Naut Quotes & Sayings

Fair warning, Jet. I'm making you my business. — Kristen Ashley

We live in a culture of reductionism. Or better, we are living in the aftermath of a culture of reductionism, and I believe we have reduced the complexity and diversity of the Scriptures to systematic theologies that insist on ideological conformity, even when such conformity flattens the diversity of the Scriptural witness. We have reduced our conception of gospel to four simple steps that short-circuit biblical narratives and notions of the kingdom of God on earth as it is in heaven in favor of a simplified means of entrance to heaven. Our preaching is often wed to our materialistic, consumerist cultural assumptions, and sermons are subsequently reduced to delivering messages that reinforce the worst of what American culture produces: self-centered end users who believe that God is a resource that helps an individual secure what amounts to an anemic and culturally bound understanding of the 'abundant life. — Tim Keel

We are all capable of change and growth; we just need to know where to begin. — Blaine Lee Pardoe

I have an incredible talent for tripping everywhere. And I find that rather boring. Tripping and walking out of my shoes; I do it all the time when I am out at work. I'm a bit clumsy. — Mette-Marit, Crown Princess Of Norway

The suffix 'naut' comes from the Greek and Latin words for ships and sailing. Astronaut suggests 'a sailor in space.' Chimponaut suggests 'a chimpanzee in sailor pants'. — Mary Roach

I have achieved what I wanted to achieve. I'm better off at some sort of independent place where they not only like what I produce but also trust me to be the one to produce it. — Keith Olbermann

To keep is more important than to make friends. — Baltasar Gracian

Even more, I had never meant to love him. One thing I truly knew - knew it in the pit of my stomach, in the center of my bones, knew it from the crown of my head to the soles of my feet, knew it deep in my empty chest - was how love gave someone the power to break you — Stephenie Meyer

We live our lives by measures of weeks, months, years, but the creatures we truly are, those are exposed in fractions of moments. — Joshua Gaylord

I discovered something amazing, which has caused a lot of controversy - the fountain of youth. I have to keep it a secret! — David Copperfield

The airliner-sized dragon blew apart in a monumental spray of blood and pulp. Great chunks of flesh the size of boulders rained down from the sky.
"The empire is striking back," Ambassador Syme observed, peering out the window beside CJ. — Matthew Reilly

Delicacy and dignity are taught by one's own heart, not by a dancing master. — Fyodor Dostoyevsky

We sat down and I felt as if we were one of those rich married couples, more separated than united by their dinner table.
-pg 46 — Albert Sanchez Pinol