Anacreon Poems Quotes & Sayings

Were the life of man prolonged, he would become such a proficient in villainy, that it would become necessary again to drown or to burn the world. Earth would become an hell; for future rewards when put off to a great distance, would cease to encourage, and future punishments to alarm. — Charles Caleb Colton

To conclude: good journalism is one of the models of good conversation and communication in the wider social context. — Rowan Williams

Oh, man! Live your own life and no longer be wretched! — Jean-Jacques Rousseau

Therapists are less likely to perceive a black woman as sad; instead they see her as angry or anxious. — Melissa V. Harris-Perry

Audiences always sound like they're glad to see me, and I'm damned glad to see them. — Claudette Colbert

Understand well as I may, my comprehension can only be an infinitesimal fraction of all I want to understand. — Ada Lovelace

The purpose of confessing our sins is not to render us miserable by simply reminding us what great sinners we are. It is to remind us of what a great Savior we have. We confess that "there is no health in us" in order that our hearts may be drawn afresh to the Great Physician of our souls, who has provided for our desperate need for cleansing in the gospel. For that reason, we always follow our prayer of confession with a scriptural assurance of pardon: God's authoritative declaration of the forgiveness of each and every one of the sins of his people in Jesus Christ. This is our only hope in life and death. These assurances, too, we have endeavored to make specific, providing gospel encouragement tailored to our particular failings and pointing us afresh to the new life that is ours in Christ. — Barbara R. Duguid

Even if they're not reaching out to us, we're going to reach out to them anyway and involve them in a meaningful way. Because if we don't, we will fail to learn the lesson of a generation before us, that reached out for us and never let us go. — Kweisi Mfume

Sometimes we must leave our true homes for something greater to come. — Mary-Jean Harris

Age is something that doesn't matter unless you're a cheese — Luis Bunuel

So I simply don't buy the concept of "Generation X" as the "lost generation." I see too many good kids out there, kids who are ready and willing to do the right thing, just as Jack was. Their distractions are greater, though. There's no more simple life with simple choices for the young. — Johnny Cash

There was something about her eagerness and her innocence- about the passion that flared in her eyeseven as she delivered such exquisite pleasure- that slayed him. As he looked into her velvety brown eyes, he realized that he'd never met a woman like her. She was a study in contradictions, all passionate innocence and adventurous primness and shy exploration. The heady combination was enough to fascinate even the most hardened of cynics-and he was indeed fascinated. — Sarah MacLean

The only thing I knew was that I would give myself permission to imagine anything, and reverse engineer my way from there. — Natasha Tsakos

In violent streets and broken homes, the cry of anguished souls is not for more laws but for more conscience and character. — Cal Thomas

When someone has to intervene to defend the liberty of the press, that society is sick. — Umberto Eco