Me, Myself & Bob Quotes

“I am very serious when I say this, beware of your dreams, for dreams make dangerous friends. We all have them—longings for a better life, a healthy child, a happy marriage, rewarding work. But dreams are, I have come to believe, misplaced longings. False lovers. Why? Because God is enough. Just God. And he isn’t “enough” because he can make our dreams come true—no, you’ve got him confused with Santa or Merlin or Oprah. The God who created the universe is enough for us—even without our dreams.”
― Phil Vischer, Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables

“What do I really deserve? Death. That's what I deserve. Death apart from God. I am a selfish dweeb standing before a holy, righteous God.”
― Phil Vischer, Me, Myself & Bob: A True Story About God, Dreams, and Talking Vegetables

“God doesn't love me because of what I can do for him. He just loves me - even when I've done nothing at all.”
― Phil Vischer, Me, Myself & Bob: A True Story About God, Dreams, and Talking Vegetables

“That little whisper—“You deserve it”—comes, I believe, from the worst part of our sinful natures, the part that always wants another cookie, a bigger house, a nicer TV. I’m pretty sure it’s the same voice that told Hitler he “deserved” Poland.”
― Phil Vischer, Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables

“If God gives you a dream, and the dream comes to life and God shows up in it, and then the dream dies, it may be that God wants to see what is more important to you–the dream or him.”
― Phil Vischer, Me, Myself & Bob: A True Story About God, Dreams, and Talking Vegetables

“I believed I could change the world, and the weight of that belief almost crushed me. But guess what - apart from God, I can do nothing. I can't get anywhere... My ability to accomplish anything good is dependent on my willingness to dwell in the current of God's will.”
― Phil Vischer, Me, Myself & Bob: A True Story About God, Dreams, and Talking Vegetables

“Rather than finding my identity in my relationship with God, I was finding it in my drive to do “good work.” The more I dove into Scripture, the more I realized that I had been deluded. I had grown up drinking a dangerous cocktail–a mix of the gospel, the Protestant work ethic, and the American dream.”
― Phil Vischer, Me, Myself & Bob: A True Story About God, Dreams, and Talking Vegetables

“This may be a bit controversial, but I’m not so sure compensation scales are a “moral” issue, at least once you exceed the very bottom of the range. If I create a business model that works only if I pay animators half the going rate in Hollywood, and we find it impossible to hire competent animators at that rate, I know my business model is invalid. It won’t work. On the other hand, if enough animators turn up willing to work for that pay scale, the business model may be valid. Turnover will undoubtedly be on the high side, as many of the better animators will move on to higher-paying work, but if we can build turnover into our business model, the business still works.”
― Phil Vischer, Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables

“Want to kill a company quickly? Decide you are "better" than your customers.”
― Phil Vischer, Me, Myself & Bob: A True Story About God, Dreams, and Talking Vegetables

“The impact God has planned for us doesn’t occur when we’re pursuing impact. It occurs when we’re pursuing God.”
― Phil Vischer, Me, Myself & Bob: A True Story About God, Dreams, and Talking Vegetables

“The God who created the universe is enough for us–even without our dreams…God was enough for the martyrs facing lions and fire–even when the lions and the fire won. And God is enough for you.”
― Phil Vischer, Me, Myself & Bob: A True Story About God, Dreams, and Talking Vegetables

“What is “walking with God?” Simple. Doing what he asks you to do each and every day. Living in active relationship with him. Filling your mind with his Word, and letting that Word penetrate every waking moment.”
― Phil Vischer, Me, Myself & Bob: A True Story About God, Dreams, and Talking Vegetables

“I started to get it. The Christian life wasn’t about running like a maniac; it was about walking with God. It wasn’t about impact; it was about obedience.”
― Phil Vischer, Me, Myself & Bob: A True Story About God, Dreams, and Talking Vegetables

“As I build new teams in the future, I will not pursue uniformity in thought process, giftedness, race, or specific religious denomination. In fact, I will pursue diversity in these areas with a vengeance. But I will make sure that each person walking in the door of any organization I lead is a huge fan of our core goals and values. It will make all the difference in the world.”
― Phil Vischer, Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables

“Just as dead men make lousy ministers, dead organizations make lousy ministries. The”
― Phil Vischer, Me, Myself, and Bob: A True Story About Dreams, God, and Talking Vegetables