Provincetown Pilgrim Monument Quotes & Sayings

She was altogether colorless and severe, and still she managed to be beautiful. Not the way that girls are generally beautiful, but more like the way a knife catches the light, makes you want to take it in your hands. — Brittany Cavallaro

1Then some of the leaders of Israel visited me, and while they were sitting with me, 2this message came to me from the LORD: 3"Son of man, these leaders have set up idols* in their hearts. They have embraced things that will make them fall into sin. Why should I listen to their requests? 4Tell them, 'This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Israel have set up idols in their hearts and fallen into sin, and then they go to a prophet asking for a message. So I, the LORD, will give them the kind of answer their great idolatry deserves. 5I will do this to capture the minds and hearts of all my people who have turned from me to worship their detestable idols. — Anonymous

She blinked once, then twice, and yet again, sure what she viewed was just another part of this fantasy world that she had stepped into when her feet touched the green grass of Ireland. — Fern Michaels

Any ideology that places more emphasis on winning converts than on sound philosophy is sadly misguided. By this reasoning, all of our political parties and most of our religions are sadly misguided. — Michel Templet

People from the Porter Ranch neighborhood of Los Angeles are starting to return home today. A natural gas well leak in the neighborhood has been permanently sealed. It had been releasing methane and other pollutants into the air for four months. Thousands of people have complained of respiratory illnesses and other problems. — Ari Shapiro

Finally they reached the Colosseum, where a dozen guys in cheap gladiator costumes were scuffling with the police - plastic swords versus batons. Percy wasn't sure what that was about, but he and Annabeth decided to keep walking. Sometimes mortals were even stranger than monsters. — Rick Riordan

Jealousy is common among lesser men, — Jim Butcher

I'm a humor writer, so I don't always present myself in the best light. — Jen Lancaster

Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists. — Richard Thompson

Kids are fabulous, but when you're home all day with an infant that can't talk, your brain starts to kind of melt, and I thought, 'I have to do something, or my brain is just going to liquefy.' — Ann Leckie

Parties who want milk should not seat themselves on a stool in the middle of the field in hope that the cow will back up to them. — Elbert Hubbard

Heck, if anybody told me I was setting a record (strikeouts in a game on July 30, 1933) I'd of got me some more strikeouts. — Dizzy Dean

Life is a game where fair players are winners! But as for the "injury causers", "red-card" sees their end off! — Israelmore Ayivor