Nettled Felt Quotes & Sayings

Nothing is truly infamous, but what is wicked; and therefore shame can never disturb an innocent and virtuous mind. — Thomas Sherlock

Insofar as the church fails to do the will of God, I am called upon to help it discover and to do the will of God; and I am called upon to help the government to do the same. — Tony Campolo

He thought women were every bit as intelligent as men, every bit as capable of figuring out how long it would take for train A to crash into train B if the two were moving toward each other at an average speed of C. They were as capable of rational thought; they just didn't appear to be as interested in it. They were happy to apply rational argument to defend what they already believed but unlikely to be swayed by it, not if it conflicted with inclination or, worse, intuition, not if it undercut a cherished opinion or nettled their self-esteem. So many times, when Nate had been arguing with a woman, a point was reached when it became clear that no argument would alter her thinking. Her position was one she "felt" to be true; it was, as a result, impermeable. — Adelle Waldman

Fatherhood is pretending the present you love most is soap-on-a-rope. — Bill Cosby

For an instant he felt nettled at the irony, the lightest shadow of a snub, with which she had met his decisiveness, and at the way he had risen to her quick glance. But it was only an infinitesimal clink of foils and as the bowing maitre d'hotel led them through the crowded room, it was forgotten as Bond in her wake watched the heads of the diners turn to look at her. — Ian Fleming

There used to be a certain condescension to Mozart. His music was regarded as pleasant. He was a porcelain figure playing a porcelain harpsichord. — Peter Shaffer

Baseball has always been filled with negative statistics. — Joe Torre

He closed the damn door and turned and stopped, looking at her. "Sometimes," he said softly, and stopped, then started again, "I often wonder why human men are so fixated on how a woman looks when there's so much more to explore, and so many kinds of beauty - why obsess over one particular version? But sometimes, when I look at you, I understand."
And sometimes, when he looked at her the way he was now, she was beautiful. Not just okay. Not even really pretty. Beautiful. — Eileen Wilks

I give novels as gifts, and there is nothing I like to receive more as a gift. — Khaled Hosseini

Everyone thinks when they start writing that they can't do it. I was lucky. My sister Delia was the most important person in terms of encouraging me. — Hallie Ephron

John Cleese once told me he'd do anything for money. So I offered him a pound to shut up, and he took it. — Eric Idle

When you love someone, you have to offer that person the best you have. The best thing we can offer another person is our true presence. — Thich Nhat Hanh

Kilimanjaro is a pretty tricky climb you know, most of it's up until you reach the very very top, and then it tends to slope away rather sharply. — Graham Chapman

Ritual is the way you carry the presence of the sacred. Ritual is the spark that must not go out. — Christina Baldwin

I'm not interested in seeing a film just made by a woman - not unless she is looking for new images. — Agnes Varda

The grocer told him that he participated in his sorrow, the Hebrew way of expressing condolence. — Judith Frank

If your reason for worshipping God is merely from a sense of moral duty, God would rather you not worship Him at all. To say that God is pleased with worship that lacks passion is to say God endorses hypocrisy. — Sam Storms