Northants County Quotes & Sayings

Odd things made him love her. — Jhumpa Lahiri

If you want to know a king, see how he treats his defeated foes. All are gracious to their equals; one in a thousand is gracious to an enemy he has conquered. — Gerald Morris

Belief isn't supposed to make sense, at least not all the time. In that, it finds its power. It gets to creep up on you and carry you forward. Until you can carry yourself again. — Laura Dave

You're a princess. And princesses are never nervous. Princesses are brave and pretty and fearless. — Kandi Steiner

Is the gratitude that flows out of your life as abounding as the grace that has flowed into your life? — Nancy Leigh DeMoss

I greatly enjoyed these studies. Geshe Rabten communicated the ideas clearly and succinctly, then had us divide into pairs to pick apart in debate the details of what he had just taught. This was an excellent intellectual discipline. It made me aware of how much of my thinking was muddled. Without subjecting one's ideas to such scrutiny, it is easy and reassuring to cherish opinions that, in the end, are found to rest on the sloppiest of unexamined assumptions. This — Stephen Batchelor

The Democratic Party's rigidly pro-choice stance is one of the more unyielding positions in contemporary American politics. — Ross Douthat

Using one's imagination to the fullest is necessary for a happy life. — Claire Trevor

When I was in London at NBC, I was the lowest man on the totem pole. I would go to diplomatic receptions to meet people. — Leslie Cockburn

It is precisely our plasticity, our long childhood, that prevents a slavish adherence to genetically programmed behavior in human beings more than in any other species. — Carl Sagan