Ringtones Funny Quotes & Sayings

My editor, Robin Robertson, is one of this country's finest poets, so I listen to him when he offers advice. — John Burnside

A beautiful woman is a picture which drives all beholders nobly mad. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

To make what fate intends for me my own intention — C. G. Jung

The Samaritans and the Jews were enemies, two tribes caught in an ancient argument about birthright and ethnicity who lived in segregated neighborhoods. By Jesus's time they were forbidden to have contact with each other, and violent squabbles sometimes erupted. The lawyer, who was a Jew, surely knew of both the informal customs and formal laws separating the two groups. Samaritans and Jews were not good neighbors. Yet Jesus turns the ancient Jewish command to love your neighbor into a story about these hostile groups. The man in the ditch, who is Jewish, is bypassed by those close to him by tribal ties (most likely the priest and the Levite were afraid the thieves were still about in the area and that they might be the next victim) and is eventually rescued by a Samaritan. Thus Jesus enlarges the sphere of neighborhood to include those we deem objectionable. — Diana Butler Bass

Clung tightly to the Lord, faithfully following Him and obeying His commands (v. 6). — John F. MacArthur Jr.

Pride and folly, they go together like two tightly grasping hands. — Patrick Rothfuss

If this is the only life, then everything assumes too great an importance. We have to get everything out of life and we overdo it. — Frederick Lenz

Once upon a time, I was a workaholic clocking more than 80 hours per week. That changed after I began to write. I now work only around 35 hours per week. I do not work on weekends because these are the days that I use for research as well as for my writing. — Ashwin Sanghi