Belper News Quotes & Sayings

Allegorical Fall As we know from the remarks at the beginning of this present work and spread throughout, even in antiquity not all believers thought the Bible was entirely historical. Speaking of Philo's allegorical interpretation of the fall of mankind as found in Genesis, for example, Geddes recounted a list of others in antiquity who understood biblical tales as cosmological and allegorical, not literal: — D.M. Murdock

I was really impressed with Naomi [Watts]. She was a producer, and she was doing things that I wasn't really aware of. The way she was able to switch from handling problems to shoot a really difficult scene, I think is a real testament to her true ability. — Michael Pitt

Your life is an expression of all your thoughts. — Marcus Aurelius

But, as is obvious to any observer, many people are thrown into anxiety by situations which are not objectively threatening either in kind or degree. The person may very often state himself that the occasion of his anxiety is a relatively minor event, that his apprehension is 'silly,' and he may be angry with himself for letting such a minor thing bother him; but he still feels it. — Rollo May

It was like ... like wizardry, but without the wizards and the mess. — Terry Pratchett

You shouldn't kick people's faces, Michael," my mother breathed. — Scott Hildreth

I've always been worried about people who are willing to work for nothing. Sometimes that's all you get from them, nothing. — Sam Ervin