Convoked Means Quotes & Sayings

The best teams play for each other, not with each other — Jeff Van Gundy

So many affluent men are faced with finding love problems. I'm sure beautiful, affluent women are faced with the same things sometimes. — Nas

We must infer that a plant or animal of any species, is made up of special units, in all of which there dwells the intrinsic aptitude to aggregate into the form of that species: just as in the atoms of a salt, there dwells the intrinsic aptitude to crystallize in a particular way. — Herbert Spencer

She sees Selkirk watching her, with a slightly guarded expression. Piqued, she snaps her fingers and points, making Selkirk pick up the bone-saw and hand it back to her. Now — M.R. Carey

The universalism of Islam, in its all-embracing creed, is imposed on the believers as a continuous process of warfare, psychological and political, if not strictly military ... The Jihad, accordingly, may be stated as a doctrine of a permanent state of war, not continuous fighting. — Majid Khadduri

Brand-name drugs have no competition, since the government grants them very long, exclusive marketing rights. — Marcia Angell

It appeared that Jesus pulled a much bigger crowd if He provided garibaldis. — Joanna Cannon

I used to have this fantasy when I was growing up where Princess Leia would be in the slave Leia costume and she would be in a vat of Breyer's ice cream. A recurring dream where I would eat my way to her. — Dan Fogler

All is made clear,regarding Abraham and Sarah's traversal into Egypt, when we realize what biblicists meant by the term "Egypt." As Ralph Ellis so brilliantly points out, the name Egypt was employed by the composers of the Old Testament to denote Thebes in Lower Egypt. This was the city and region controlled by the adversaries of the Hyksos. It was considered a separate region, with different rulers, gods, customs, and politics. So, it was not the country of Egypt that Abraham visited, but Thebes within Egypt. — Michael Tsarion

I thought that it would be easier to learn that if I worked in motion pictures. So I went to work with one motion picture producer who was developing a color system. This didn't do to me much good. All I did was pick filters for the camera. — John Hench

Fanaticism in many lands has surfaced as the greatest threat to the world. Indifference to its consequences would be a serious mistake. — Elie Wiesel

It isn't necessary to make things large to make them monumental; a head by Giacometti one inch high would be able to vitalize this whole space. — Hans Hofmann

Courage is contagious: When one person of courage stands up, others are affected and stand up with him — Nora Raleigh Baskin