Beowulf Bravery Quotes & Sayings

The rules are simple and easily understood by anyone who has once seen the game, but to the totally uninitiated they appear to be hopelessly unintelligible. — John Adams Gilmer

It's hard to say, 'I don't believe in God.' I would love to know if God exists. But it's a very difficult thing for me to believe. — Rafael Nadal

It was the merit of Gestalt psychology to make us aware of the remarkable performance involved in perceiving shapes. Take, for example, a ball or an egg: we can see their shapes at a glance. Yet suppose that instead of the impression made on our eye by an aggregate of white points forming the surface of an egg, we were presented with another, logically equivalent, presentation of these points as given by a list of their spatial co-ordinate values. It would take years of labour to discover the shape inherent in this aggregate of figures - provided it could be guessed at all. The perception of the egg from the list of co-ordinate values would, in fact, be a feat rather similar in nature and measure of intellectual achievement to the discovery of the Copernican system. — Michael Polanyi

The need of black conservatives to gain the respect of their white peers deeply shapes certain elements of their conservatism. In this regard, they simply want what most people want, to be judged by the quality of their skills, not by the color of their skin. But the black conservatives overlook the fact that affirmative action policies were political responses to the pervasive refusal of most white Americans to judge black Americans on that basis. — Cornel West

That kid of yours has more tells than a preacher in a whorehouse. — Norah Wilson

Everywhere, people are beginning to question masculine notions of control, aggression and black-and-white thinking - and instead are favoring more empathetic, nurturing and collaborative approaches. — John Gerzema

There were three great child singing stars: Michael Jackson, Stevie Wonder and Jackie Washington. — Don Cornelius

This is war, human." Mab's voice was cold and remorseless. "It is either kill or be destroyed ourselves. — Julie Kagawa

So you do have some claws after all!' (Wyea)
'You have no idea,' Ren responded and charged. — Colleen Houck

Capital punishment has probably been responsible for a good deal of human progress. The overwhelming majority of those executed were of the sort whose departures for bliss eternal improved the average intelligence and decency of the race. — H.L. Mencken

Has the world become so topsy-turvy that a living creature, whom the gift of reason makes divine, believes that his glory lies solely in possession of lifeless goods? — Boethius