Beteseb Quotes & Sayings

A presidential speech is always the work of many hands. — David Frum

What went wrong? Well, comrades, when the American investment bank Lehman Brothers collapsed, it was not just a bank going broke, it was a political ideology going bankrupt. The failure of market liberalism. It ended decades of naive, uncritical faith in the market looking after itself. It does not! — Asne Seierstad

Is it to be imagined ... that women were made for no other purpose than to fabricate sweetmeats and gingerbread, construct shirts, darn stockings, and become mothers of possible presidents? Assuredly not. Should the women of America ever discover what their power might be, and compare it with what it is, much improvement might be hoped for. — Frances Trollope

You haven't asked me about Arin," Roshar said as he rode alongside him.
"What?"
"The tiger. Not the surly human. — Marie Rutkoski

The Roman Empire, Vikings, British, Spanish, Portuguese,... all raped women, but it always seems worse when done to us. — Daniel Marques

We women make choices for others, not for ourselves, and when we are mothers, we ... bear what we must for our children. You will protect them. It will hurt you; it will hurt them. Your job is to hide that your heart is breaking and do what they need you to do. — Kristin Hannah

I'm convinced that in a healthy society, artistic norms should be constantly under question which is not of course, to deny the need for continuity. — Earle Brown

More than any other faith challenge I face, believing that I am who God says I am necessitates choosing what God says over what I feel. — Beth Moore

I have a question.Would you rather be a servant in someone's home and have all your needs provided for, or serve no one and exist in total poverty?"
"The second one, I guess."
"Not me," Solara said. "I've had a peek behind door number two, so I'd pick the first one."
"Ditto," Doran answered. "I'm too pretty to be poor. — Melissa Landers

I too have known joy and sadness, and, on the whole, I prefer joy. — Ashleigh Brilliant

About "historians", family or otherwise:
"Their greatest crime is that they presume to know what happened, how things come about, when they have only what the past chose to leave behind-for the most part, they think what they are meant to think and it's a rare one that sees what really happened, behind the smoke screen of artifacts and paper. — Diana Gabaldon

The organized person ... makes the most of his time and goes to his bed for the night perfectly relaxed for rest and renewal. — George Matthew Adams

The Limoges set has brought us more joy in its absence than it ever did in our cupboards. Of course, we no longer own a set of china to pass down to our kids, but that's okay. Francois and I plan on giving our children something more valuable, the simple truth that the best way to go through life is to be a major donor of kindness. We'll tell them that it's possible to own a whole bunch of beautiful, valuable things and still be miserable. But sometimes just having a recipe for chocolate Bunt cake can make a person far, far happier. — Firoozeh Dumas