The best Quotes by John Shelby Spong

I live on the other side of Charles Darwin and I can no longer see human light as having been created perfect and falling into sin, I see us rather emerging into higher and higher levels of consciousness and higher and higher levels of complication.

Charles Darwin

I cannot possibly conceive of my planet Earth as the centre of a three-tiered universe. I know rather that the sun, around which my planet Earth revolves, is a middle sized star in a galaxy called the Milky Way that has over a hundred billion other suns or stars within it.

My basis of morality is this: does this action enhance life, or does it denigrate life? Does it build up or does it tear down?

Morality

I want the traditional family upheld, but I don't want it upheld to the detriment of other people.

I believe that God is very real. I believe that I live my life every day inside the reality of this God. I call this God by different words. I describe God as the source of life and the source of love and the ground of being.

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I think that for me, as a UNC graduate, I value my education - I think everyone who's gone to that university values education.

Kenny Smith

North Carolina Charlotte

Michael: "Don't forget my North Carolina shorts!"
Daffy: "Your shorts? From college?"
Michael: "I wore them under my Chicago Bulls uniform every game."
Looney Tunes: "Eeeew."
Michael: "I washed them after every game."
Daffy: "Hahaha... sure!"

Daffy Duck in Space Jam

North Carolina

They say money can't buy happiness, but it can buy a flight to North Carolina - and that's pretty much the same thing.

North Carolina

You can leave Charlotte, but it will never leave you.

Charlotte

To the city of Charlotte, I can't wait to start the next chapter in my career! I am ready to play for another incredible organization with the Charlotte Hornets. Let's get it!

Gordon Hayward - November 2020

Charlotte Hornets Charlotte

I am not the least afraid to die.

Charles Darwin - last words - April 19th 1882

Death Last Words

A man's friendships are one of the best measures of his worth.

Charles Darwin

Friendship

A monkey, after getting drunk on brandy, would never touch it again, and thus is much wiser than most men.

Charles Darwin

Alcohol Monkeys & Apes Hangover & Crapulence

If I had my life to live over again, I would have made a rule to read some poetry and listen to some music at least once every week.

Charles Darwin - The Autobiography of Charles Darwin, 1809–82

Music

A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.

Charles Darwin

Life Time

At some future period, not very distant as measured by centuries, the civilized races of man will almost certainly exterminate, and replace the savage races throughout the world.

Charles Darwin

If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

Charles Darwin

Ignorance more frequently begets confidence than does knowledge: it is those who know little, and not those who know much, who so positively assert that this or that problem will never be solved by science.

Charles Darwin

We've all got both light and dark inside of us. What matters is the part we choose to act on. That's who we really are.

Sirius Black in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix

Morality

Soon we must all face the choice between what is right and what is easy.

Albus Dumbledore in Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

Decisions Morality

It is our choices that makes us who we are, and we always have a choice to do what's right.

Peter Parker in Spider-Man

Decisions Morality

A true warrior does not fight because he wishes to but because he has to.

Christopher Paolini in The Inheritance Cycle - Brisingr

Warriors Morality

Some a-hole leaks it online and I'm like, you know, looking at the guy in the mirror brushing my teeth, "Dude, what have you done? This could be punishable by law!" But the internet forced the studio to say, "We're gonna make this movie", and 24 hours later, that movie had a green light.

Ryan Reynolds - September 2025

Deadpool

But I don't understand why the Jeffrey Epstein case would be of interest to anybody. It's pretty boring stuff, it's sordid but it's boring and I don't understand why it keeps going.

Donald Trump - July 2025

The Epstein Files

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