Canonise Quotes & Sayings

One of the most depressing features of the ethical side of the matter is that instead of such methods arousing contempt they are more or less openly admired. And this is logical. Canonise 'business success,' and men who made a success like that of the Standard Oil Trust become national heroes! — Ida Tarbell

I'd like to grow very old as slowly as possible. — Irene Mayer Selznick

The key to Christian living is a thirst and hunger for God. And one of the main reasons people do not understand or experience the sovereignty of grace and the way it works through the awakening of sovereign joy is that their hunger and thirst for God is so small. — John Piper

If the studio wants to spend money on making your movie better, let them. — Lorenzo Di Bonaventura

We can immortalise, glorify and canonise, but irk us and we are just as easily able to eviscerate you with a single blow of the pen where you will remain wretchedly exposed for all eternity.... — Virginia Alison

In his life there was only one woman. The other one. — Ljupka Cvetanova

China has led the world in new tree planting; in fact, over the last several years, China has planted 40 percent as many tress as the rest of the world put together. Since 1981, all citizens of China older than age eleven (and younger than sixty) have been formally required to plant at least three trees per year. To date, China has planted approximately 100 million acres of new tress. Following China, the countries with the largest net gains in tress include the U.S., India, Vietnam, and Spain. — Al Gore

You need to provide hard examples, with dates, characters and numbers. In — James Reed

Governments are like underwear. They start smelling pretty bad if you don't change them once in a while. — Margaret Murray

My grandpa always tells me that 45-minute lunches are key because an army marches on its stomach. — Gia Coppola

Grace is having a commitment to- or at least an acceptance of- being ineffective and foolish. That our bottled charm is the main roadblock to drinking that clear cool glass of love. — Anne Lamott

Turn around, and the people you thought you knew might change. Your little boy might now live half a world away. Your beautiful daughter might be sneaking out at night. Your ex-husband might by dying by degrees. This is the reason that dancers learn, early on, how to spot while doing pirouettes: we all want to be able to find the place where we started. — Jodi Picoult

I like frogs. I am not crazy about their legs in a buffet, but I like their casual approach to life. — Sandi Toksvig