Martynov Vladimir Quotes & Sayings

Pharaoh is clearly a metaphor. He embodies and represents raw, absolute, worldly power. He is, like Pilate after him, a stand-in for the whole of the empire. As the agent of the "empire of force," he reappears in many different personae.9 — Walter Brueggemann

Never argue at the dinner table, for the one who is not hungry always gets the best of the argument. — Richard Whately

It is only in the light of the inescapable fact of death that a person can adequately engage and enter upon the mysterious fact of life. — John Hines

It seems very strange ... that in the course of the world's history so obvious an improvement should never have been adopted ... The next generation of Britishers would be the better for having had this extra hour of daylight in their childhood. — Arthur Conan Doyle

It's time Congress got its priorities straight. — Mitch McConnell

Cassidy is the best girlfriend ever. I've dated her for a full two months longer than anyone else. She's smart and witty and original and can chug a beer faster than most guys I know. On top of that, she is absolutely beautiful. I mean spanktacular. Talk about pure colors. She's high-definition. Scandinavian blond hair, eyes as blue as fiords, skin like vanilla ice cream or flower petals or sugar frosting - or really not like anything else but just her skin. It makes my hair ache. Of course, she does believe in astrology, but I don't even care about that. It's a girl thing. I think of it like she has constellations and fortunes whirling around inside her. — Tim Tharp

An army environment is very protected, a walled city kind of environment, where everybody has the same income, you have the same birthday parties, you are given return gifts - everything is the same. Everybody is moving up at the same pace. — Nimrat Kaur

The relationship between the student and teacher is ultimately important. In higher spirituality we don't study a subject as much as a person. — Frederick Lenz

The enjoyment of God is the only happiness with which our souls can be satisfied. — Jonathan Edwards

If crisis was a cake, then our politicians are globally its baker. — Steve Merrick

I live in Mexico in the wintertime, and I live off the grid down there. — Jesse Ventura

The blast of hot air lifted Tazeem from his feet and threw him onto his back in the road. He blinked up into the night sky; raindrops glowed orange as they fell towards the earth. — R.D. Ronald

It was weird to be married; you kind of lose your identity. You're suddenly somebody's wife. And you're like, 'Oh, I'm half of a couple now. I've lost me.' — Angelina Jolie