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Quotes from Skip Coryell

It's going to be okay. You are going to be okay. No matter what happens, no matter what you do in life, you are never beyond the grace and love of God the Father. Forgiveness and love are within your reach, now, and forever more.
~ Skip Coryell
People just can't get along anymore. There's no commitment, no loyalty, no trust.
~ Skip Coryell
under his breath with rancor and unconcealed disdain. "We hold these truths, that all men are created equal!" Momin spat on the ground and swore aloud in Bengali, forever proclaiming his disagreement. "Equal? No! Shob manush shristitay shoman? Ashombhob!" They were just infidels, deserving death and destruction. The West would never be equal to Allah. And they would never turn from their Christian false god; therefore, they must die! The Koran commanded it!
~ Skip Coryell
There is no heroism in sheep. They stand on the hill and go "Baa", as they're being slaughtered.
~ Skip Coryell
It's not easy to kill; it's not supposed to be. If it is, then there's something wrong with you. But sometimes good people have to do unpleasant things just so we can come home at night to our kids.
~ Skip Coryell
Yes, life has many onions.
~ Skip Coryell
Look at him, he's slain another dangling participle.
~ Skip Coryell
He will provide you with what you need. He is your heavenly Father – you are his child. God is the provider, He has already anticipated your need and made provisions. You will be given an opportunity to understand fatherhood. And then, your relationship with Him can be restored.
~ Skip Coryell
Because of his fanatical dedication to the cause and his own insatiable penchant for violence, he had quickly risen through the ranks of Al-Qaeda, eventually surpassing even many native Arabs. This had been unusual, since Muslims from third-world countries, though they comprised the majority of the Moslem population, were considered to be of a lower class than Moslems of Middle-Eastern descent.
~ Skip Coryell
Sometimes you wanna go where everybody knows your name. And they're always glad you came. You wanna go where people know, your troubles are all the same. You wanna go where everybody knows your name.
~ Skip Coryell
The liabilities were easy: He was locked in a trunk, bound and gagged; he had a nuclear bomb for a head rest, and there was a dead body lying beside him. The assets were a little more difficult. And then it hit him. If nothing occurred without God's approval, and he left nothing to chance, then everything that happened to him was part of God's larger plan. He thought about it. If all that were true, and God loved His creation, then . . . his liabilities were also his assets.
~ Skip Coryell
And we beseech thee, O mighty and righteous God, to pour the wealth of your mercy, though it be undeserved, onto the pour, lowly sinners of Lansing, Michigan. We implore thee, all powerful God, all knowing God, ever present and uncontainable God, we pray the magnanimousity of your love and grace.
~ Skip Coryell
that they had been ready for death, in fact, always had been. His father had lived life close to his God, in full submission and obedience to all of God's laws and ways. His father was, or had been, a good Jew. Richard didn't know where he was now. He didn't even want to think about it anymore. If he didn't free himself, then he would soon freeze to death, or worse yet, Momin would return to finish the job personally.
~ Skip Coryell
Every man, woman, and child is a story. We are all books waiting to be written. And inside the cover of each man, beneath the surface, we discover what makes him laugh and cry. Sometimes it's best to hold off on first impressions. That's what I've done with you.
~ Skip Coryell
If tomorrow all the things were gone, I'd worked for all my life, and I had to start again, with just my children and my wife. I'd thank my lucky stars to be living here today, cuz the flag still stands for freedom, and you can't take that away.
~ Skip Coryell
I've never been much for political correctness myself. Yep. As far as I'm concerned, politically correct is just another name for brain dead.
~ Skip Coryell
As the good book says, 'For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places.
~ Skip Coryell
They understood that the Second Amendment is not so much about guns as it is about accountability, and politeness, and the basic freedom of self defense. People who live around dirt are very simple folk and they look at the world through simple eyes, untainted by political correctness or liberal ideology. And because they live around dirt, they remain close to their roots, and the simple things that city people don't understand are just plain common sense to them.
~ Skip Coryell
We don't want you to answer all of our silly questions, Hank. We don't want you to solve all our problems. We're not broken, and you don't have to fix us. Okay?
~ Skip Coryell
I was nodding at what Jimmy Stuart just said. I once thought like him. I thought I wanted to get out and see the world, to conquer it." His voice took on the tone of mock pomp and importance. "To bravely go where no man has gone before!" Angela leaned closer. "So what happened?" "I had kids. And that changed everything. It changed me mostly I suppose." "How so?
~ Skip Coryell
But until then, He has given us dominion, and with dominion comes the responsibility of defending ourselves. When God created the animals, He also instilled in them the instinct of self-preservation. And they defend themselves by either fight or flight. And when He created mankind, He also gave us the ability and the obligation to defend our lives and our families from all harm, whether evil or benign.
~ Skip Coryell
Osama Bin Laden said: 'But when the forbidden months are past, then fight and slay the pagans wherever ye find them, seize them, beleaguer them, and lie in wait for them in every stratagem; and peace be upon our prophet Muhammad Bin-Abdullah, who said: I have been sent with the sword between my hands to ensure that no one but Allah is worshipped, Allah who put my livelihood under the shadow of my spear and who inflicts humiliation and scorn on those who disobey my orders.
~ Skip Coryell