Positivistic Studies Quotes & Sayings

If we haven't a grouch against Fortune, we seem unable to avoid one against ourselves. — Winifred Holtby

Mr. Browborough, whose life had not been passed in any strict obedience to the Ten Commandments, and whose religious observances had not hitherto interfered with either the pleasures or the duties of his life, repeated at every meeting which he attended, and almost to every elector whom he canvassed, the great Shibboleth which he had now adopted The prosperity of England depends on the Church of her people. — Anthony Trollope

I know how you feel. I know because I live for the moment I hear your voice when you answer ... and everything changes for me. I live for the hello. — Shey Stahl

Cultural objects have no notable identity outside of that which we confer upon them. Their value is entirely a product of the interaction that we have with them. — Brian Eno

A creature who has spent his life creating one particular representation of his selfdom will die rather than become the antithesis of that representation — Frank Herbert

Unless you first do the hard work of answering those questions about a text, your meditations won't be grounded in what God is actually saying in the passage. Something in the passage may "hit" you - but it may hit you as expressing almost the opposite of what the biblical author, inspired by the Spirit, was saying. When that happens, you are listening to your own heart or to the spirit of your own culture, not to God's voice in the Scripture. A great number of books advise "divine reading" of the Bible today, and define the activity uncarefully as reading "not for information but to hear a personal word of God to you." This presents a false contrast. It is certainly true that meditation personalizes the Word, but before we can meditate on what the text personally means to us and our time, we must first need to know as much as possible what the author meant to say to his readers when he wrote it. — Timothy Keller

The description of Huck's father grabbed my full attention, and I glanced up at the book in my teacher's hand as if to double check. My eyes bulged reflexively. Huck's father was an abusive drunk just like mine. The boy was hopeful that a corpse found near the river was actually his dad, but it turned out not to be. It was spooky how high my hopes rose for the boy, and then sank so utterly low when the body was discovered to be a female in disguise. I should've mourned for the woman, but it was the boy I felt bad for. — Richelle E. Goodrich

When you're doing a movie, your body doesn't allow you to get sick until you finish. — Johnny Depp

I know one man who was impotent who gave AIDS to his wife and the only thing they did was kiss. — Pat Robertson

If you make the Internet, live on the internet. — Matt Mullenweg

I honestly really, really love Topshop. I've bought a lot of booties from there. I think they have a great selection of really funky booties at Topshop. My splurge would be a pair of leather Christian Louboutin over-the-knee boots. They're sick! I would do a really stretchy skinny jean under a black turtleneck and call it a day! — Adrienne Bailon

Now must we sing and sing the best we can,
But first you must be told your character:
Convicted cowards all, by kindred slain. — William Butler Yeats

Follow your passion. Magic has no formula. — Tina Sharkey

The happy story right now is the full page in Vanity Fair, which gives me a great deal of exposure. — Jackie DeShannon

On Christmas morning, Rebecca lost her moral virginity, her sense of humor - and her two best friends. But, other than that, it was a hell of a holiday. — Ellen Emerson White