1452 Sound Quotes & Sayings

I'm not one of those people the tabloids chase around. — Tom Waits

It's not necessary to fear the prospect of failure but to be determined not to fail. — Jimmy Carter

Some religions, such as Catholicism, fully endorsed slavery, as Pope Nicholas V made clear when, in 1452, he issued the radically proslavery document Dum Diversas. This was a papal bull granting Catholic countries such as Spain and Portugal "full and free permission to invade, search out, capture, and subjugate the Saracens and pagans and any other unbelievers and enemies of Christ wherever they may be, as well as their kingdoms, duchies, counties, principalities, and other property ... and to reduce their persons into perpetual slavery."10 These last few words - to reduce their persons into perpetual slavery - sound not just sinister to us, but also psychotic. They make perfect sense, however, in a Christian context, given that the Bible is itself a heedlessly proslavery tome. — Michael Shermer

There's no app for a bourbon buzz on a warm day in a cool, dark bar. The world will always want a drink. — Gillian Flynn

In a bear market, you have to use sharp countertrend rallies to sell. — Bruce Kovner

A man who knows that he lives in sin against God will not be inclined to come daily into the presence of God. — Jonathan Edwards

Even though you're growing up, you should never stop having fun. — Nina Dobrev

I really believed that I was on the right track, but that did not mean that I would necessarily reach my goal. — Andrew Wiles

The ultimate measure of a person is not her mistakes or accomplishments, but what she does with them. — Liza M. Wiemer