Decolonized Discipleship Quotes & Sayings

For his part, Mendeleev scanned Lecoq de Boisbaudran's data on gallium and told the experimentalist, with no justification, that he must have measured something wrong, because the density and weight of gallium differed from Mendeleev's predictions. This betrays a flabbergasting amount of gall, but as science philosopher-historian Eric Scerri put it, Mendeleev always "was willing to bend nature to fit his grand philosophical scheme." The only difference between Mendeleev and crackpottery is that Mendeleev was right: Lecoq de Boisbaudran soon retracted his data and published results that corroborated Mendeleev's predictions. — Sam Kean

He seemed not to know the uses of silence. — Ursula K. Le Guin

My brother was always in bands and on the road when I was a kid and he was my inspiration. He never made it with a big band, in fact he never made a record. Here he is fifty-something years old. — Jimmy Chamberlin

Whether you believe it or want it, Vera, you are my family. You are my universe. And I love you more than anything. — Karina Halle

I would walk over g-glass for you, in a damn hospital gown with my ass h-hanging out. And your son is brilliant. I look forward to playing Legos with him again." He dared to reach out and tuck some hair behind her ear. "And I love you because you're the only one that sees me, not the scars or the h-history, just me. You scare the hell out of me with how much you see." She — J.M. Madden

The fire catches shortly after, lapping up the dry wool, engulfing it like sweets — Rose Reid

The first great gift we can bestow on others is a good example. — Thomas Morell

Dear young people, do not be satisfied with anything less than Truth and Love, do not be content with anything less than Christ — Pope Benedict XVI

BLAKE: I've come to learn that people are going to hate you and like you, no matter what. I'd rather be around people I want to be around. — Sam Crescent

Love is no ingredient in a merely speculative faith, but it is the life and soul of a practical faith. — Jonathan Edwards