Highborn Key Quotes & Sayings

If the international response to natural disasters was rational, we would expect a greater amount of funding to be provided to larger disasters and to disasters that occur in poorer countries, which are less able to cope. But that's not what happens. Funding seems to be allocated in proportion with how evocative and widely publicized the disaster is, rather than on the basis of its scale and severity. — William MacAskill

Greatness is its own torment. — Theodore Parker

Veronica solves little puzzles because she, like all of us, cannot unravel the bigger ones. — Joss Whedon

I think eating in itself is the act of great sensuality, so all you have to do is point the camera in the right direction. — Padma Lakshmi

The heavens declare Thy glory, Lord, In every star Thy wisdom shines; But when our eyes behold Thy Word, We read Thy name in fairer lines. ISAAC WATTS — A.W. Tozer

I didn't have to work till I was three. But after that, I never stopped. — Martha Raye

The heat of late afternoon closed in around us like an animate thing; you could feel it on your skin, warm and moist, like a great beast panting. The air was so dense it seemed to require a huge effort even to inhale it. It lay thick in the lungs and seemed to give no refreshment. Pg 163 — Geraldine Brooks

Simply believing in the existence of God is not exactly what I would call a commitment. After all, even the devil believes that God exists. Believing has to change the way we live. — Mother Angelica

My life has always been - there's never been a middle. Either I had or I didn't. Either I was up or I was down. — Tyler Perry

I hope the people on Wall Street will pay attention to the people on Main Street. If they do, they will see there is a rising tide of confidence in the future of America. — Ronald Reagan

There is no sin in complaining to God, but much wickedness in complaining of him. — John Flavel

I vote. People died for our right to vote and I can't let that go. — Chris Bosh

Not all of us have to possess earth-shaking talent. Just common sense and love will do. — Myrtle Auvil

Writer's block? A myth. It's your job, show up and do your job. — Caroline James

We may be living in the twentieth century, in resplendent sophistication. But deep down, most of us find ourselves still in the Stone Age of superstition. — Helen Hayes