Proslavery Advocates Quotes & Sayings

Where would I find enough leather
To cover the entire surface of the earth?
But with leather soles beneath my feet,
It's as if the whole world has been covered. — Santideva

most beautiful emotion we can experience is the mysterious. It is the power of all true art and science. He to whom this emotion is a stranger, who can no longer pause to wonder and stand rapt in awe, is as good as dead. — Jonah Berger

[I]f the writer does his job right, what he basically does is remind the reader of how smart the reader is. — David Foster Wallace

I'm very ADD when it comes to working out. I have to keep it interesting for myself or it just gets quite monotonous. — LeAnn Rimes

Matilda told such dreadful lies, It made one gasp and stretch one's eyes Her aunt, who, from her earliest youth, Had kept a strict regard for truth, Attempted to believe Matilda The effort very nearly killed her. — Hilaire Belloc

She sang as if she was saving the life of every person in the room. — Ann Patchett

I can't be skinny all the time. I like to drink and I like to eat. I like burgers and bagels. — Chelsea Handler

Men err from selfishness; women because they are weak. — Madame De Stael

Be more specific, please. Olly: jesus. girls. ocean blue — Nicola Yoon

Relief is a Dumper emotion. — John Green

My first encounter with the ocean was on the Jersey Shore when I was three years old and I got knocked over by a wave. The ocean certainly got my attention! It wasn't frightening, it was more exhilarating. — Sylvia Earle

There is more in us than we know if we could be made to see it; perhaps, for the rest of our lives we will be unwilling to settle for less. — Kurt Hahn

My conclusion from this brief survey of the evidence is that Jesus believed himself called to act as the new Temple. When people were in his presence, it was as if they were in the Temple. But if the Temple was itself the greatest of Israel's incarnational symbols, the conclusion was inevitable (though the cryptic nature of Jesus' actions meant that people only gradually realized what he had in mind): Jesus was claiming, at least implicitly, to be the place where and the means by which Israel's God was at last personally present to and with his people. Jesus was taking the huge risk of acting as if he were the Shekinah in person, the presence of YHWH tabernacling with his people. — N. T. Wright

You will eat this and go to sleep, so your pronouns get their antecedents back. — Patricia Briggs