Anvilen Quotes & Sayings

When humans take up their divinely appointed role, looking after God's world on his behalf, this is not a Promethean attempt to usurp God's role. It is the humble, obedient carrying out of the role that has been assigned. The real arrogance would be to refuse the vocation, imagining that we know better than God the purpose for which we have been put here. — N. T. Wright

I don't think I'm very ambitious at all. But I seem to play people who have that quality. — Catherine Keener

Descartes said that animals were automata. I have always been certain that it was the threat of torture that stopped him saying the same held true for human beings. Neither I nor Matthew had time for souls. That we were intricate chemical machines never diminished our sense of wonder, our reverence for Vermeer and for Monet, our floating bodies in the salty water, our evanescent joy before the dying of the light. — Peter Carey

What am I doing with my life? Am I just going to some humdrum job that I don't really want to be at, doing some minuscule task, getting paid to be a mindless drone? Or am I out there living life, on my terms, the way I want to live it, doing the things that I want to do? — Kai Greene

Workers are not being exploited. But if their share of growth doesn't increase, this could be a potential cause of social tension worldwide. — Kenneth Rogoff

For all its ups and downs and challenges, I love writing. We only grow through adversity, so I welcome the difficulties, knowing bumps in the road are my greatest teachers. — Lori Wilde

Children know so little, they must learn quickly to imitate grown-ups whenever they feel unsure in a situation. — Francesca Marciano

We both knew we were the biggest nerds in the whole world. — Carol Rifka Brunt