Mcgillins Olde Quotes & Sayings

The man of character is the persistent man, the man who is faithful to his own word, his own convictions, his own affections. — Maria Montessori

My grandmother studied medicine in the Forties, which was very rare in Egypt, and my mother was a university professor, so my idea of religion wasn't about a woman not working or having to dress in a certain way; it was more to do with the faith. — Leila Aboulela

Blake said that the body was the soul's prison unless the five senses are fully developed and open. He considered the senses the 'windows of the soul.' When sex involves all the senses intensely, it can be like a mystical experience. — Jim Morrison

Will we confront climate change in time or will we let fossil fuel companies determine our fate? This is a fight we can't afford to lose, and that's what keeps me moving forward. — Frances Beinecke

Whenever they tell me children want this sort of book and children need this sort of writing, I am going to smile politely and shut my earlids. I am a writer, not a caterer. There are plenty of caterers. But what children most want and need is what we and they don't know they want and don't think they need, and only writers can offer it to them. — Ursula K. Le Guin

The best jokes are often only understood by one other person. — Barry Humphries

Nothing you ask of me is too much. — Melanie Harlow

It wasn't just her words, it was her way of putting them together, the voice that seemed to gain power with each one, so that my head had been filled with images so magically vibrant it was as if I had seen them with my own eyes. She changed the world into something fine. She made one believe. — Megan Chance

Neither Christ, nor his Apostles have left us a single preceptor example of Infant Baptism. This is a conceded fact. The very first Pedobaptists in history Cyprian of Carthage and his clergy, (A. D. 253,) did not plead any law of Christ, or Apostolical tradition, for infant baptism. They put the whole thing upon analogy and inference upon the necessity of infants on the one hand, and the unlimited grace of God on the other. Their own language is an implied and ab solute confession that their "opinion," as they call it, had no basis in any New Testament law or precedent. It confesses, in a word, that in advocating the baptism of literally new-born babes, they were introducing an innovation into the Church of Christ and they defend it only on the ground of necessity. — John Newton Brown

There could never be innocence in a world without justice. — Tim Bowler

Ignoring your intuition telling you this person is not for you will likely lead to more time wasted and more disappointments along the way. — Stephan Labossiere

How many people has this hotel eaten? — Kate Racculia

And frankly, if IT isn't helping you operate how you want - and need - to operate, you are wasting money. There is no chance that your IT investments will lead to strategic benefits. — Peter Weill

Time & distance does wonders for healing & rejuvenating your soul. — April Mae Monterrosa