Raffis Quotes & Sayings

Are there aspects of our lives - things we do, feel and think - that we daren't confess, even to ourselves, even in the absolute privacy of our private record. — William Boyd

I loathed poverty and I would have liked to put my hands on the party who said that poverty is an honorable estate. It is an indication of inefficiency and nothing more. There is nothing honorable or fine about it. — Edgar Rice Burroughs

Asking in prayer helps you to see your problem in the light of God's power. — Elizabeth George

I need the protection of seeming weak. — Veronica Roth

A scientific mindset accepts the truth as a credo. — Eraldo Banovac

Helpe thy selfe, and God will helpe thee. — George Herbert

Snakes are sometimes perceived as evil, but they are also perceived as medicine. If you look at an ambulance, there's the two snakes on the side of the ambulance. The caduceus, or the staff of Hermes, there's the two snakes going up it, which means that the venom can also be healing. — Nicolas Cage

You have to find a way to protect yourself in a certain way from people who are constantly demanding your time. — Dave Holland

All this is what it means to regret. — Matthew J. Hefti

I don't think there is enough respect in general for the time it takes to write consistently good fiction. Too many people think they will master writing overnight, or that they are as good as they will ever be. — Tananarive Due

I suspect that most of the individuals who have religious faith are content with blind faith. They feel no obligation to understand what they believe. They may even wish not to have their beliefs disturbed by thought. But if God in whom they believe created them with intellectual and rational powers, that imposes upon them the duty to try to understand the creed of their religion. Not to do so is to verge on superstition. — Mortimer Adler