Fetzen English Quotes & Sayings

Every star has that certain something that stands out and compels us to notice them. — Maureen O'Hara

We need a new apologetic, geared to the needs of today, which keeps in mind that our task is not to win arguments but to win souls ... Such an apologetic will need to breathe a spirit of humanity, that humility and compassion which understand the anxieties and questions of people. — Pope John Paul II

There's an Inuit myth about the origin of the human race. There were two brothers, and the younger brother eventually gets changed into a woman. And that's how humans reproduced. And I thought, 'How could I really understand that?' — William T. Vollmann

As soft wax is apt to take the stamp of the seal, so are the minds of young children to receive the instruction imprinted on them. — Plutarch

The modern world is devoted to vanishing species, vanishing weather and vanishing capacity for wonder. — Douglas Coupland

Lauren Hill, I always have her solo CD nearby. I have Coldplay, Radiohead, just a mix. — Taryn Manning

Circumstances and other people are not in control of an individual's character or of the life that lies endlessly before — Dallas Willard

You are walking on thin ice - the ice of what remains of the trust between us - carrying the weight of immeasurable guilt. — Prashant Chopra

In the presence of morality, as in the face of any authority, one is not allowed to think, far less to express an opinion: here one has to - obey! As long as the world has existed no authority has yet been willing to let itself become the object of criticism; and to criticise morality itself, to regard morality as a problem, as problematic: what? has that not been - is that not - immoral? — Friedrich Nietzsche

Your voice can change the world. — Barack Obama

Like any pseudo scientific thinking, denialism begins with a desired conclusion. Rather than supporting a controversial or rejected claim, like many pseudo sciences, denialists maintain that a generally accepted scientific or historical claim is not true, usually for ideological reasons. Denialists then engage in what is called motivated reasoning, rationalizing why the undesired claim is not true or at least not proven. They therefore are working backwards from their desired conclusion, filling in justifications for what they believe, rather than following logic and evidence wherever it leads. — Steven Novella