Coxcomb Crossword Quotes & Sayings

But before I left," Rider continued, "I learned enough to know that most often sexual abuse of children comes from inside the family, relatives or close friends. The boogey monsters who climb through the window and abduct are few and far between. — Michael Connelly

There appears to be a lot of confusion about the biological benefits of elevated CO2 because the popular media typically fails to report them. Doomsday scenarios of global warming are much more dramatic than the good news of global greening. — Keith E. Idso

I don't want to permanently damage myself! On the other hand, a couple of days off the keyboard tends to make things somewhat better. — Charles Stross

Here he was, doing things he didn't care a damn about, and enjoying it. — Milan Kundera

Even the darkest moments of the liturgy are filled with joy, and Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the lenten fast, is a day of happiness, a Christian feast. — Thomas Merton

Stay rooted in the word of God and prayer. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Enemies, as well as lovers, come to resemble each other over a period of time. — Sydney J. Harris

Love is a beautiful drug. Very addictive. — Heidi Heilig

He who knows that power is inborn, that he is weak because he has looked for good out of him and elsewhere, and so perceiving, throws himself unhesitatingly on his thought, instantly rights himself, stands in the erect position, commands his limbs, works miracles; just as a man who stands on his feet is stronger than a man who stands on his head. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

I grew convinced that truth, sincerity and integrity in dealings between man and man were of the utmost importance to the felicity of life, and I formed written resolutions ... to practice them ever while I lived. — Benjamin Franklin

The bourgeoisie loves so-called " positive " types and novels with happy endings since they lull one into thinking that it is fine to simultaneously acquire capital and maintain one's innocence , to be a beast and still be happy . — Anton Chekhov

Will not perhaps the temporal power of Islam return and with it the menace of an armed Mohammedan world, which will shake off the domination of Europeans - still nominally Christian - and reappear as the prime enemy of our civilization? The future always comes as a surprise, but political wisdom consists in attempting at least some partial judgment of what that surprise may be. And for my part I cannot but believe that a main unexpected thing of the future is the return of Islam. — Hilaire Belloc

Other people do not owe me their availability. — Laura Schlessinger

In its haste to bolster nationalism, in its obsession with security, Europe is losing its soul. — Tariq Ramadan

I'm always collecting emotions for future reference. — Harlan Howard