Prosecuted Vs Persecuted Quotes & Sayings

Would it be better if I'd married a Negro woman? Would they treat my child any better? Erect fewer barriers? — Sammy Davis Jr.

It is medicine, not scenery, for which a sick man must go searching. — Seneca The Younger

The claim at the heart of this book has been carefully researched by several generations of scholars and is orthodox in academic circles, if not beyond. Christians under the Roman Empire were neither constantly persecuted nor martyred in huge numbers for their faith. They were prosecuted from time to time for alleged sedition, holding illegal meetings or refusing to sacrifice to the emperor. They were, like other convicts, sometimes tortured and executed in horrible ways. They seem to have been regarded by many Romans with distaste as a particularly silly superstition. But Christian stories of thousands of individual and mass martyrdoms over centuries have at best a limited basis in historical fact, and in many cases are sheer fiction. — Teresa Morgan

An author writes a book, and that's the book at that point. And if the author writes the book again, then somehow something has gone wrong, if you see what I mean. — Terry Pratchett

Sometimes you have to wait for the right deal. They all seem good, at least at first, and they may make you some quick money. But when the right deal comes, and it fits into your [overall] plan, it's just overwhelming success. Sometimes, with the long-term deals, you have to take a risk if you're going to get a reward. It's exactly like fighting. Sometimes you have to take chances to get that huge win. — Mike Tyson

Success is not about what you do, it's about you feel about what you do. — Alexandra Silber

8 They desire to put out the light of Allah with their mouths, but Allah will perfect His light, though the disbelievers may be averse. 9 He it is Who has sent His Messenger with the guidance and the Religion of Truth that He may make it prevail over all religions, though the polytheists are averse.a 9a. Verses — Anonymous

God has ways of shaking the world when He is at work. He literally caused the ground to quake when Jesus died on the cross. — Charles Stanley

There are people out there who will not read books, but somehow they'll read my books. — Chuck Palahniuk

I'm really interested in how we view the public figure, what makes a public figure, what makes a celebrity, and how images make politicians, so I take an interest in politics, but it's really an interest in the image. — Alison Jackson