David Foster Wallace Quotes

Do not give dalliance too much rein; the strongest oaths are straw to the fire in the blood.

I like passionate fandom.

I give myself to my parts as to a lover.

What does the divine sufferer (Jesus) demand from us? Only our faith, our love, our grateful praise, our consecrated hearts and lives. Is that too much to ask?

If what we worship fail us, still the fire burns on, and it is much to have believed.

Devotion, as it relates to the title of my memoir, means fidelity - as in fidelity to a person or a practice. I think it's certainly possible to feel devotion without having faith, at least in the religious sense of the word.

Baseball is more than a game to me, it's a religion.

I've been very supportive of the Islanders. I'm at every home opener.

There lies at the back of every creed something terrible and hard for which the worshipper may one day be required to suffer.

I will never say I am committed to somebody unless I'm serious about that person.

Love is sacrifice.

I believe in love, and I have no trouble with commitment or loyalty; that's never been a problem for me.

I will lay my bones by the Ganges that India might know there is one who cares.

The mark of one who loves God and saints is sacrifice.

Please accept a promise from me in his name that I will always live in the religion in which he died.

Passion is best spent on God; so get committed.

Though we may not necessarily forfeit our lives in service to our God, we can certainly demonstrate our love for Him by how well we serve Him.

You can never fall in love with a team.

I want people to know when I'm taking care of them I'll give it all that I've got.

Conversion is an offering of self, of love, and of loyalty we give to God in gratitude for the gift of testimony.

It's great to want to be part of something, but it's a different thing completely to believe wholly in some type of movement, and to give everything for that something.

For me sport was a religion... with religious sentiment.

Football (soccer) is a matter of life and death, except more important.

Until I feel strong enough to pray sincerely and to act accordingly, I would rather not pray at all.

We do it because we're committed, because we're believers.