Dahrendorf Ralf Quotes & Sayings

Because of the near-abandonment of the historical Christian faith, the cultural Christianity that is often practiced today is a tepid, insipid mixture that lacks the power to invigorate us spiritually. While we thirst for living water (John 7:37-38), many churches increasingly lack the spiritual capacity to provide it. Many persons now satisfy their thirst in the meeting rooms of the various Twelve-Step organizations. Inherent — Martin Davis

Your chances of getting hit by lighting go up if you stand under a tree, shake your fist at the sky, and say Storms suck!! — Johnny Carson

The late Ralf Dahrendorf, an Anglo-German political scientist well placed to appreciate the scale of the changes he had seen in his lifetime, wrote of those optimistic years that "[i]n many respects the social democratic consensus signifies the greatest progress which history has seen so far. Never before have so many people had so many life chances."12 — Tony Judt

We do not have a money problem in America. We have a values and priorities problem. — Marian Wright Edelman

He barked a laugh before nudging my leg with his wet nose. "Ew, Caeden! You got wolf snot all over my leg!" I left him behind the bush as I stared at the wet mess on my leg. His barking laughter quickly turned to human laughter.
"Wolf snot?" he grinned.
"Yes, and it's all over my leg. It's gross," I complained. "Just because we can change into wolves doesn't mean we need to act like them all the time. — Micalea Smeltzer

Rees, the secret of a Scientist is not what he knows. It's what he asks. — Stephen Baxter

Paying tax is not a punishment. It's a responsibility. — Chris Matthews