Entreated Crossword Quotes & Sayings

During this earlier period of his activity Voltaire seems to have been trying - half unconsciously, perhaps - to discover and to express the fundamental quality of his genius. — Lytton Strachey

The fact that we are now crusaders needn't blind us to the fact that for a very long time we have been, as Badger would say, echidnas. I can think of a hundred ways already in which the war has "brought us to our senses." But it oughtn't to need a war to make a nation paint its kerbstones white, carry rear-lamps on its bicycles, and give all its slum children a holiday in the country. And it oughtn't to need a war to make us talk to each other in buses, and invent our own amusements in the evenings, and live simply, and eat sparingly, and recover the use of our legs, and get up early enough to see the sun rise. However, it has needed one: which is about the severest criticism our civilization could have. — Jan Struther

Unfortunately, modern man has become so focused on harnessing nature's resources that he has forgotten how to learn from them. If you let them, however, the elements of nature will teach you as they have taught me. — Anasazi Foundation

God can intervene in the universe he created despite what David Hume says. — Norman L. Geisler

I believe the power to make money is a gift from God ... to be developed and used to the best of our ability for the good of mankind. — John D. Rockefeller

I've done all sorts of children's things before, but none as big as 'Harry Potter.' — John Hurt

Most people just want to see you fall, that's more reason to stand tall. — Emma Michelle

Needless to say, I personally don't believe fighting should be banned. I don't understand why a relatively small segment of the hockey world feels obligated to ban extracurricular combat when it's so popular elsewhere in American sports. Additionally, the league shouldn't be trying to ban fighting to save the enforcers from hurting themselves. Fighters realize the risks associated with what they do, and they are bound to accept these risks. — Brian D'Ambrosio

He is wise who can instruct us and assist us in the business of virtuous living. — Thomas Carlyle

The sun is the biggest metaphor. The sun is the first candle. She can get there by its light. — Gregory Maguire

Jiu Jitsu shielded me from all of this. While many were investing in jobs they did not like, or frequenting bars and spending their weekends in front of the television, I pursued something worthy of my choosing. I say this not to slander another, but to show the sincerity with which I appreciate Jiu Jitsu's influence in my life. It saved me from the rat race. I found a reason to eat healthy, to get to bed early. A reason to stay in Friday nights, resulting in fewer beers and more books. I found a medium with which to carve my soul. — Chris Matakas

I was outraged to learn that the president wanted to outsource operations at some American ports to the United Arab Emirates. — Francine Busby