Disown Your Child Quotes & Sayings

He who is learning and learning and doesn't apply what he knows is like the one who is plowing and plowing and doesn't seed. — Plato

hI was following through on the mountain commitment from my younger days, and it's always a nice surprise when the newly minted adult doesn't disown the child he once was. — Erhard Loretan

Apostasy occurs when a church leaves its historic moorings, abandons its historic confessional position, and degenerates into a state where either essential Christian truths are blatantly denied or the denial of such truths is widely tolerated. — R.C. Sproul

A good, finished scandal, fully armed and equipped, such as circulates in the world, is rarely the production of a single individual, or even of a single coterie. It sees the light in one; is rocked and nurtured in another; is petted, developed, and attains its growth in a third; and receives its finishing touches only after passing through a multitude of hands. It is a child that can count a host of fathers
all ready to disown it. — Sophie Swetchine

The consuming desire of most human beings is deliberately to plant their whole life in the hands of some other person. I would describe this method of searching for happiness as immature. Development of character consists solely in moving toward self-sufficiency. — Quentin Crisp

Deep down inside of all of us is the power to accomplish what we want to, if we'll just stop looking elsewhere. — Harvey MacKay

Even though my first marriage broke up, I'd say that I've had two good marriages and two good men. I've been very lucky. I like to think it's karma because, in a relationship, I give 300 per cent. I'm straight with my men, and I like to think it comes back. — Suzi Quatro

We will see the increasingly rapid rate of growth we've already been seeing in Colorado continue. — John Hickenlooper

'Play It Again Sam's opening shot is the same as 'Purple Rose's final one: a close-up of a face, rapt in a movie house. I've certainly felt that in my life. I've been known to cry watching Gene Kelly. — David Rakoff

The intellectual and constant retelling of a victim story becomes a broken record, deepening the groove of helplessness in the nervous system. — Deborah Sandella

Extend beyond your preconceived limits! — Lorii Myers

I'm not sure there's any number of Facebook likes that can replace a hug. — Seth

I love the NBA playoffs. It's just a great mental test for each team.
When it's really close, usually one team pulls together, and the other team comes apart. — Doc Rivers