Ropuchy Quotes & Sayings

To remain silent for only one minute is a serious punishment for a gabby! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Pope Francis has stressed humility and austerity - a far cry, according to many, from the predecessor's bling and Ferragamo shoes - those were pretty entertaining. And he's translating all of that into a policy agenda. — Ronan Farrow

The Paraclete and "Book of Martha" narratives were ultimately versions of the dream of "fixing" of the human species that had driven (and stymied) the Parables books: "On the one hand," she writes in her journal, "I want to write fix-the-world scenario. I seem to need to write them. The fact that I don't believe in them--don't believe humanity is fixable--does create a problem — Gerry Canavan

A spiritual path based on unverifiable ideas is stripped of any real accountability to the world we live in. If our spiritual path is not held accountable to the evidence of direct experience in the world, we have no real measuring stick for how our journey is progressing. At the extreme end of this spectrum, we might pay no attention to climate change because we are convinced the Rapture is coming soon. A more subtle instance of an unscientific spirituality might involve thinking that the number of compassion mantras we recite is more important than how well we treat our romantic partner. — Ethan Nichtern

The American people are going to judge the majority party here today. If they go out here and vote for this rule that allows this provision to be stricken, they are voting against the men and women in the military of our country. — Norm Dicks

Human love is often but the encounter of two weaknesses. — Francois Mauriac

There is no end. There is no beginning. There is only the infinite passion of life. — Federico Fellini

Grace reached over and began stroking her fingers through my hair. I closed my eyes and let her drive me crazy. — Maggie Stiefvater

People are born with certain faces, like my father was born with a face that people want to hit. — Thom Yorke

Juan de Grijalva, coincidentally the first European to smoke on continental American soil, — Iain Gately