Manipulatively Quotes & Sayings

I'll make a general comment about this whole dependence on 'celebrities.' I object to this situation as it is right now, where they have inadvertently or manipulatively become the spokespeople for the African continent. — Dambisa Moyo

I was raised in the city by a one-eyed mother... — Gillian Flynn

What does happen constantly with all kinds of people I meet is they say "I had this encounter with Jesus, can you help me understand it ... " The labels, more than ever, simply aren't big enough to contain what the cosmic Christ is up to in the world. — Rob Bell

No one wakes up in the morning and says, 'I want to gain 150 pounds and I will start right now! — Tricia Cunningham

All these ideas such as astrology, although there may be a grain of truth in them, should be avoided. — Swami Vivekananda

The transmission of human life is a most serious role in which married people collaborate freely and responsibly with God the Creator. — Pope Paul VI

I don't understand how people learn to live in the world if they haven't had siblings. Everything I learned about negotiation, territoriality, coexistence, dislike, inbred differences and love despite knowledge I learned from my four younger siblings ... — Anna Quindlen

He who does not love his own language is worse than an animal and smelly fish. — Jose Rizal

If our future generations were much wilier than us,
then it might be them who have led us all this time,
to make decisions which fit to their pre-existence,
left us live in the world of uncertainty or by faith. — Toba Beta

You have to leave room for the other person's ego. — Debbie Harry

The Bible is the inerrant ... word of the living God. It is absolutely infallible,without error in all matters pertaining to faith and practice, as well as in areas such as geography, science, history, etc. — Jerry Falwell

Tis not the meat, but 'tis the appetite makes eating a delight. — John Suckling

I don't believe in diets. — Bethenny Frankel

Some writing courses will advise you to write what you know. I've always thought this is very odd advice ... because it means, for example, that I should not be writing about Nicholas Flamel, because I didn't live in France in the 15th Century, I was not an alchemyst, am not immortal (despite the rumours) and do not know magic. — Michael Scott

Why not sit around a Beverly Hills pool collecting residual cheques? That is not the kind of life I want. — Kevin Spacey