Averments Quotes & Sayings

Think of prayer as a fundamental exercise we use to build core spiritual strength. Like exercise for our bodies, it has to be consistent - every single day - to build strength. — Virginia H. Pearce

I don't like anything that's got to be. I want to know why. — Isaac Asimov

Something that doesn't know it's alive obviously can't be expected to know when it's dead. — Joe Hill

I think being able to really fall in love with someone is the craziest thing that could ever happen. You know, allowing yourself to really go there and really feel those things is extremely scary. — Zoey Deutch

The efficacy of religion lies precisely in what is not rational, philosophic, nor eternal; its efficacy lies in the unforeseen, the miraculous, the extraordinary. Thus religion attracts more devotion according as it demands more faith - that is to say, as it becomes more incredible to the profane mind. — Henri Frederic Amiel

Susan told me on the way out," Hawk said, "how you been spreading your charm around town and now they ready to lynch your ass."
"Charm can only carry you so far," I said. — Robert B. Parker

I don't think it's because of my eyes, my beautiful eyes.
(on Henry staying at Arsenal for the money) — Arsene Wenger

Attack dolphins. What the hell was that? Dolphins were supposed to be nice. — Brent Weeks

Live every day like its Friday. — Simone

I don't mean your resentment toward them," said Philip ... "I mean your extending the enmity to a helpless girl, who has too much sense and goodness to share their narrow prejudices. She has never entered into the family quarrels."
"What does that signify? We don't ask what a woman does; we ask whom she belongs to. It's altogether a degrading thing to you, to think of marrying old Tulliver's daughter. — George Eliot

Come to me. When you can't stand it any longer, come to me. — Harper Lee

The words! I collected them in all shapes and sizes and hung them like bangles in my mind. — Hortense Calisher

Tradition, - which sometimes brings down truth that history has let slip, but is oftener the wild babble of the time, such as was formerly spoken at the fireside and now congeals in newspapers, - tradition is responsible for all contrary averments. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

I know it sounds strange - a blind teenager buzzin' round on a motorcycle - but I liked that; that was me. I had always been nervy, and I always had a lot of faith in my ability not to break my neck. — Ray Charles