Marturioa Quotes & Sayings

A merchant, it has been said very properly, is not necessarily the citizen of any particular country. — Adam Smith

You are an abomination before God.
Jesus loves you too, I said smiling. — Laurell K. Hamilton

The Constitution is a radical document ... it is the job of the government to rein in people's rights. — William J. Clinton

He was what men called a religious man, which in his case meant he was a superstitious man. There was never a man less Christian; there was never one who made a greater show of piety. — Jean Plaidy

So don't tell me how love will rescue me, I was carnivorous about love, I ate love to the ankles, my thighs are gnawed with love still and yet I cannot have loved, since living was all I could do and for that, I was caged in bone spur endlessly — Dionne Brand

The future is unpredictable. — John Green

I don't know, it's odd that girls ask if they can hug me. Don't ask, do it. I'm just a regular guy — Niall Horan

This easy obedience to tyrants, which often verged on devotion, always surprised him. He had come to believe that the majority of human beings aspired only to slavery. He had long wondered by what ruse this enormous enterprise of mystification orchestrated by the wealthy had been able to spread and prosper on every continent. Karamallah belonged to that category of true aristocrats who had tossed out like old soiled clothes all the values and all the dogma that these infamous individuals had generated over centuries in order to perpetuate their supremacy. And so his joy in being alive was in no way altered by these stinking dogs' enduring power on the planet. On the contrary, he found their stupid and criminal acts to be an inexhaustible source of entertainment -- so much so that there were times when he had to admit he would miss this mob were they to disappear; he feared the aura of boredom that would envelop mankind once purged of its vermin. — Albert Cossery

Millions of women in malaria-endemic areas in Africa become pregnant every year. Malaria is a threat to these women and their babies, with up to 200,000 newborn deaths each year as a result of malaria. — Joyce Banda

I'm moved by everything broken and crippled. Since that's how we really are. — Anna Kamienska

The age of the proof is in decline, it is the hour of 'witness' that is coming, hour of the 'marturioa', very calm and very complete: a hope which seems close to being realised. — Henri De Lubac

I like fantasy. I like horror, science fiction because I can get avant-garde with those performances in those movies. — Nicolas Cage

A lie is like a cat: you need to stop it before it gets out the door or it's really hard to catch. — Charles M. Blow