Famous Eric Gill Quotes & Sayings

Marriage is a public declaration of
a man and a woman that they have
formed a secret alliance, with the
intention to belong to, and share with
each other, a mystical estate; mystical
exactly in the sense that the real
experience cannot be communicated to
others, nor explained even to oneself
on rational grounds. — Katherine Anne Porter

It is my humble prayer that I may be of some use in my day and generation. — Hosea Ballou

Economist Marvin Harris described women as a "literate and docile" labor pool, and "therefore desirable candidates for the information- and people-processing jobs thrown up by modern service industries." The qualities that best serve employers in such a labor pool's workers are: low self-esteem, a tolerance for dull repetitive tasks, lack of ambition, high conformity, more respect for men (who manage them) than women (who work beside them), and little sense of control over their lives. — Naomi Wolf

The important thing to remember, if you are trying something that is an innovation, is not to think too much about it. Because if you take too long, by the time you get there, the world will have changed. You take a risk, and if it doesn't work, you make a change. We are not betting our lives on it. — Sandro Veronesi

The key to investment success is emotional discipline. Making money has nothing to do with intelligence. To be a successful investor, you have to be able to admit mistakes. I trained a guy to trade who had a 188 IQ. He was on "Jeopardy" once and answered every question correctly. That same person never made a dime in trading during 5 years! — Victor Sperandeo

full of mercy toward everyone who calls out to you. Psalm 86:5 — Dianne Neal Matthews

The stream of civilisation flows on like a river: it is rapid in mid- current, slow at the sides, and has its backwaters. At best, civilisation advances by spirals. — Sabine Baring-Gould

Hey, even the Mona Lisa is falling apart. — Chuck Palahniuk

Sometimes I'm at stool all night."
507 — Hilary Mantel

Demands for equal financing of sewers, streets, and garbage collection would make more sense than proposals for equal financing of the schools, since some plausible connection may be inferred between the amount of money expended, e.g., for roads, and the quality of service resulting to the taxpayer. — M. Stanton Evans

Explore the endless opportunities in life. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Usually when we talk about blessings, we experience joy and anticipation of a greater presence of God in our lives — Sunday Adelaja

Is it any wonder that for millions of men the only intimacy is physical, silent, and predictable? — Phil Donahue

It is a well-known fact that in countries in which the national debt is properly funded, and an object of established confidence, it answers most of the purposes of money. Transfers of stock, or public debt, are there equivalent to payments in specie; or, in other words, stock, in the principal transactions of business, passes current as specie. The same thing would, in all probability, happen here, under the like circumstances. — Alexander Hamilton

WITCH KILLER - THE HUMAN IS STILL INSIDE HIM — Sarah J. Maas