“What did Jesus Christ say to the Teamsters? 'Do nothing till I get back.”
Donald E. Westlake (1933–2008) American novelist
Walking Around Money (2005)
“I have no further use for America. I wouldn't go back there if Jesus Christ was President.”
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Sydney Carter (1915–2004) British musician and poet
Green Print for Song (1974)
Context: I see Christ as the incarnation of the piper who is calling us. He dances that shape and pattern which is at the heart of our reality. By Christ I mean not only Jesus; in other times and places, other planets, there may be other Lords of the Dance. But Jesus is the one I know of first and best. I sing of the dancing pattern in the life and words of Jesus.
Whether Jesus ever leaped in Galilee to the rhythm of a pipe or drum I do not know. We are told that David danced (and as an act of worship too), so it is not impossible. The fact that many Christians have regarded dancing as a bit ungodly (in a church, at any rate) does not mean that Jesus did. The Shakers didn't...
Sam Kinison (1953–1992) American comedian
the argument Jesus Christ has with his wife following his return home after the Resurrection, Louder than Hell.
Roger Waters (1943) English songwriter, bassist, and lyricist of Pink Floyd
Q Magazine, November 1992
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John Knox (1514–1572) Scottish clergyman, writer and historian
"Last Will and Testament" (May 1572); published in John Knox and John Knox's House (1905) by Charles John Guthrie
Context: None have I corrupted. None have I defrauded. Merchandise have I not made — to God's glory I write — of the glorious Evangel of Jesus Christ; but, according to the measure of the grace granted unto me, I have divided the Sermon of Truth in just parts, beating down the rebellion of the proud against God, and raising up the consciences troubled with the knowledge of their sins, by declaring Jesus Christ, the strength of His Death, and the mighty operation of His Resurrection, in the hearts of the Faithful. Of this, I say, I have a testimony this day in my conscience, before God, however the world rage.
“Pray to the I don't-know-who
I hope : Jesus Christ.”
Eugéne Ionesco (1909–1994) Romanian playwright
Prier le Je Ne Sais Qui
J'espère : Jesus-Christ.
Inscription on his tombstone.
Variant translation: Pray to the I don't-know-who: Jesus Christ, I hope.
As quoted in Parasuicidality and Paradox : Breaking Through the Medical Model (2007) by Ross D. Ellenhorn, p. 55
“Behold, I am Jesus Christ. I am the Father and the Son.”
Jesus (-7–30 BC) Jewish preacher and religious leader, central figure of Christianity
The Book of Mormon, Ether 3:14. Jesus is both the Father and the Son.
The Book of Mormon and LDS Scripture, The Book of Mormon (1830)
Dwight D. Eisenhower (1890–1969) American general and politician, 34th president of the United States (in office from 1953 to 1961)
News Conference of (11 August 1954) http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/print.php?pid=9977<br>Variant: When people speak to you about a preventive war, you tell them to go and fight it. After my experience, I have come to hate war. War settles nothing.<br>Quoted in Quote magazine (4 April 1965) and The Quotable Dwight D. Eisenhower (1967) edited by Elsie Gollagher, p. 219<!-- seldom found variants: All of us have heard this term 'preventative war' since the earliest days of Hitler. I recall that is about the first time I heard it. In this day and time... I don't believe there is such a thing; and, frankly, I wouldn't even listen to anyone seriously that came in and talked about such a thing.<br>A preventative war, to my mind, is an impossibility. I don't believe there is such a thing, and frankly I wouldn't even listen to anyone seriously that came in and talked about such a thing.--> <br class="br">1950s <br class="br">Context: All of us have heard this term "preventive war" since the earliest days of Hitler. I recall that is about the first time I heard it. In this day and time, if we believe for one second that nuclear fission and fusion, that type of weapon, would be used in such a war — what is a preventive war?<br>I would say a preventive war, if the words mean anything, is to wage some sort of quick police action in order that you might avoid a terrific cataclysm of destruction later.<br>A preventive war, to my mind, is an impossibility today. How could you have one if one of its features would be several cities lying in ruins, several cities where many, many thousands of people would be dead and injured and mangled, the transportation systems destroyed, sanitation implements and systems all gone? That isn't preventive war; that is war.<br>I don't believe there is such a thing; and, frankly, I wouldn't even listen to anyone seriously that came in and talked about such a thing.<br>… It seems to me that when, by definition, a term is just ridiculous in itself, there is no use in going any further.<br>There are all sorts of reasons, moral and political and everything else, against this theory, but it is so completely unthinkable in today's conditions that I thought it is no use to go any further.
Ted Cruz (1970) American politician
James Carville, James Carville: Ted Cruz Is The Most 'Fearless Republican' I've Seen In '30 Years' http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/05/james-carville-ted-cruz_n_3219572.html, May 5, 2013.