Jasanoff Britains Imperial Past Quotes & Sayings

If want a person wants is his life, he tends to be quiet about wanting anything else. — Ann Patchett

Because of our forgetfulness, God has created the physical world to be mnemonic, to help us daily remember that we are not alone, that we are not at the center, that life is not primarily about us, and that there is a grander story than the little stories of our individual lives. Physical things are meant to remind us of the grandeur and glory of the One who created all those things, set them in motion, and keeps them together by the awesome power of his will. — Paul David Tripp

You have not learned to live until you have learned to give — Kirk Douglas

All the gifts and talents we have are from God, but they are also for God ... for His glory and for His pleasure. Don't waste them, make great use of them and make Him proud. — Amari Cooper

Anthropological theory assumes that exposure in a treeless situation where all escape upwards was cut off led to the invention of myths. Kafka's ape, dragged into human society, expresses very similar ideas in his 'Report for an Academy'. It is the absence of any way of escape that has forced him to become human himself. — W.G. Sebald

I used to have a terrific flat stomach but now it's kind of blown out after two giant babies used it as a short-term apartment. — Amy Poehler

I LOVE my job. Having a front row seat to watch lives change because of others generosity is amazing! So thankful. — Pete Wilson

Anything can happen in this world, for an ordinary girl — Miley Cyrus

As it fantasizes, poetry comes across nature. The real, living world is the only project of the imagination which has once succeeded and which still goes on being endlessly successful. Look at it continuing, moment after moment a success. It is still real, still deep, utterly absorbing. It is not something you are disappointed in next morning. It serves the poet as example, even more than a sitter or a model. — Boris Pasternak