Goodbye Happy Journey Quotes & Sayings

The problem was that, from the very beginning, Christian values were always more popular in American culture than the Christian gospel. That's why one could speak of "God and country" with great reception in almost any era of the nation's history but would create cultural distance as soon as one mentioned "Christ and him crucified." God was always welcome in American culture. He was, after all, the Deity whose job it was to bless America. The God who must be approached through the mediation of the blood of Christ, however, was much more difficult to set to patriotic music or to "Amen" in a prayer at the Rotary Club. — Russell D. Moore

The only way to build a fan base is to have a lot of material out there for readers to find. You can't manufacture a fan base. You create it, one story at a time. — Kristine Kathryn Rusch

In principle everyone, however powerful, is an object. — Theodor W. Adorno

It is very much easier to shatter prison-bars than to open undiscovered doors to life. — D.H. Lawrence

I've come to believe that part of lovesickness comes from this conflict between control and desire. In love we have no control. Our hearts and minds are tormented, teased, enticed and delighted by the overwhelming strength of emotions that make us try to forget the real world. — Lisa See

I wish that we would not fight for landscapes that remind us of who we think we are. I wish we would fight, instead, for landscapes buzzing and glowing with life in all its variousness. — Helen Macdonald

If I have a weakness, it's for timepieces - if I see one I like and can afford it, I'll buy it. — Ross Kemp

It's civilized to let a society overbreed and destroy the ecology, raise interpersonal tensions to the point that violence is endemic, and stretch resources to the point that all too many children are ill-fed, uneducated, diseased, and without any hope of ever reaching their potential? Or would you prefer millions of abortions? That happened, you know, before the chaos. But it's barbaric to require people to limit their offspring? — L.E. Modesitt Jr.

The Jews are the scum of the earth, but they are also great masters in lying. — Arthur Schopenhauer

No matter how busy you are, you must take time to make the other person feel important. — Mary Kay Ash

I pay the bills, I pay for everything. — Marat Safin

I like people with depth, I like people with emotion, I like people with a strong mind, an interesting mind, a twisted mind, and also someone that can make me smile. — Abbey Lee Kershaw

Know the adjectives that define you and pay no heed to the verbs that defy you. — Vidya Kumar

I honestly always thought my Master's in Fine Arts would get me further in the acting world than knowing how to work an espresso machine! — James Michael Tyler