Anglicized Jewish Surnames Quotes & Sayings

There are plenty of atheists in foxholes. What I don't see are Christians in foxholes. If a Christian soldier takes a bullet to the knee, he will undoubtedly first call for a medic, not a priest. Reliance on god is typically only available when a problem can be ignored without discomfort or when the problem belongs to others (where it can be ignored without discomfort). When the chips are down, like when you have a serious illness or you've been shot or you're at war, even the most devout Christians rely on humans (doctors or other soldiers) even though they'll swear up and down that it's god helping them. — Sam Singleton

During our meetings in Peshawar, Abdul Haq...asked me why the United States does not pay attention to terrorism. He compared America to a huge elephant: "One hundred people push on it and it doesn't blink, but when it decides to move, it lumbers forward and crushes everything. — Peter Tomsen

Democracy is disruptive ... there is no right in a democratic civil society to be free of disruption. — Naomi Wolf

If you want freedom you have to come to terms with being okay in the now doing nothing. — Doug Duncan

I wanted to be someone, someone important. I wanted to be revered, I wanted to be respected, I wanted to be loved. I wanted it all so much that I remember thinking I would do anything for it. I would give anything for it. — Karina Halle

As you'll recall, what you believe - about who you are and who God is - determines how you behave. If you believe everybody is going to criticize you, you'll behave cautiously. If you believe you're probably going to fail, you're going to venture out tentatively. If, however, you believe that the one true Lord God is calling you, empowering you, leading you, and equipping you, then you will live boldly. Why? Because boldness is behavior born of belief. — Craig Groeschel

Kindness is sweeter than your sweet voice. — Debasish Mridha

To ask to be forgiven is in part to acknowledge that the attitude displayed in our actions was such as might properly be resented and in part to repudiate that attitude for the future; and to forgive is to accept the repudiation and to forswear the resentment. — Peter Frederick Strawson

Decorating is like math, a game of adding and subtracting. — Charlotte Moss

I've danced all over the world, and people are people. We cannot cut off from each other in life. In order to lead, you can't do that. — Judith Jamison

How did I survive this long without you? I love you, Eliza. It's all I can feel. I'm made of it. If you've got even an ounce of this for me, I'm so damn grateful. — Tessa Bailey