Eerdmans Dictionary Quotes & Sayings

It is the right of our people to organize to oppose any law and any part of the Constitution with which they are not in sympathy. — Al Smith

The modern world detests authority but worships relevance. Our Christian conviction is that the Bible has both authority and relevance, and that the secret of both is Jesus Christ — John Stott

The most outrageous shoe that I had to do was a shoe where the person gave me stones - precious stones - and say that I could do anything with precious stones. — Christian Louboutin

I'm not pretending it's the real thing. We are living in a fake world; we are watching fake evening news. We are fighting a fake war. Our government is fake. But we find reality in this fake world. So our stories are the same; we are walking through fake scenes, but ourselves, as we walk through these scenes, are real. The situation is real, in the sense that it's a commitment, it's a true relationship. That's what I want to write about. — Haruki Murakami

I think that the Internet is our most profound and beautiful achievement. It is magnificent. We have the Internet as a layer of our thinking that doesn't control us, we control it, yet we don't have to be aware of it. It will be like a suit that really fits well. — Augusten Burroughs

Those big blue eyes were swimming, and he was afraid that if the first tear fell, he would break and carry her off anywhere she wanted to go. — Nora Roberts

A huge amount of what goes on in the Middle East has to do with people being fed really bad information. — Jimmy Wales

My grandfather used to say to me when I was a boy, "Getting knocked down is no big prize - it's getting up that's the real trick." I couldn't agree more. — Kevin Allen

Every worm has his weak spot,' as my father used to say, though I am sure it was not from personal experience. — J.R.R. Tolkien