Afflictive Penalties Quotes & Sayings

In spite of the air of fablethe public were still not at all disposed to receive it as fable. I thence concluded that the facts of my narrative would prove of such a nature as to carry with them sufficient evidence of their own authenticity. — Edgar Allan Poe

You can take off your hats now, gentlemen, and I think perhaps you'd better. — Stephen Vincent Benet

Science, as a rule beneficent, has given birth to potentialities of crime which exceed the dreams of oriental romance. — Robert Barr

The question is not, therefore, _whether_ a theory is grand or small, or whether it is universal/global or particular/local, but _what function_ a theory plays and _whose interest_ it serves. — Namsoon Kang

During his consultations at the Kremlin, [Soviet ambassador Anatoly] Dobrynin had faced shock and incomprehension about Nixon's removal. 'They thought, how can the most powerful person in the United States, the most important person in the world, be legally forced to step down for stealing some documents?' he recalled. — Barry Werth

It is to be regretted that the niceties of modern singing frighten our congregations from joining lustily in the hymns. For our part we delight in full bursts of praise, and had rather discover the ruggedness of a want of musical training than miss the heartiness of universal congregational song. The gentility which lisps the tune in well bred whispers, or leaves the singing altogether to the choir, is very like a mockery of worship. The gods of Greece and Rome may be worshipped well enough with classical music, but Jehovah can only be adored with the heart, and that music is the best for his service which gives the heart most play. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

Usually my ideas come from what I don't want to do, or what I find is old. — Miuccia Prada

For too long, our country's version of an energy policy has consisted of Americans waking up every day and wondering how much it will cost to drive to work, how much it will cost to keep their business running, how much it will cost to heat or cool their homes. — Bob Beauprez

There are no strangers in Freemasonry, only friends you've yet to meet. — Dave Thomas

The world will always need a drink — Gillian Flynn

Math and science need to be made more hospitable places for women. And women need all the growth mindset they can get to take their rightful places in these fields. — Carol S. Dweck

All I ask is, when you got my babies inside you, you take cases you know are safe, and once we got kids under our roof, you proceed with the same caution. You with me? — Kristen Ashley