--- title: "Best John Powell Quotes" description: "English composer of film scores (born 1963). Browse 53 John Powell quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b051/author-john-powell-12850.jpg" --- ![Portrait of John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b051/author-john-powell-12850.jpg) # John Powell (1963) Composer **53** quotes in **328** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet John Powell is a composer, best known for *Great Events from History*. ## Quick Facts About John Powell Born September 18, 1963 Profession Composer Notable works Great Events from History ## About John Powell English composer of film scores (born 1963). ## Quotes by John Powell · Page 2 > [There's the whole myth about rocket science. It's really not that hard. It's not brain surgery.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-powell/there-s-the-whole-myth-about-rocket-science-it-s-really-not-that-hard/) [John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-powell/) [Brain](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/brain/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/616/john-powell-12850_brain_there-s-the-whole-myth-about-rocket-scie_1327574.png) > [Growth is always a gradual process, a bridge slowly crossed and not a corner sharply turned.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-powell/growth-is-always-a-gradual-process-a-bridge-slowly-crossed-and-not-a/) [John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-powell/) [Bridges](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/bridges/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/88e/john-powell-12850_bridges_growth-is-always-a-gradual-process-a-bri_599140.png) > [To tell you my thoughts is to locate myself in a category. To tell you about my feelings is to tell you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-powell/to-tell-you-my-thoughts-is-to-locate-myself-in-a-category-to-tell-you/) [John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-powell/) [Categories](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/categories/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/cb4/john-powell-12850_categories_to-tell-you-my-thoughts-is-to-locate-mys_2708942.png) > [More than 90 percent of all the prisoners in our American prisons have been abused as children.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-powell/more-than-90-percent-of-all-the-prisoners-in-our-american-prisons/) [John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-powell/) [Abuse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/abuse/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dba/john-powell-12850_abuse_more-than-90-percent-of-all-the-prisoner_3170873.png) > [If you knew me yesterday, please do not think that it is the same person that you are meeting today.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-powell/if-you-knew-me-yesterday-please-do-not-think-that-it-is-the-same/) [John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-powell/) [Godly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/godly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c7/john-powell-12850_godly_if-you-knew-me-yesterday-please-do-not-t_1583003.png) > [God alone can make a man a believer. Our part is to accept or reject his initiative.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-powell/god-alone-can-make-a-man-a-believer-our-part-is-to-accept-or-reject/) [John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-powell/) [Accept](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/accept/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/22e/john-powell-12850_accept_god-alone-can-make-a-man-a-believer-our_2505822.png) > [When we contact each other, we change each other. We are constantly making each other.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-powell/when-we-contact-each-other-we-change-each-other-we-are-constantly/) [John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-powell/) [Change](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/change/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/84b/john-powell-12850_change_when-we-contact-each-other-we-change-eac_1153202.png) > [“To live fully, we must learn to use things and love people, and not love things and use people.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-powell/to-live-fully-we-must-learn-to-use-things-and-love-people-and-not/) [John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-powell/) [Consumerism](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/consumerism/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/60a/john-powell-12850_consumerism_to-live-fully-we-must-learn-to-use-thing_2466727.png) > [“It’s a shameful indictment of the shabby way we live nowadays, but we have to face the fact that most of you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-powell/it-s-a-shameful-indictment-of-the-shabby-way-we-live-nowadays-but-we/) [John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-powell/) [Ancient egyptian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ancient-egyptian/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4cf/john-powell-12850_ancient-egyptian_it-s-a-shameful-indictment-of-the-shabby_493212.jpg) > [“But why should a flute make a sound which is smoother and less complex than that of a violin or oboe? To…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-powell/but-why-should-a-flute-make-a-sound-which-is-smoother-and-less/) [John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-powell/) [Different ways](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/different-ways/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/ef1/john-powell-12850_different-ways_but-why-should-a-flute-make-a-sound-whic_939537.png) > [Love supposes, is, and does many things, but basically it is practiced in the act of sharing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-powell/love-supposes-is-and-does-many-things-but-basically-it-is-practiced/) [John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-powell/) [Doe](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/doe/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/36a/john-powell-12850_doe_love-supposes-is-and-does-many-things-bu_3189425.png) > [Life is something like a remarkable, exciting puzzle. It comes piece by piece in packages marked days.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-powell/life-is-something-like-a-remarkable-exciting-puzzle-it-comes-piece-by/) [John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-powell/) [Exciting](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/exciting/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fd4/john-powell-12850_exciting_life-is-something-like-a-remarkable-exci_2709705.png) > [Old cranks have practiced all their lives, just as old saints have likewise practiced all their lives. They just practiced different life…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-powell/old-cranks-have-practiced-all-their-lives-just-as-old-saints-have/) [John Powell](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-powell/) [Crank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/crank/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/d05/john-powell-12850_crank_old-cranks-have-practiced-all-their-live_2737925.png) ## John Powell by topic [Love (14)](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/love/john-powell/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-powell/#itemlist", "name": "John Powell Quotes", "numberOfItems": 13, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "There's the whole myth about rocket science. It's really not that hard. 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