Poisonwood Bible Orleanna Quotes & Sayings

I am thankful for those difficult people in my life, they showed me exactly who not to be. — Anonymous

Poor people have been voting for Democrats for the last 50 years and they're still poor. — Charles Barkley

Superstitious notions propagated in infancy are hardly ever totally eradicate, not even in minds grown strong enough to despise the like credulous folly in others. — Samuel Richardson

I'm a baseball player. I'm also a guy who mows his lawn and plays with his dog. — Scott Rolen

There is no such thing as immaterial matter. All spirit is matter, but is more fine or pure, and can only be discerned by purer eyes. We cannot see it, but when our bodies are purified, we shall see that it is all matter. — Joseph Smith Jr.

Some people believe they are winners, others believe they are losers. And they are both right. — Henry Ford

Its powers?' Dallben answered with a sad smile. 'My dear boy, this is a bit of metal hammered into a rather unattractive shape; it could better have been a pruning hook or a plow iron. Its powers? Like all weapons, only those held by him who wields it. What yours may be, I can in no wise say. — Lloyd Alexander

One of my objectives is learning more than is absolutely necessary. — Jules Verne

After multiple trips to Paris and being accused of participating in 'heinous' activities in regard to the state, I found my Romanian nationality revoked by 'presidential decree' in 1975. Because I hadn't asked for political asylum like everyone else, I had to live and travel with the infamous Nansen Passport from then on. This wasn't easy ... I finally obtained my French citizenship in 1983. — Dumitru Tepeneag

Yet it was impossible for me to say to people, 'Speak louder, shout, for I am deaf.' Ah, how could I possibly admit an infirmity in the one sense which ought to be more perfect in me than others, a sense which I once possessed in the highest perfection, a perfection such as few in my profession enjoy or ever have enjoyed. — Ludwig Van Beethoven

A great deal of fear is a result of just "not knowing." We do not know what is involved in a new situation. We do not know whether we can deal with it. The sooner we learn what it entails, the sooner we can dissolve our fear. — Eleanor Roosevelt

Oh, America! I could never leave you! You're like my dog, dumb as a post but you make me laugh! — Bill Maher