Esetlegesen Quotes & Sayings

Joseph spent most of his life not knowing why God had allowed his brothers to sell him into slavery, why he had allowed him to be brought to a foreign land, why he had allowed him to be falsely accused and thrown into prison. From behind bars, it must have all seemed so unjust. But from the summit of understanding that God later granted him, it all made perfect sense (Genesis 50:20). It was there he learned that the seemingly meandering ways of God weren't simply leading to the shaping of his character but also to the saving of his family (a lineage that led to Christ), preserving them through seven years of famine and prospering them for generations to come. — Ken Gire

There were a lot of adventure books for boys, historical novels by Kenneth Roberts, and whatever mystery novels the alarmed librarian imagined might not corrupt an eager but innocent youth. — Peter Straub

Here we are, the most clever species ever to have lived. So how is it we can destroy the only planet we have? — Jane Goodall

Above all, she went on thinking, she understands life because she is not sufficiently intelligent not to understand it. — Clarice Lispector

But when you get hunted - that's different. Somepin happens to you. You ain't strong; maybe you're fierce, but you ain't strong. I been hunted now for a long time. I ain't a hunter no more. I'd maybe shoot a fella in the dark, but I don't maul nobody with a fence stake no more. It don't do no good to fool you or me. That's how it is. — John Steinbeck

To start with, anybody who would like the world to be a better place should be able to think like an economist. — Diane Coyle

The votary of ahimsa has only one fear, that is, of God. — Mahatma Gandhi

We ain't in California no more," Pilate said. "Every fuckin' body up here's got a gun. Even that old lady in the hamburger shop, shot Michelle. — John Sandford

The passion for finding the system in experience, replacing surprise with order, is a persistent part of human nature ... Science came to mean the elimination of surprise. It outlawed miracles, because miracles are above all unexpected. — George Gilder

Where the heart is really attached, I know very well how little one can be pleased with the attention of any body else. — Jane Austen

From all of us Scarborough girls, greetings and thanks. This task required two, working together, trusting each other. It required the "us," not the "I." For that is true love, is it not? — Nancy Werlin

But I love to write music. What I would love to do is give some of the songs I write to someone like Taylor Swift because I feel like she could sing them. — Keegan Allen

To me, the series was the end of the actor, when the series ended. — Jackie Cooper