Blandishment Synonyms Quotes & Sayings

However much the creationist leaders might hammer away at their scientific and philosophical points, they would be helpless and a laughing-stock if that were all they had. It is religion that recruits their squadrons. Tens of millions of Americans, who neither know nor understand the actual arguments for - of even against - evolution, march in the army of the night, their Bibles held high. And they are a strong and frightening force, impervious to, and immunized against, the feeble lance of mere reason. — Isaac Asimov

People recover differently. Some change cities, some fall in love and some begin writing. — Kanza Javed

You know why it didn't work out with him?" "Why?" "Because God made you for me." Not — Penelope Ward

Chess is a forcing house where the fruits of character can ripen more fully than in life — E. M. Forster

Generosity during life is a very different thing from generosity in the hour of death; one proceeds from genuine liberality and benevolence, the other from pride or fear. — Horace Mann

Lazy people always intend to start doing something. — Luc De Clapiers

As a writer, it's fun to free yourself enough to tap into some darker elements of your personality that sometimes I don't even know exist. It doesn't feel like work. — Richard Shepard

Express yourself, put stuff down on tape, and see what lives. — Travis Barker