the complete story of VeggieTales would require much more time than we have before us tonight. Since this is Yale, I decided to craft a shorter version of the story, using very large words. Remembering though that I was kicked out of Bible College before I’d had a chance to learn many very large words, I concluded that my only remaining option was to tell the story simply, using simple words, and chance the consequences.”

Phil Vischer

Source: The Philosophical Implications of Talking Vegetables (2005), p. 1

Learning , Chance , Time

“Why does God want us to let go of our dreams? Because anything you are unwilling to let go of is an idol, and you are in sin.”

Phil Vischer

Source: Me, Myself, & Bob (2006), p. 236

God , Dreams

“The messages our kids receive from teachers, coaches--and even, with the best intentions, from us — can push them toward pride or despair…toward self-righteousness or self-hatred.”

Phil Vischer

From the postlogue, "Using This Book with Kids", in Sidney & Norman: a tale of two pigs (2006) published by Tommy Nelson in association with Jellyfish Labs. ISBN 1-4003-0834-8

Teachers , Despair

“We're all broken. We're all messed up pigs. When we can accept that, we're ready to become the new creations God intended us to be. And that's when the fun starts!”

Phil Vischer

From the postlogue, About This Book, in Sidney & Norman: a tale of two pigs (2006) published by Tommy Nelson in association with Jellyfish Labs. ISBN 1-4003-0834-8

God

“The impact God has planned for us doesn't occur when we're pursuing impact. It occurs when we're pursuing God.”

Phil Vischer

Source: Me, Myself, & Bob (2006), p. 251

God