Quote by Orson Pratt

It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my parents had not much faith in and were never so unfortunate as to unite themselves with any of the religious sects.

It was seldom that I attended any religious meetings, as my

Summary

In this quote, the speaker expresses their lack of involvement in religious gatherings due to their parents' lack of faith in and avoidance of religious sects. The statement implies that the speaker's upbringing did not include religious influence or participation in organized religious activities.

Topics

Faith

By Orson Pratt

Liked the quote? Share it with your friends.

Random Quotations

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arri

A good traveler has no fixed plans and is not intent on arriving.

An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% o

An agent is a person who is sore because an actor gets 90% of what they make.

Acting Actors

The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.

The eyes of others our prisons; their thoughts our cages.

People

I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem aboute

I was reading the dictionary. I thought it was a poem abouteverything.

Humor Funny

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no educati

Educating the mind without educating the heart is no education at all

The problem with me is, anything that's easy I will just ove

The problem with me is, anything that's easy I will just overdo it. Especially with clothes. But I'm 14 - my mom is super-strict about that.

Mom

The way people in democracies think of the government as som

The way people in democracies think of the government as something different from themselves is a real handicap. And, of course, sometimes the government confirms their opinion.

Government

When God punishes a land, he deprives it leaders of wisdom.

When God punishes a land, he deprives it leaders of wisdom.

Italian Proverb

Punishment

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit t

To be witty is not enough. One must possess sufficient wit to avoid having too much of it.

Humor

The way I played music there was the way I wanted to farm, c

The way I played music there was the way I wanted to farm, chop wood, cook, make love, raise children. Everything. A lo of it had to do with things I felt while I played. If only I could feel that sense of total absorption in what I was doing when I was doing other things. It was more than absorption, it was spontaneity, competence, a sense of grace and playfulness, of being in touch with an inexhaustible source of energy and beauty.

In the tide of these wild thoughts we checked our fancy, rem

In the tide of these wild thoughts we checked our fancy, rememberingthat only on the rare grains called planets can life gain foothold, andthat all this wealth of restless jewels was but a waste of fire.

Food was always a big part of my life. My grandfather was on

Food was always a big part of my life. My grandfather was one of 14 kids, and his parents had a pasta factory, so as a kid, he and his siblings would sell pasta door to door. After he became a movie producer, he opened up De Laurentiis Food Stores - one in Los Angeles and one in New York.

Giada De Laurentiis

Food