Durrenberger Stephen Quotes & Sayings

With each book you write you should lose the admirers you gained with the previous one. — Andre Gide

Pharaoh is clearly a metaphor. He embodies and represents raw, absolute, worldly power. He is, like Pilate after him, a stand-in for the whole of the empire. As the agent of the "empire of force," he reappears in many different personae.9 — Walter Brueggemann

Jesus' example of fidelity to prayer challenges us to examine the time and effort we devote to our own prayer. While prayer is a gift of God, it is also an art learned through constant practice. Jesus teaches us to pray constantly, but also to bear witness before others of the beauty of prayer, self-surrender and complete openness to God. — Pope Benedict XVI

He who asks a question is a fool for 5 minutes, He who never asks is a fool forever. — Anonymous

For me Wagner is impossible ... he talks without ever stopping. One can't just talk all the time. — Robert Schumann

I just think it would be unrealistic to suggest we're going to eliminate every last domestic insurgent in Afghanistan. Certainly, the history of the country would indicate that's not a very realistic objective, and I think we have to have realistic objectives. — Stephen Harper

The life purpose of the true social entrepreneur is to change the world. — Bill Drayton

My hope is that I hit it big with something, and then I'll have enough of a cushion to carve out time to write a book. That would be my passion project. — Rob Thomas

Trust your gut. You know yourself, so don't let somebody else tell you who you are. — Tatiana Maslany

FANATICISM is, to superstition, what delirium is to fever, and fury to anger : he who has ecstasies and visions, who takes dreams for realities, and imaginations for prophecies, is an enthusiast ; and he, who sticks not at supporting his folly by murder, is a fanatic. — Voltaire