Bakasion Quotes & Sayings

It is so easy to become more attached to the gifts of God than to the Giver - and even, I should add, to the work of God than to God Himself. — Watchman Nee

Without adversity a person hardly knows whether they are honest or not. — Henry Fielding

Women are not weaker. Read that again. Women are not weaker. They are just as strong, just as resolute, just as creative, and are filled with just as much potential as any man. — Brad Meltzer

Providence seems to call me to the regions beyond — David Livingstone

We don't want to come off as pro-smoking. Even though we didn't smoke real cigarettes at all, you want to be careful of people's sensitivities. — Martha Plimpton

Young people especially sometimes feel that the standards of the Lord are like fences and chains, blocking them from those activities that seem most enjoyable in life. — Ezra Taft Benson

Everybody tells me that they would love to knit, but they don't have time. I look at people's lives and I can see opportunity and time for knitting all over the place. The time spent riding the bus each day? That's a pair of socks over a month. Waiting in line? Mittens. Watching TV? Buckets of wasted time that could be an exquisite lace shawl. — Stephanie Pearl-McPhee

This is an effort to have government coerce, force speech and behavior. And it's being pushed and advocated by the gay community. This is their ultimate goal. It's to not allow for diversity of opinion on this issue, because they don't want to be celebrated, they want to force everyone to not only agree with them but also have to finance their agenda. — Michele Bachmann

It was a boyish thing to do and it caught the hesitating girl in the depths of her heart, as the boy element in a man ever appeals to a motherly woman. — Gene Stratton-Porter

It's impossible to work under conditions where they confused negativity with objectivity. You can't fool the fans. — Marv Albert

Writing your name can lead to writing sentences. And the next thing you'll be doing is writing paragraphs, and then books. And then you'll be in as much trouble as I am! — Henry David Thoreau

When you're pitching, you always have to make continual improvements. You always have to better yourself throughout your career. — Brad Lidge