Bortis Menes Quotes & Sayings

This withdrawal of theology from the world of secular affairs is made more complete by the work of biblical scholars whose endlessly fascinating exercises have made it appear to the lay Christian that no one untrained in their methods can really understand anything the Bible says. We are in a situation analogous to one about which the great Reformers complained. The Bible has been taken out of the hands of the layperson; it has now become the professional property not of the priesthood but of the scholars. — Lesslie Newbigin

People may claim to be "free," yet they cannot control themselves from gluttony in the presence of food or from illicit sexual relations when the opportunity presents itself. Such a notion of freedom is devoid of substance. — Hamza Yusuf

Our whole life is like a play. — Ben Jonson

You called her a cunt," I reminded him.
"He threw out a hand, his brows shooting up. "Were you not just here? She is a cunt."
This was not debatable. I didn't even know why I brought it up. — Kristen Ashley

Passion + Purpose = BLISS — Jaeda DeWalt

Violence is for mugs. War is for mugs. — Mark Roberts

Life may be a grand folly, as you say, but it is harder to appriciate the joke when you're always the butt of it. — Richard Russo

I didn't intend to be writing - the writer's life. I was just writing what came to me at the time, but it is a map of how this writer had to break many barriers to find, not a room of her own, but a house of her own. — Sandra Cisneros

I think the celebrity author trend reflects, at least in part, the growing influence of marketing departments at publishing companies. The emphasis becomes on the easy sell, as opposed to finding the best quality and writing and illustrating. There are exceptions (I like John Lithgow's stuff, for example), but a lot of it is putrid, and the best of it is often ghostwritten. Save the ink. Save the trees. Save our brain cells. — Jabari Asim

Children that are raised in a home with a married mother and father consistently do better in every measure of well-being than their peers who come from divorced or step-parent, single-parent, cohabiting homes. — Todd Tiahrt

A wedding is a ceremony where two people promise to love each other forever, no matter what. This was something the Designer intended from the beginning of time. Marriage is a picture of his love for the people he created. — Krista McGee

Before you eat the elephant, make sure you know what parts you want to eat. — Todd Stocker