Peabody Improbable History Quotes & Sayings

Every action is grace divine. — Lailah Gifty Akita

You know, Manetto, since I was a child I've always felt something else was among us. Invisible spirits that could guide or at least influence our actions. Perhaps they're the ones that stop us from changing, that make us repeat the same mistakes generation after generation. — Livio Gambarini

If Charles Lindbergh, flying with no instruments other than a bologna sandwich, managed to cross the Atlantic and land safely on a runway completely covered with French people, why are today's airplanes, which are equipped with radar and computers and individualized liquor bottles, unable to cope with fog? — Dave Barry

Many lose heaven because they are ashamed to go in a fool's coat thither. — William Gurnall

I'm so inspired and stimulated by the work that it doesn't ever feel like work. — Tatiana Maslany

When you miss someone, they leave a person-shaped hole behind in the world that nothing can ever fill. If you don't keep thinking about them, the edges of the hole shrink and fade. You can't let go or the last of them disappears. — Martha Brockenbrough

If you shoot at mimes, should you use a silencer? — Steven Wright

Tel-Aviv airport is still the only airport in the world where each passenger is met by ten relatives. — George Mikes

I'm trying to build a brand. I'm not just doing one-off projects. — Brandon T. Jackson

They say that "Time assuages" -
Time never did assuage -
An actual suffering strengthens
As Sinews do, with age -
Time is a Test of Trouble -
But not a Remedy -
If such it prove, it prove too
There was no Malady — Emily Dickinson

I think this is one of the major challenges that we face in the U.S. The major incidents in the U.S. have not conformed to our stereotype of an established terror organization attacking a major iconic landmark. — Bruce Hoffman

A man who visits a barber to be shaved, or who orders a suit from a tailor, is not a disciple, but a customer. So one who comes to the Savior only to be saved is the Savior's customer, not His disciple. A disciple is one who says to Christ, 'How I long to do work like Yours! To go from place to place taking away fear; bringing instead joy, truth, comfort, and life eternal! — Richard Wurmbrand

A successful father is not more successful than his children. — Raheel Farooq

In my defense, the Easter Bunny is the weakest link in magical lore. I mean, you have to admit that the whole thing is ridiculous. A giant rodent who sneaks into people's homes at night to leave eggs filled with candy? How in the world is that symbolic of the Easter celebration? — Autumn Doughton