Quotes & Sayings About Edna Pontellier Painting

The doctrine of the Declaration of Independence predicated upon the glory of man and the corresponding duty to society that the rights of citizens ought to be protected with every power and resource of the state, and a government that does any less is false to the teachings of that great document false to the name American. — Calvin Coolidge

As I conceive this doctrine to be a gross misrepresentation of the character and moral government of God, and to affect many other articles in the scheme of Christianity, greatly disfiguring and depraving it; I shall show, ... that it has no countenance whatever in reason, or the Scriptures; and, therefore, that the whole doctrine of atonement, with every modification of it, has been a departure from the primitive and genuine doctrine of Christianity. — Joseph Priestley

Gentlemen are overestimated, that is my experience. — Christina Stead

Did you ever look in the mirror And see a stranger standing there? Did you ever drive for miles and miles And wonder how on earth you got yourself there? — Justin Hayward

That is when you need faith the most. Not when everything is going your way, not when you have much to be thankful for, but when there is darkness all around. — Alexandra Adornetto

I'm going to take it slow this time. We're going to burn every stroke, every touch, and every kiss into our skin so when we're back together, it will only then just be cooling. While we're apart, we'll still be keeping each other warm. — Mia Sheridan

Many a man may look respectable, and yet be able to hide at will behind a spiral staircase. — P.G. Wodehouse

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire. — William Godwin

I'm completely obsessed with the film versions of 'Superman'. — Nile Rodgers

I think part of what we do is there is a bit of dandy influence, always, or a little sprinkle of it. Not literal Savile Row dandy, but there's a bit of sartorial dandiness in everything that we do - every collection that we do. — Paul Weller

Just in our lifetime our society has become looser and more private, it becomes extremely difficult to hold to any permanent commitment whatever, least of all to organized religion. — Mary Douglas

The spread of feminism is the most spectacular, extraordinary phenomenon in the last twenty years, and I believe we will accomplish our goals in a million different ways. — Eleanor Holmes Norton

There is no long-range effective teaching of the Bible that is not accompanied by long hours of ongoing study of the Bible. — D. A. Carson