Brussels Sprout Quotes & Sayings

Always we must bear in mind that law has to be substituted for power, that care must be taken to serve the interests of law. — Fredrik Bajer

There are moments when our passions speak and decide for us ... like a fire kindled within our being to which everything else in us is mere fuel. — George Eliot

It's the thing you fear most that walks beside you all the time. — Barbara Kingsolver

I do half the cooking, and by 'half' I mean three quarters," Dad pointed out. "And if you're going to turn up your nose at all my carnivorous delights, ingrate child, you can sit under the table and gnaw sadly on a raw Brussels sprout at mealtimes. — Sarah Rees Brennan

The brussels sprout. This is also the worst vegetable of next year. — Steven Rubenstein

As we mature personally, as our families mature, and as our churches mature, we need the doctrine of sin more, not less; and we need to keep growing in rightly understanding and applying this doctrine. Be assured that this is no less true if you're a pastor or teacher or ministry worker. There's no pastoral privilege in relation to sin. There's no ministry exemption from the opposition of the flesh. There's only a heightened responsibility to oppose sin and to weaken the flesh, as an example to the flock. — C.J. Mahaney

Most adults have a vocabulary of around 60,000 words, meaning that children must learn 10 to 20 words a day between the ages of eight months and 18 years. And yet the most frequent 100 words account for 60% of all conversations. The most common 4000 words account for 98% of conversation. — David Miller

Such kindness wasn't a gift but a goad, scraping against one's skin like a yoke of thorns. She would have preferred him stiff, defensive, even offensive. — Lauren Willig