Tom Jones > Quotes

“You're...standing...in...my...KUMQUATS!”
― Tom Jones, The Fantasticks

“There is a curious paradox that no one can explain. Who understands the secret of the reaping of the grain? Who understands why Spring is born out of Winter’s laboring pain, or why we must all die a bit before we grow again? I do not know the answer; I merely know it’s true. I hurt them for that reason, and myself a little bit too.”
― Tom Jones

“Deep in December
it's nice to remember
without a hurt
the heart is hollow.”
― Tom Jones, The Fantasticks

“Despite what pretty poets say, the night is only half the day.”
― Tom Jones, The Fantasticks

“True followers of Jesus will not dismiss the Sermon on the Mount as “impossible” or argue that it was “only for the apostles” and not for ordinary Christians. In addition they will not see it as something that just makes us aware of our need for grace, although it does that quite powerfully. Jesus could not be clearer: He expects His followers to obey and to live His message. This is exactly what grace teaches us to do (Tit. 2:11-12).”
― Tom Jones, The Marvelous Kingdom of God: The Future Breaks Into the Here and Now

“drink”
― Tom Jones, Ask the Astronaut: A Galaxy of Astonishing Answers to Your Questions on Spaceflight