Sardis Bauer Halldorsdottir Quotes & Sayings

Toleration made the world anti-Christian. — John Cotton

The thing at the moment is Adele. She is a little too fat, but she has a beautiful face and a divine voice. — Karl Lagerfeld

He recognizes the moving parts in a complex situation, sees how the pieces fit together, and devises the most appropriate response, considering not just the military element but also the economic and political aspects of a problem. "He'd see the necessary integration of the tools of American power, not just military power," Lee Hamilton says. "And he had a keen sense of the limitations of military power."8 — Bartholomew Sparrow

By way of watching your mind, you will see life beyond a mere set of habits, emotions and beliefs. — Rajeev Kurapati

A magpie flies like a frying pan!'8 he could write, with the joy of discovering something new in the world. And it is that joy, that childish delight in the lives of creatures other than man, that I love most in White. He was a complicated man, and an unhappy one. But he knew also that the world was full of simple miracles. — Helen Macdonald

Crazies always recognize each other. I think Melville said it, in a slightly different context: "Genius all over the world stands hand in hand, and one shock of recognition runs the whole circle round." Of course, we're not talking about genius here, we're talking about crazies - but — Alex Haley

With some justice, I think, I could claim that it is all right as a beginning to leave a principle in a somewhat fuzzy state; the primary question is whether something like it will do. This claim, however, would meet a frosty reception from those many proponents of another principle scrutinized in the next chapter, if they knew how much harder I shall be on their principle than I am here on mine. Fortunately, they don't know that yet. — Robert Nozick

In many ways, Viv and I were the only ones who were really songwriters. — Neil Innes

Suffering over things that have happened to us is nothing more than an argument with the past. — Byron Katie

Restraint infers less with the presence of great control. Less of us is sometimes required by the Lord Jesus Christ. We have a tendency to project our personal plans and wishes into our lives, but he asks us to walk with less of ourselves and all of himself...Less of ourselves and all of Christ will ensure this, and we will discover his control as the greatest blessing of all. — Jack Coleman

To what can be owned compared to what must be owned is unjustified, not proportional — Aaron Ozee

To use an electronics analogy, closing a book on a bookmark is like pressing the Stop button, whereas when you leave the book facedown, you've only pressed Pause. — Anne Fadiman

Death to ourselves for the good of others requires getting involved in their troubles. Jesus put himself in the position necessary to sympathize with weak people: "For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but one who in every respect has been tempted as we are, yet without sin" (Heb. 4:15). — Jeremy Pierre

The thing is, we all have a little animal in us, and if you ask us to, we can do a very good job of behaving like one. — Gene Doucette

Nor was I the only one struggling.To live an ordinary life, like any ordinary person, must have been the vain dream of countless others. — Sayo Masuda