Antigoddess Book Quotes & Sayings

He who has learned what is commonly considered the whole art of painting, that is, the art of representing any natural object faithfully, has as yet only learned the language by which his thoughts are to be expressed. — John Ruskin

It is better to believe than doubt. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I know that throughout my life I have struggled to forgive my father. Now, as I get older, I wish most of all that he had been able to find a way to forgive himself. — Madeleine Thien

Every one of us can honestly claim that "worst of sinners" title. No, it isn't specially reserved for the Adolf Hitlers, Timothy McVeighs, and Osama bin Ladens of the world. William Law writes, "We may justly condemn ourselves as the greatest sinners we know because we know more of the folly of our own heart than we do of other people's."
So admit you're the worst sinner you know. Admit you're unworthy and deserve to be condemned. But don't stop there! Move on to rejoicing in the Savior who came to save the worst of sinners. Lay down the luggage of condemnation and kneel down in worship at the feet of Him who bore your sins. Cry tears of amazement.
And confess with Paul: "I was shown mercy so that in me, the worst of sinners, Christ Jesus might display his unlimited patience as an example for those who would believe on him and receive eternal life" (1 Timothy 1:16) — C.J. Mahaney

For all the social changes in China can be traced to their early beginnings in the days when the new tools or vehicles of commerce and locomotion first brought the Chinese people into unavoidable contact with the strange ways and novel goods of the Western peoples. — Hu Shih

I believe that a picture, a work of art, lives and dies just as we do ... — Marcel Duchamp

There is no place in God's world where there are no people who will come and share a home as long as it is a real home. — Francis A. Schaeffer

I'm a very smug show-off at heart. I'm altogether too pleased with myself. The big boost for me is to be able to turn out something that I think is pretty marvelous. I'm not in it for money, I'm just in it for the glory. — Alan Moore

At the bottom of all music you have to hear the tune without notes, made just for us, the tune of Death. — Louis-Ferdinand Celine

A devastating commentary on the war in Iraq is that we have been unable to spend money on infrastructure. — Chuck Schumer

Oh my God, Chester. You're so cute. And stupid. You're kinda stupid, too. Don't hurt yourself there, big guy. You just sit there and look pretty, okay? — T. Torrest

Make a wish...take a chance...and watch your dreams come true. — Judy Dawn

I suppose it's an unconscious little stream of wit that flows quietly under everything I do or say. — Ray Bradbury