Laudably News Quotes & Sayings

That's why doctors instinctively "package" themselves in nice shirts and ties and it's not advisable for attorneys to greet clients in Budweiser T-shirts. In — Leonard Mlodinow

I looked at the stone, fragmented and cratered by my rage and jealousy. So this was a visual representation of a Diabolic's affection, then: an ugly, broken, blood-spattered stone. — S.J. Kincaid

Christians recognize that all social organizations exist as parodies of eschatological hope. And so it is that the city is a poor imitation of heavenly community;13 the modern state, a deformed version of the ecclesia;14 the market, a distortion of consummation; modern entertainment, a caricature of joy; schooling, a misrepresentation of true formation; liberalism, a crass simulacrum of freedom; and the sovereignty we accord to the self, a parody of God himself. As these institutions and ideals become ends in themselves, they become the objects of idolatry. The shalom of God - which is to say, the presence of God himself - is the antithesis to all such imitations. — James Davison Hunter

You cannot be responsible for some things that happen on earth. You may attempt to act, God alone will decide. Some things are mysteries! — Israelmore Ayivor

She rose to his requirement, dropped The playthings of her life To take the honorable work Of woman and of wife. — Emily Dickinson

The love of indolence is universal, or next to it. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge

Silence fell between the two couples. Even the Storian faltered, unsure who was defending who anymore. "Don't mind me," Rafal prodded, smiling. "Who needs a villain when you three have each other? — Soman Chainani

Reality is nothing more than a collective hunch. — Lily Tomlin

In 1974 I was trying to get my first little band together. That year marked kind of a traumatic point in my life, but I had a lot of support from friends and family and a lot of good things ended up coming out of it. — Emmylou Harris

Charm them with your presence as soon as they look at you. — Anna Held

.. and I began to think that the strictures of Islam would quickly make me a fancier of the margins of anatomy, thrilling at especially trim ankles, seeking a wink behind a veil, or watching for a response in the shoulders of one of those shrouded forms. — Paul Theroux