Plomos Quotes & Sayings

The city of Granada, so gloriously provided with architectural reminders of its Islamic heritage, was particularly anxious to show that it was a more ancient and distinguished Christian centre than Toledo or Santiago de Compostela, and it also wanted to outface the upstart royal capital Madrid. These aims were much assisted by the 'discovery' from 1588 onwards of a series of forged early Christian relics (plomos, or lead books) hidden in the minaret of the former main Granadan mosque and in various nearby caves. — Diarmaid MacCulloch

The most important job you will ever have is your commitment to a promise you made to someone. — Robert Cheeke

Make a written list of everything you love. — Rhonda Byrne

My view of Christianity is that the hallmark of being a Christian is to reach out to people who have been left behind. So I think there was a religious aspect to my decision to support civil unions. — Howard Dean

The indecipherable dust, once Shakespeare. — Jorge Luis Borges

Read the dictionary from A to Izzard today.
Get a vocabulary. Brush up on your diction.
See whether wisdom is just a lot of language. — Carl Sandburg

Backward I look upon my life,
And see one waste of storm and strife,
One wrack of sorrows, hopes, and pain,
Vanishing to arise again!
That life has moved through evening, where
Continual shadows veiled my sphere;
From youth's horizon upward rolled
To life's meridian, dark and cold. — Patrick Branwell Bronte

We have one precious life: do something extraordinary today, even if it's tiny. A pebble starts the avalanche. — K.A. Laity

Because they had been an emotional, volatile couple, and had fought as passionately as they'd loved. — Gena Showalter

If you always read the same old ideas, what progress can you make in the name of discovering new paths? — Mehmet Murat Ildan

I look into his sorrowless eyes and a door in my heart blows open. And when we kiss, i see that on the other side of that door is sky. — Jandy Nelson

Every woman should be told she's attractive. Men are seduced by their eyes, women by their ears. Saiman — Ilona Andrews

If you are under control you're going too slow. — Parnelli Jones

Tattoos, for me, are like a timeline of my life. I could look at a certain tattoo, and it reminds of me of a certain time in my life and why I got that tattoo. — Tyga