Asadero Ballard Quotes & Sayings

The view that the truth is one and undivided, and the same for all men everywhere at all times, whether one finds it in the pronouncements of sacred books, traditional wisdom, the authority of churches, democratic majorities, observation and experiment conducted by qualified experts, or the convictions of simple folks uncorrupted by civilisation
this view, in one form or another, is central to western thought, which stems from Plato and his disciples. — Isaiah Berlin

She breathed deeply and smelled water-logged books, the perfume of rotting cardboard and paper that had dried beneath the furnace of the July sun. If a single breath could summarize an entire life, she supposed that would do. — Joe Hill

A scientific theory that laughter and humor increase the odds of survival among patients with terminal illnesses? — Suzanne Brockmann

They discuss the characters as though they were living people, and ask frequently, 'What happened to so-and-so?' ... as if I got letters from them every now and again. — Stephen King

Do not measure success by today's harvest. Measure success by the seeds you plant today. — Robert Louis Stevenson

about Jim Jeffreys was that he must be Christian, churchy - he had the patience and optimism of someone who thought Jesus was — Gillian Flynn

And I think as soon as he came to like me he would sink into ordinariness, and if as soon as he came to love me I would find fault after fault — Sylvia Plath

Captain Phelan," came the crisp voice of one of the Sisters of Charity. With her stern demeanor and forbidding expression, the nun was so intimidating that some of the soldiers had suggested--out of her hearing, of course--that if she were dispatched to fight the Russians, the war would be won in a matter of hours. — Lisa Kleypas

He believed in God even if he was doubtful of men's claims to know God's mind. But that a God unable to forgive was no God at all. — Cormac McCarthy

Wall Street has become a veritable casino. — Maurice Allais