Holtrans Quotes & Sayings

Was it probably true that reasoning beings were equal? It seemed more like a belief than a fact, even if I agreed with it. If you followed logic all the way back to its origin, did you inevitably end up at point of illogic, an article of faith? — Rachel Hartman

We're not all the same. A common liberal refrain ... is that differences between individuals are statistically more significant than those between cultural, ethnic, and racial groups. I don't see why the fact of inter-individual differences would nullify inter-group variance. That's liberal logic for you. — Ilana Mercer

I owe a great deal to Harold Hobson, doyen drama critic of the 'U.K. Sunday Times,' who championed me as Shakespeare's Richard II at the 1969 Edinburgh Festival. — Ian McKellen

A God who draws near out of love, the Holy Father continued, walks with His people, and this walk comes to an unimaginable point. We could never have imagined that the same Lord would become one of us and walk with us, be present with us, present in His Church, present in the Eucharist, present in His Word, present in the poor, He is present, walking with us. And this is closeness: the shepherd close to his flock, close to his sheep, whom he knows, one by one. — Pope Francis

Earth knows no desolation. She smells regeneration in the moist breath of decay. — George Meredith

The presbyterian way has ever appeared to me most agreeable to the word of God, and the reason and nature of things; — Jonathan Edwards

A confident leader is like a duck. Above the water, he is calm and poised while below the water, he is driven by a flurry of focused activity. — Todd Stocker

I have learned that human beings are all about incentives — Harlan Coben

No, no, no - you don't argue with concepts. You have to claim Dogma, and therefore leave no room for rational thought. — Kevin J. Anderson

To me the converging objects of the universe perpetually flow, — Walt Whitman

We found that the students with the three firm deadlines got the best grades; the class in which I set no deadlines at all (except for the final deadline) had the worst grades; and the class in which Gaurav and his classmates were allowed to choose their own three deadlines (but with penalties for failing to meet them) finished in the middle, in terms of their grades for the three papers and their final grade. — Dan Ariely

War should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support. — Colin Powell

I don't like to play slow or softly. I like to play hard. Always. — Adrian Beltre