Merceider Quotes & Sayings

It is Toussaint's supreme merit that while he saw European civilisation as a valuable and necessary thing, and strove to lay its foundations among his people, he never had the illusion that it conferred any moral superiority. He knew French, British, and Spanish imperialists for the insatiable gangsters that they were, that there is no oath too sacred for them to break, no crime, deception, treachery, cruelty, destruction of human life and property which they would not commit against those who could not defend themselves. — C.L.R. James

Dwight would later learn that being Lyon's friend would cost him opportunities to make more of them, but he was content with that. He had learned the school year before that having a close friend was like having fifty not so close ones. ** — Michael Kroft

Miracles transcend the body. They are sudden shifts into invisibility, away from the bodily level. That is why they heal. T-1.I.18. — Foundation For Inner Peace

I don't want ever to appear in a film that would embarrass a viewer. A man can take his wife, mother, and his daughter to one of my movies and never be ashamed or embarrassed for going. — John Wayne

Prayer is the one discipline in the Christian faith that makes us feel entirely dependent on God and thus sets us up for profound disappointment when God doesn't respond to our needs and requests. — Gerald L. Sittser

Jesus tends to his people individually. He personally sees to our needs. We all receive Jesus' touch. We experience his care. — Max Lucado

The prize was really for the molecule. In 1962, Osamu Shimomura discovered a protein in a jellyfish that caused it to glow bright green. With colleagues, 30 years later, I was able to insert this G.F.P. gene into bacteria and make them turn green. — Martin Chalfie

The whole world is strewn with snares, traps, gins and pitfalls for the capture of men by women. — George Bernard Shaw

Butt in chair is the only way to quit your day job. — Renee Lovins

When I'm coming offstage after my show, I'm thinking about what's on my TiVo. — Tyra Banks

Convincing someone to have sex is the same as manipulation and does not actually count as getting consent. — Shahla Khan