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Sermon Illustrations

The following information is from the website legendsofamerica.com. Foolish quotes from famous people:

"I can’t really remember the names of the clubs that we went to."

- Shaquille O’Neal, basketball player, on whether he had visited the Parthenon during his visit to Greece

“I’ve read about foreign policy and studied, I now know the number of continents.” - George Wallace 1968 presidential campaign

"A verbal contract isn’t worth the paper it is written on." - Samuel Goldwyn, early Hollywood movie producer.

“We are the president.” - Hillary Clinton

"Whenever I watch TV and see those poor starving kids all over the world, I can’t help but cry. I mean I’d love to be skinny like that, but not with all those flies and death and stuff." - Mariah Carey

"We all get heavier as we get older because there’s a lot more information in our heads." - Vlade Divac, Basketball player

“Those who survived the San Francisco earthquake said, ‘Thank God, I’m still alive.’ But, of course, those who died, their lives will never be the same again." - California Senator Barbara Boxer

"The streets are safe in Philadelphia. It’s only the people who make them unsafe." - Frank Rizzo, ex-police chief and mayor of Philadelphia.

"A billion here, a billion there, sooner or later it adds up to real money." - Everett Dirksen, Congressman

"Solutions are not the answer." - Richard Nixon, former U.S. President

We’ve got to pause and ask ourselves: How much clean air do we need?" - Lee Iacocca

"We are ready for an unforeseen event that may or may not occur." - Al Gore, former U.S. vice president

"I was under medication when I made the decision to burn the tapes." - Richard Nixon, former U.S. President

"I used to be the future president of the United States." - Al Gore

"I invented the internet." - Al Gore, former U.S. Vice President

"I think there is a world market for maybe five computers." - Thomas Watson, chairman of IBM, 1943