Lefkadios Hern Quotes & Sayings

It's always a pleasure to see you," I told him, my voice dripping with sarcasm. "Remember, red lights are for quitters. — Molly Harper

I always loved Willie Nelson, but I loved the songs that Willie made famous. — Shane McAnally

What has happened over the ensuing two millennia is that we who confess Christ have deftly (and mostly unconsciously) crafted a religion that neatly separates the Jesus who died on the cross for the radical ideas he preached - ideas that Jesus foresaw would lead to his crucifixion. — Brian Zahnd

You turn the light on, you get all kinds of bugs. — Rob Bell

Don't get me wrong: I think that everyone should put forth an effort to do better, but let's face it, some of us are just plain luckier than others. — Donald Ray Pollock

Even when couples share more equitably in the work at home, women do two-thirds of the daily jobs at home, like cooking and cleaning up
jobs that fix them into a rigid routine. Most women cook dinner and most men change the oil in the family car. But dinner needs to be prepared every evening around six o'clock, whereas the car oil needs to be changed every six months, any day around that time, any time that day ... Men thus have more control over when they make their contributions than women do. — Arlie Russell Hochschild

The United States is not nearly so concerned that its acts be kept secret from its intended victims as it is that the American people not know of them. — Ramsey Clark

Here, in impoverished northern India state of Bihar, near the Nepalese border, there's not much else available commercially-- except sex. — Nicholas D. Kristof

The Real [is] the sole foundation of the Ideal ... — Grace Aguilar

O, here Will I set up my everlasting rest And shake the yoke of inauspicious stars From the world-wearied flesh — William Shakespeare

The Atlantic conference in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland is a dramatic moment in World War II history because for the first time, Roosevelt and Churchill are meeting face to face in this war. — Robert Dallek

No holiday, no job, no amount of money, not even my own security can mean more to me than my love for God. — Monica Johnson

I have many times been praised for my lack of animosity towards the Germans. It's not a philosophical virtue. It's a habit of having my second reactions before the first. — Primo Levi