Conventionnel Synonyme Quotes & Sayings

I have so much faith in the general government of the world by Providence that I can hardly conceive a transaction of such momentous importance [as the framing of the Constitution] ... should be suffered to pass without being in some degree influenced, guided, and governed by that omnipotent, omnipresent, and beneficent Ruler in whom all inferior spirits live and move and have their being. — Benjamin Franklin

I want to be challenged, I want to work, and I want to feel that I am not being held back, that there is something in front of me, something more inspiring than ... just eating breakfast, you know? — Sofia Vassilieva

Originally, I thought the story of the Alamo was all these men defending their liberty when they could have left, knowing they were going to die. That's without a doubt what appealed to me, the romance and the nobility. But, as in life, the more you dig the more you find out that things weren't quite like that. — Phil Collins

The mere apprehension of a coming evil has put many into a situation of the utmost danger. — Lucan

...For can you think how it would be, to never, never hear a meadow lark sing again...? — Bess Streeter Aldrich

There was no sense in blowing everything away for the sake of some violent ape I'd never even met. — Hunter S. Thompson

What would you do if you ruled the world?" The gigolo replied that he would abolish all laws. Barthes said: "Even grammar? — Laurent Binet

Jesus no longer belongs to the past but lives in the present and is projected toward the future; Jesus is the everlasting "today" of God. This is how the newness of God appears to the women, the disciples, and all of us: as victory over sin, evil, and death - over everything that crushes life and makes it seem less human. And this is a message meant for me and for you, dear sister, you, dear brother. How often does Love have to tell us, "Why do you look for the living among the dead?" Our daily problems and worries can wrap us up in ourselves, in sadness and bitterness...and that is where death is. That is not the place to look for the One who is alive! — Pope Francis

No, I won't abandon hate. If I did, then nothing would be left of me. — Yana Toboso

One eye on death, and one full fix'd on heaven. — Edward Young

You could stab a knife right through my heart and you'd be too late. — Chuck Palahniuk