Perfera Quotes & Sayings

There are no detailed Darwinian accounts for the evolution of any fundamental biochemical or cellular system, only a variety of wishful speculations
[Article : "In the Details . . . What?"] — James A. Shapiro

The church works best as a force of resistance, a conscience to society that keeps itself at arm's length from the state. The closer it gets, the less effectively it can challenge the surrounding culture and the more perilously it risks losing its central message. — Philip Yancey

Search as you might, you will never know the clarity of distance without me. Still you can't say I didn't try,' my shadow says, then pauses. 'I loved you. — Haruki Murakami

But what truly horsey girls discover in the end is that boyfriends, husbands, children, and careers are the substitute-for horses — Jane Smiley

To turn water into wine, and what is common into what is holy, is indeed the glory of Christianity. — Frederick William Robertson

The Lizards were extremely philosophical by nature, and often sat thinking for hours and hours together, — Oscar Wilde

Once your eyes get opened to pacifism, you can't shut them again. Once you see it, you can't unsee it. You may bitterly regret the fact that you happen to be one of the tiny minority of the human race who have caught this angle of vision, but you can't help it. — Muriel Lester

Children are just different from one another, especially in temperament. Some are shy, others bold; some active, others quiet; some confident, others less so. Respect for individual differences is in my view the cornerstone of good parent-child relationships. — Sandra Scarr

Magic separates us from the world; may nothing separate us from each other. — Rainbow Rowell

My enemies are lions behind my back but become like quiet sheep when in my presence. — Kambiz Mostofizadeh

He let go, releasing her into a life of her own making. — Maggie Shipstead

Whatever mystery attaches to such a death is imposed on it by those who live. It is a tribute to the human spirit that the life preceding triumphs over the ugly events that most of us will experience as we die, or as we move toward our last moments. — Sherwin B. Nuland

If you stare into a flame You'll get an eye full of energy If you write your nightscapades You'll get a dawn full of promises — Happy Rhodes

On the day after 9/11, I walking through the smoke and the smells of New York. There were knots of policemen everywhere. As I went past one officer, he called out: "Hi, Magneto." That's an indication of X-Men's extraordinary reach. — Ian McKellen

We talked about some of our experiences, focusing, hanging together down the stretch, important games. It's not necessarily who has the most talent but what team sticks together and executes their fundamentals the best. — Tony Dungy