Furness Abbey Quotes & Sayings

In the old days, people thought that wouldn't be amenable to life. Modern studies with computers have shown that it's okay to be tidally locked. If a planet heats up on one side and not the other, the atmosphere can still circulate, because heat wants to move around. — Sara Seager

We use the word 'synoptic' to talk about Matthew, Mark, and Luke, and it really means 'seeing together,' because they all have a similar perspective. Matthew and Luke - whoever wrote those Gospels - used Mark as a focus and as a basic story. So all of them have a lot in common. — Elaine Pagels

There are moments of sincerity. Those moments float away like bubbles but he takes the trouble to dip the wand in the soap and blow them through. — Carole Radziwill

It troubles me that we are so easily pressured by purveyors of technology into permitting so-called "progress" to alter our lives without attempting to control it-as if technology were an irrepressible force of nature to which we must meekly submit. — Hyman Rickover

Strike the right balance between your outfit and makeup. Make a statement with one, not both. — Madeline Zima

You might be a redneck if you keep a fly swatter in the front seat of the car so you can reach your kids in the back seat of the car. — Jeff Foxworthy

In spite of difference of soil and climate, of language and manners, of laws and customs-in spite of things silently gone out of mind, and things violently destroyed, the Poet binds together by passion and knowledge the vast empire of human society, as it is spread over the whole earth, and over all time. — William Wordsworth

What are you going to do?" Stuart kept pace with her. "I don't know." He grinned. "Sounds like my kind of plan." "You should know my motto is to act first, think later." "I think I'm beginning to catch on to that. — Jody Hedlund

In the void is virtue, and no evil. Wisdom has existence, principle has existence, the Way has existence, spirit is nothingness. — Miyamoto Musashi

Love wholeheartedly, be surprised, give thanks and praise then you will discover the fullness of your life. — David Steindl-Rast