Intimacies West Quotes & Sayings

I have often thought that the best Christians are found in the worst of times. — John Bunyan

The minister is the parish clock. Many people take their time from him. — Charles Haddon Spurgeon

A suspicion that lightness is not deeply serious (but instead whimsical) pervades aesthetic discourse. But what if lightness is a philosophical choice to temper reality with strangeness, to temper the intellect with emotion, and to temper emotion with humor. — Sarah Ruhl

There is no term comparable to green thumbs to apply to such a mechanic, but there should be. For there are men who can look, listen, tap, make an adjustment, and a machine works. — John Steinbeck

Knowing how to calculate something is not the same as understanding it. Having a computer to calculate the origin of mass for us may be convincing, but is not satisfying. Fortunately we can understand it too. — Frank Wilczek

Lady, running down to the riptide. Taken away to the dark side. — Vance Joy

Corruption is the enemy of development, and of good governance. It must be got rid of. Both the government and the people at large must come together to achieve this national objective. — Pratibha Patil

Sure enough, America was shocked by Babson's words: "More people are borrowing and speculating today than ever in our history. Sooner or later a crash is coming which will take in the leading stocks and cause a decline of from 60 to 80 points in the Dow Jones barometer. Wise are those investors who get out of debt and reef their sails. — Kenneth L. Fisher

A man says something. Sometimes it turns out to be the truth, but this has nothing to do with the man who says it. — Karen Joy Fowler

I know your face by touch when it's dark, I know the profile of your sleeping face, the sound of you sleeping. — Ann Hood

One doesn't really profit from experience; one merely learns to predict the next mistake. — Shirley Hazzard