Dekade Quotes & Sayings

Growing up in New York City, I was always encouraged to question authority, and I think I confused patriotism with jingoism. — Claire Danes

Can Christ be in thou heart and thou not know it? Can one king be dethroned and another crowned in thy soul and thou hear no scuffle? — William Gurnall

Also if they choose from more options than fewer options they're less satisfied with what they choose and that is true whether they're choosing chocolates or which job offer to accept. — Sheena Iyengar

At every point in the story of the transmission of biblical material from the original text to today we are dealing with the interaction of men and women with God. At every point, human judgment and human fallibility are involved, as they are in every attempt we make today to act faithfully in new situations. The idea that at a certain point in this long story a line was drawn before which everything is divine word and after which everything is human judgment is absurd. — Lesslie Newbigin

I don't expect the sun to be always shining, or even want that to happen. — Ruth Rendell

It takes more than capital to swing business. You've got to have the A. I. D. degree to get by - Advertising, Initiative, and Dynamics. — Isaac Asimov

From Mozart I learnt to say important things in a conversational way. — George Bernard Shaw

All I hope, selfishly, is that there will be real books until the day I draw my last breath. — Jane Hamilton

If I were a zombie
I'd never eat your brain
I'd just want your heart — Stephanie Mabey

One life would not suffice, mine especially. To touch everything and leave nothing after oneself! Ah! my God! I hope better than that. Ah! I am very cowardly, and under the blow of such a terror I am ready to believe in priests. — Marie Bashkirtseff