Christianitys Family Tree Quotes & Sayings

As for being young," I said, kneeling down, "yeah, I'm aware. Doesn't mean I haven't figured out a few things. — Brandon Sanderson

In a way, Darius brings the vampire back to a more classical interpretation. A modern day Dracula who is charming, sensual, and completely monstrous. There is no pretense of humanity with him. He considers himself a member of a species that is the true apex predator of the world, feeding on humans and using them as puppets for their own bizarre games. He's not struggling with any inner angst. Most humans are either food, entertainment, or useful tools to him. Sometimes all three. He finds the modern popular interpretation of vampires both amusing and useful for his own agenda. — Julie Ann Dawson

[Y]ou cannot determine either the truth or the right or wrong of anything with a poll. You can only tabulate people's opinions. — Charley Reese

Hope is a gracious expectation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

For the moment, the jazz is playing; there is no melody, just notes, a myriad tiny tremors. The notes know no rest, an inflexibleorder gives birth to them then destroys them, without ever leaving them the chance to recuperate and exist for themselves ... I would like to hole them back, but I know that, if I succeeded in stooping one, there would only remain in may hand a corrupt and languishing sound. I must accept their death; I must even want that death: I know of few more bitter or intense impressions. — Jean-Paul Sartre

Wrongs have to be redressed by reason, not by force. — T.H. White

If you have the right people, they will be self-motivated. — James C. Collins

As far as anyone could tell, Portia had learned to partition its cognitive processes: almost as if it were emulating a larger brain piece by piece, saving the results of one module to feed into the next. Slices of intellect, built and demolished one after another. No one would ever know for sure - a rogue synthophage had taken out the world's Salticids before anyone had gotten around to taking a closer look - but the Icarus slime mold seemed to have taken the same basic idea and run with it. — Peter Watts

Sometimes you have to stop thinking. Sometimes you shut down completely. I think that's true in any creative field. — Maya Lin

He hath desired to bring the souls of other men to heaven; let his soul be brought to heaven. — Christopher Love

Seth wished he had kept the zombie hand. — Brandon Mull

If only Africa had more mosquito nets then every year we could save millions of mosquitoes from dying needlessly of aids — Jimmy Carr

Understanding arises from reducing one type of reality into another. — Claude Levi-Strauss