Footes Sayre Quotes & Sayings

We exalt our calling, not to gain glory among men, or money, or satisfaction, or favor, but because people need to be assured that the words we speak are the words of God. This is no sinful pride. It is holy pride. — Martin Luther

I think all governments engage in intelligence gathering vis-a-vis other governments. — Henry Paulson

Astrologers were greatly impressed, and misled, by what they believed to be confirming evidence-so much so that they were quite unimpressed by any unfavorable evidence. Moreover, by making their interpretations and prophecies sufficiently vague they were able to explain away anything that might have been a refutation of the theory had the theory and the prophecies been more precise. In order to escape falsification they destroyed the testability of their theory. It is a typical soothsayer's trick to predict things so vaguely that the predictions can hardly fail: that they become irrefutable. — Karl Popper

It's not about winning, Haven. I'm not a prize to be won. I'm not the princess that needs rescuing from the dragon. I'm the prince and I kill my own monsters. You need to be ok with that. -Anita Blake — Laurell K. Hamilton

Believe it or not, I was not always as awesome as I am today — Barney Stinson

These words were utter'd in a pensive mood, Even while mine eyes were on that solemn sight: — William Wordsworth

I have fear, always, on the set. Insecurity to the point where the first week I always think I could be fired. I think that's a fear most actors have. — Penelope Cruz