Hutterites In Washington Quotes & Sayings

The laws of conscience, which we pretend to be derived from nature, proceed from Custom. — Michel De Montaigne

He watched the scene and thought of life; and (as always happened when he thought of life) he became sad. A gentle melancholy took possession of him. He felt how useless it was to struggle against fortune, this being the burden of wisdom which the ages had bequeathed him. — James Joyce

The whole panoply of the universe has been neatly expressed to them as things to (a) mate with, (b) eat, (c) run away from, and (d) rocks. This frees the mind from unnecessary thoughts and gives it a cutting edge where it matters. Your normal animal, in fact, never tries to walk and chew gum at the same time. The average human, on the other hand, thinks about all sorts of things around the clock, on all sorts of levels, with interruptions from dozens of biological calendars and time-pieces. There's thoughts about to be said, and private thoughts, and real thoughts, and thoughts about thoughts, and a whole gamut of subconscious thoughts. — Terry Pratchett

Since 1775, when the first Continental Congress called for a national day of prayer, there have been such events called for by almost every President. I saw the figures - 34 out of 44 Presidents have called for a national day of prayer. Some of those who didn't have died in office. — James Dobson

I finished 'American Born Chinese' in 2005, so after that, I started actively researching the Boxer Rebellion. — Gene Luen Yang

Never be sorry for smiling! — M.L. Stedman

I think people are just shocked to see me walking around. It's weird. When they see you on TV, they don't expect to see you in a store. — Victoria Pratt