85027 Quotes & Sayings

But in every church there are people who, for reasons which seem sufficient to them, do not approve of their pastor and seek to harry him and bully him into some condition pleasing to themselves. The democracy which the Reformation brought into the Christian Church rages in their bosoms like a fire; they would deny that they regard their clergyman as their spiritual hired hand, whom they boss and oversee for his own good, but that is certainly the impression they give to observers. — Robertson Davies

Ideas do not work..
It is YOU who has to do the work ... — Manoj Arora

Love is fostered by confidence and constancy; he who is able to give much is able also to love much. — Propertius

Life is but short; no time can be afforded but for the indulgence of real sorry, or contests upon questions seriously momentous. Let us not throw away any of our days upon useless resentment, or contend who shall hold out longest in stubborn malignity. It is best not to be angry; and best, in the next place, to be quickly reconciled. — Samuel Johnson

In the contest between talent and hard work as to which is the more important element of success, there's no comparison. A mediocre talent with lots of hard work will go further than a stellar talent who coasts. — David Joyner

The moles came bearing their lamps and then the most ancient and magical creature that ever danced beneath the moon was lost in darkness once more. — Robin Jarvis

Raskolnikov had been listening intently, but with a sense of unhealthy discomfort. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

Go play with the towns you have built of blocks, The towns where you would have bound me! I sleep in my earth like a tired fox, And my bufdfalo have found me. — Stephen Vincent Benet

Heaven fashioned us of nothing; and we strive to bring ourselves to nothing. — John Webster

I'm not in a position where I can blindly allow myself to be manipulated. I'm a robot who has awoken to the realization that I've been damaged so I can't perform, so I can't take my rightful place within this society. And I don't want to be damaged anymore. — Sarah Noffke

It's hot as hell as can be. — Eugene Ormandy

It didn't matter what you said as long as you were quoted. — Jonathan Galassi

Thinking is compulsive: you can't stop, or so it seems. It is also addictive: you don't even want to stop, at least not until the suffering generated by the continuous mental noise becomes unbearable. — Eckhart Tolle

We should never use the truth to wound. — Saint Augustine

I want my cuddly bear back."
I narrowed my eyes. "You're calling me cuddly? I tried to kill you ten minutes ago."
"Stop dwelling on old shit. — Suzanne Wright