Quotes About Relevance

For my generation I must have the oracles of God in fresh terms.

I'm trying to make God more relevant in our society. And I think talking in everyday terms and making sure people can understand it - I think that's important.

The great god Ra, whose shrine once covered acres, is filler now for crossword puzzle makers.

When you find that a theology has nothing more to offer than what the world already offers, then that theology as a theology is impractical, and therefore, useless.

Good words do not last long unless they amount to something.

A theory that you can't explain to a bartender is probably no damn good.

While the good news of the gospel may not appeal to everyone, the bad news of the gospel still applies to everyone.

The trouble with telling a good story is that it invariably reminds the other fellow of a dull one.

Where would Christianity be if Jesus got eight to fifteen years with time off for good behavior?

Moral authority has been laid to rest, world opinion is no more than a game show and the difference between good and evil is about as relevant as changing channels.

Don't talk to me about aesthetics or tradition. Talk to me about what sells and what's good right now. And what the American people like is to think the underdog still has a chance.

Stop this attitude that older people ain't any good anymore! We're as good as we ever were - if we ever were any good.

A good story remains a good story, whether it is on glossy paper or a mobile phone display, is carved into marble tablets or appears as a Bild headline.

Only good questions deserve good answers.

Good sense about trivialities is better than nonsense about things that matter.

I want to know what good is a web search engine that returns 324,909,188 'matches' to my key word. That's like saying, "Good news, we've located the product you're looking for. It's on Earth.

Songwriting as an art is a bit archaic now. Just writing a song is not good enough.

If you make a good family movie, then everybody in the family can relate to somebody, or in this case something. That's always enjoyable. There's always an important place for family movies.

To a journalist, good news is often not news at all.

I think people are tired of being slammed with foul language and sexual content that really has nothing to do with (telling a good story).

Any show that's bringing in a young audience is doing a good thing, because that's the only way that theater will continue to grow. All the other audience members are going to be dead soon!

If something is good enough, it can be out there and people will see it.

What's good for America better damn well be good for General Motors.

Very good laws may be ill timed.