Gemmasta Quotes & Sayings

What you measure and reward is what you're going to get. — Gordon Bethune

The Constitution's Preamble, its renowned introductory passage, was written by a man with a peg-leg. Which, if you think about it, gives our Constitution hardly a leg to stand on. — Kevin Bleyer

Nine-tenths of the existing books are nonsense and the clever books are the refutation of that nonsense. — Benjamin Disraeli

What we can accomplish as good as it may be does not compare to what God can accomplish — Dallas Willard

Men of sense, whatever you may choose to say, do not want silly wives. — Jane Austen

For every dollar you spend on food, 19 cents goes to the actual food, while the other 81 cents goes to marketing and packaging. — Cary McNeal

Dare, dare, my dear brethren in Christ, to follow the Captain of your salvation, who was made perfect through sufferings — George Whitefield

Before you have faith you must believe, and before you believe there must be evidence of some sort to persuade the mind. Faith is remembering that evidence and holding to it against all that seems to challenge or contradict it. — John Christopher

I had always been told that you shouldn't clean the litter box when you're pregnant, because of your cat. And I think that is overblown - unless you have, like, three kittens in your house that are living outside and eating raw meat, this shouldn't really be a significant source of concern. — Emily Oster

I had a father and mother, who were devout and feared God. Our Lord also helped me with His grace. All this would have been enough to make me good, if I had not been so wicked. — Saint Teresa Of Avila

In 1983, my second year of law school, I became the only white player in the Ogden Park Basketball League at 65th and Racine. My teammates joked that I integrated the league, which I guess is true. They weren't so much focused on integration as on winning, and they knew you can't teach height. 'He can't jump, but he sure is tall.' — James Comey

If I wanted to put up with Candor smart-mouths, I would have joined their faction. — Veronica Roth

I find that when I come out of the library I'm in what I call the library bliss of being totally taken away from the distractions of life.
[Woman's Day magazine, March 12, 2002] — Tracy Chevalier