Philosophia Journal Quotes & Sayings

Even the nonreligious may exercise aesthetic judgment in matters of religion, and indeed our age has given the unbelieving a sophisticated taste in religious literature. — Lionel Trilling

There would be far fewer accidents if we could only teach telephone poles to be more careful. — Ambrose Bierce

I love Andre 3000 from OutKast. I think we'd complement each other, but I'm hoping he's got a good sense of humour. — Paloma Faith

Life is sexist. If you were to get pregnant, you're the one whose life changes. Nothing of significance changes for the boy. You're the one people whisper about. I've seen that show, Teen Moms. All those boys are worthless. Garbage! — Jenny Han

If someone sends you a love letter you've got to answer back. — Ray Bradbury

My mother is from Cairo, Georgia. This makes everything she says sound like it went through a curling iron. — Augusten Burroughs

Unlike some older brothers, I never set him on fire, or cut off an arm or leg, or drowned him in the tub. — John Elder Robison

True love is what makes life worth living. — D.F. Jones

Dialogue with Catholics and other nonevangelical Christians offered some correction to the Church Growth movement's fixation on cultural accommodation and baptism rates. However - save for those few who converted - evangelicals attracted to other Christian traditions have made those traditions their own. They assemble do-it-yourself liturgies from a hodgepodge of monastic prayers and mystics' visions. They lionize medieval dissenters - Celtic monks, or renegade Franciscans - but don't understand their broader Catholic context. Without quite realizing what they have done, evangelicals often use these ancient teachings and practices to confirm, rather than challenge, their own assumptions. History becomes a sidekick to one's twenty-first-century journey with Jesus. — Molly Worthen

Nothing is so intolerable as a woman with a long purse. — Juvenal

The Earth is just too small and fragile a basket for the human race to keep all its eggs in. - Robert A. Heinlein — Larry Niven

Two went to pray? Better to say one went to brag, the other to pray. — Richard Crashaw

The only reason we don't have what we want in life is the reasons we create why we can't have them. — Anthony Robbins

We don't do that in New York," rasped Odette. She cleared her throat.
"No?" Pinky smiled and put his hand on her thigh.
"No, it's, um, the cash machines. You just ... you wait at them. Forever. Your whole life you're just always" - her hand sliced the air - "there. — Lorrie Moore

Another pop, this time followed by the tinkle of glass sprinkling on the floor. — James Dashner