Oudenberghof Quotes & Sayings

Paying for a taxi ride using your mobile phone is easier in Nairobi than it is in New York, thanks to Kenya's world-leading mobile-money system, M-PESA.'1 This was the opening paragraph in The Economist's article of 27 May 2013, 'Why does Kenya lead the world in mobile money? — Victor Kgomoeswana

You of little faith, why did you doubt? — Bible Verses

Dig, gentlemen, dig, but not deeper than six inches, for there is more gold in the first six inches than there is lower down'. — Graeme Lofts

I would like the church to be a place where the questions of people are honored rather than a place where we have all the answers. The church has to get out of propaganda. The future will involve us in more interfaith dialogue ... We cannot say we have the only truth. — John Shelby Spong

There is always a sadness about packing. I guess you wonder if where you're going is as good as where you've been. — Richard Proenneke

I really don't think I have that much of the gift; I have a little bit, but I wish I were Schubert or Chopin or Beethoven, though Beethoven had a very difficult time writing melody, too. — Gian Carlo Menotti

My point is, however, that churches do promote beliefs that would more appropriately find a place in a context of intellectual debate. They wind up cheerleading for highly dubious opinions on historical, scientific, and metaphysical matters, simply on the bases of emotional preference and the inertia of tradition. They demand conformity to these beliefs, and if you cannot swim with the current, then, well partner, maybe you'd be happier in another pool, another lake in fact, the one ablaze with burning sulfur. — Robert M. Price

Do not complain, pray for courage to endure the situation. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In the history of the prophetic biblical canon that starts with Genesis, the Koran is by far the most tolerant of the views of other religions. — Reza Aslan

Her parents could have named her Aria, or Harmonia, or Tessitura, or a hundred other clever names that would have alluded to her ancestry. But they weren't for her, these names that roll or sparkle or play or simply proclaim, I am normal!
No, it was Sing. A name and a command. — Adi Rule

Egypt needs law and order in Sinai to save the tourist industry in Sharm el-Sheik and prevent the area from becoming a base for terrorists that will target Egypt itself, as well as Jordan and Israel. — Elliott Abrams

The first step in providing economic equality for women is to ensure a stable economy in which every person who wants to work can work. — Jimmy Carter

Thirty-five is half a life. I can't lose the other half. I've lost so much living as a shadow of a person. — Vicky Beeching

We are forced to respect the gifts of nature, which study and fortune cannot give. — Luc De Clapiers

I am essentially optimistic. Being alive is incredible. Life is extraordinary and beautiful. It can be hard and sad and terrifying, but it's all we've got. — James Frey