Chesimard Aka Quotes & Sayings

Religion is best when it points beyond itself, like Isaiah or John the Baptist. It is worst when it gives you just enough of the forms to inoculate you against the substance, when it substitutes rituals for reality, the container for the contents, the wineskins for the ecstatic wine. — Richard Rohr

line. Creativity is a response to our environment. Greek painting was a response to the complex light (the Greek painter Apollodoros was the first to develop a technique for creating the illusion of depth), Greek architecture a response to the complex landscape, Greek philosophy a response to the complex, uncertain times. The problem with paradise is that it is perfect and therefore requires no response. This is why wealthy people and places often stagnate. Athens — Eric Weiner

Make a run for it! A voice in my head commanded me. Make a run for it, before it's too late! This voice was clearly sensible. However, sometimes I wasn't sensible, especially when intrigue was involved. — Adele Rose

Would I be happy just practicing law? No. Would I be happy just doing TV and speeches? No. I want to do all of these things and be as active as I can ... but my main goal is to have some degree of influence on the public discussion. — Ed Rendell

The most powerful way to keep your children from being attracted by the offers of camaraderie from the wicked is to make home an attractive place to be. — Tedd Tripp

I would have voted 'no' on the Iraq war and 'yes' to Afghanistan. — Rand Paul

Snowflakes fall from high.
Flurries lift and twirl below.
The world has turned white. — Richelle E. Goodrich

The higher amount you put into higher education, at the federal level particularly, the more the price of higher education rises. It's the dog that never catches its tail. You increase student loans, you increase grants, you increase Pell grants, Stafford loans, and what happens? They raise the price. — Bill Bennett

I have a father who was the first black student at his junior high and high school and had to do a lot to get to that point. — Solange Knowles

Your perception of racing needs to be fine-tuned — Mick Doohan