Deflationary Period Quotes & Sayings

Our truth-allergic, experience-addicted populace wants transformation but doesn't want the loss of freedom and control associated with submitting to authority within a committed community. Many "converts" seem to make decisions for Christ but soon lose their enthusiasm because they are offered quick programs for follow-up and small group fellowship rather than a lifelong, embodied experience of community. Many churches do not even have a process for becoming a member. As a result, converts' lives are often not visibly different from those in the culture around them. The older, more communal processes of traditional churches are better at bringing about a more thorough transformation of life. — Timothy Keller

Just like that, as quickly as our love came out in the open, it crawled back in the shadows; the shortest fairytale ever written. — S.E. Hall

The groups that have awarded them are all a little different. It's a little hard to single out any one for that, but I think the dedication of this building would have to go toward the top of the list. — Jack Kilby

Be the best of anything you get into. If you want to be a whore, it's your life. Be a damn good one. Don't chippy at anything. Anything worth having is worth working for.'
It was her version of Polonius' speech to Laertes. With that wisdom in my pouch, I was to go out and buy my future. — Maya Angelou

I'm usually nervous to meet people that I admire because what if they're not cool or something? — Tom Cruise

I don't want success if it comes at the expense of my soul and I don't need love at the expense of my sanity. — Derrick Jaxn

Have more than you show, Speak less than you know. — William Shakespeare

When you think of the condition the world is in now you sometimes wish that Noah had missed the boat. — Fulton J. Sheen

It is vital that we communicate to seniors their options regarding prescription drug assistance. — Jim Gerlach

The mortals don't realize they are funding the Amazon kingdom. Soon, we'll be richer than any mortal nation. Then - when the weak mortals depend on us for everything - the revolution will begin!" "What are you going to do?" Frank grumbled. "Cancel free shipping? — Rick Riordan

For a musician, smelling a new violin was the equivalent of a reader smelling a new novel. It was a homelike scent that made you realize that the world wasn't a completely terrible place, that there was still beauty that existed. — Brittainy C. Cherry

I really should talk to him. He's had a near-death experience!"
"We all have. It's called living."
(Hogfather) — Terry Pratchett