John E. Jones III quotes

“We are better people than what these laws represent, and it is time to discard them into the ash heap of history.”
-- John E. Jones III

Source : "Pennsylvania's gay marriage ban struck down by federal judge" by Lauren Gambino, www.theguardian.com. May 20, 2014.

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“The breathtaking inanity of the [school] Board's decision is evident when considered against the factual backdrop which has now been fully revealed through this trial.”
-- John E. Jones III

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“The writings of leading ID proponents reveal that the designer postulated by their argument is the God of Christianity.”
-- John E. Jones III

Source : "Judge Bars 'Intelligent Design' From Pa. Classes" by Laurie Goodstein, www.nytimes.com. December 20, 2005.

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“What gets measured gets done, what gets measured and fed back gets done well, what gets rewarded gets repeated”
-- John E. Jones III

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“I am a person of faith. I'm certainly not an atheist or an agnostic and I see some divine force somewhere.”
-- John E. Jones III

Source : Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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“I liked to go to court. I became a lawyer because of the allure of the courtroom, not necessarily to be chained to an office desk.”
-- John E. Jones III

Source : Source: www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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“I think the least stereotypical gay character on television is probably Matt LeBlanc on 'Episodes.' He just plays it so straight-faced. They never talk about the fact that he's such a huge gay person.”

Source : "Happy Endings' Adam Pally, on playing TV's least stereotypical gay guy". Interview with Todd VanDerWerff, www.avclub.com. October 23, 2012.

“You know, when you don't go on TV and talk about how many women you sleep with, some people in Hollywood, that are supposedly 'in the know,' start whispering that you're gay. If I were gay, I wouldn't be ashamed to admit it, but I'm not.”

“Obviously I'm not there to pick up anybody, but I'm not afraid to hang out in a predominantly gay establishment.”

“Law that shocks equity is reason's murderer.”

Source : Voltaire, Aaron Hill (1797). “Merope: A Tragedy”, p.50

“Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.”

“How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.”

“Facts are what pedantic, dull people have instead of opinions.”

Source : A.A. Gill (2007). “The Angry Island: Hunting the English”, p.11, Simon and Schuster

“God does not so much want us to do things as to let people see what He can do.”

“People who deal with life generously and large-heartedly go on multiplying relationships to the end.”

“The bells they sound on Bredon, And still the steeples hum. "Come all to church, good people"- Oh, noisy bells, be dumb; I hear you, I will come.”