Brighids Consort Quotes & Sayings

It was Pope Innocent III who placed in the hands of the church this terrible weapon of persecution, and who, by the awful severity of his own attitude towards liberty of conscience, of thought, and of expression, afforded to fanaticism and religious intolerance an example that was to be their merciless guide through centuries to come. — Rafael Sabatini

Please don't entertain for a moment the utterly mistaken idea that there is no drudgery in writing. There is a great deal of drudgery in even the most inspired, the most noble, the most distinguished writing. Read what the great ones have said about their jobs; how they never sit down to their work without a sigh of distress and never get up from it witout a sigh of relief. Do you imagine that your Muse is forever flamelike
breathing the inspired word, the wonderful situation, the superb solution into your attentive ear? ... Believe me, my poor boy, if you wait for inspiration in our set-up, you'll wait for ever. — Ngaio Marsh

For a country without a past is nothing, a word That, hardly spoken, loses its meaning, A perishable wall destroyed by flame, An echo of animal emotions. — Czeslaw Milosz

The melting pot failed to function in one crucial area. Religions and nationalities, however different, generally learned to live together, even to grow together, in America. But color was something else. Reds were murdered like wild animals. Yellows were characterized as a peril and incarcerated en masse during World War ii for no really good reason by our most liberal president. Browns have been abused as the new slave labor on farms. The blacks, who did not come here willingly, are now, more than a century after emancipation by Lincoln, still suffering a host of slave like inequalities. — Theodore Hesburgh

Rush is the death of marriage. — Matthew Ashimolowo

The world is full of many beautiful voices; I will perform with many of them. I love women's voices. — Andrea Bocelli

Loving someone is different from being in love with someone. You can hate someone you're in love with — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

There is something to be said for anyone who sits alone with dignity and silently begs for God. — Rumi

We try to evaluate how much value an employee is creating here and reward them accordingly. — Charles Koch

Absolutely. I think that this is - politics is a tough business. I describe it as a full contact sport. You have to be prepared to get in there and mix it up. — John Thune

No one should be so precious as to refuse criticism of their work. But to respect an opinion, we have to know that it was given honestly and with proper thought. — Joanne Harris

I'm working hard every day to attain all of my goals. Winning the Super Bowl is obviously at the top of that list. — Chad Ochocinco

You are not going to see me puffing around the pitch. There is a saying in Bulgaria that great quality doesn't require much effort. — Dimitar Berbatov

The universe is a communion of subjects, not a collection of objects. — Thomas Berry