Torry Martin > Quotes

“Pretentiousness is a comedy vein filled with riches.”
― Torry Martin, What a Character!: 14 Character-Building Sketches

“The mutual preference of frankness over flattery is what leads to iron sharpening iron.”
― Torry Martin, Shameless Self Promotion: and Networking for Christian Creatives

“My ego is God's piñata.”
― Torry Martin, Shameless Self Promotion: and Networking for Christian Creatives

“When all you can do is watch things play out for someone, it is often just as painful for the observer as it is for the participant.”
― Torry Martin, What a Character!: 14 Character-Building Sketches

“The problem with a person who has knee-jerk reactions is that it often makes him look like a jerk, and makes others want to react by giving him the knee.”
― Torry Martin, Under The Circumstances

“Knowing who your friends aren't is like knowing who your friends are but without the warm fuzzy feeling.”
― Torry Martin, Gimme Five: Comic Sketches in 5 Minutes or Less

“Wouldn't it be great if all career phonies, faux friends or opportunists could be identified quickly in professional networking circles by wearing signs like "Career Dip", "No Loyalty Card" or "Opportunist Knocks"?”
― Torry Martin, Shameless Self Promotion: and Networking for Christian Creatives

“Sometimes what looks like a golden opportunity is nothing more than an iron pyrite distraction. And that's when discernment reveals itself as the truest treasure.”
― Torry Martin, Shameless Self Promotion: and Networking for Christian Creatives

“Life is a series of deaths and resurrections, losses and gains, pain and joy.”
― Torry Martin, Of Moose and Men: Lost and Found in Alaska

“When we spend so much time trying to conceal our flaws, we distance ourselves from other people. I’m not saying there is no room for privacy. It’s just that many of us are willing to show only our strong qualities, and we never admit our failings—although our true self inevitably shows through despite our best efforts. Oftentimes, we even lie to ourselves, afraid to admit our flaws. Paul writes in Colossians 3:9-10, “Do not lie to each other, since you have taken off your old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.”
― Torry Martin, Of Moose and Men: Lost and Found in Alaska