Schiefer Turm Quotes & Sayings

And when you're poor, you grow up fast. — Billie Holiday

If I saw an ugly bird but she was a celebrity, she wouldn't attract me at all. — Rio Ferdinand

I don't believe in God. My God is patriotism. Teach a man to be a good citizen and you have solved the problem of life. — Andrew Carnegie

Sinner, I would be loth to have thy soul destroyed by wilful self-delusion ... So consequently, there is a despair which is a grievous sin; and there is a despair which is absolutely necessary to thy salvation. I would not have thee despair of the sufficiency of the blood of Christ to save thee, if thou believe, and heartily obey him; nor of the willingness of God to pardon and save thee, if thou be such a one; nor yet absolutely of thy own salvation; because, while there is life and time, there is some hope of thy conversion, and so of thy salvation ... Never stick at the sadness of the conclusion, man, but acknowledge plainly, If I die before I get out of this estate, I am lost forever. It is as good deal truly with thyself as not; God will not flatter thee, he will deal plainly whether thou do or not. The very truth is, this kind of despair is one of the first steps to heaven(233). — Richard Baxter

If I had to design a mechanism for the express purpose of destroying a child's natural curiosity and love of pattern-making, I couldn't possibly do as good a job as is currently being done-I simply wouldn't have the imagination to come up with the kind of senseless, soul-crushing ideas that constitute contemporary mathematics education. — Paul Lockhart

It won't be the same for me," I whispered, half to myself. "You won't let me be like that. We'll live in Antarctica."
Edward snorted, breaking the tension. "Penguins. Lovely. — Stephenie Meyer

Blay was the closest thing to an angel Qhuinn had ever come near. — J.R. Ward

Blake lifted a plastic champagne flute filled with bubbling apple cider. "To Beckett - we wouldn't be here without him."
"To Beckett," the others agreed. — Debra Anastasia

Situational unawareness in the private marketplace or on the battlefield will cost you your livelihood or your life. In the Age of Obama, however, such willful ignorance is a job prerequisite. The less you know the better. — Michelle Malkin

The American Beauty Rose can be produced in the splendor and fragrance which bring cheer to its beholder only by sacrificing the early buds which grow up around it. This is not an evil tendency in business. It is merely the working-out of a law of nature and a law of God. — John D. Rockefeller

I felt I was painting with a Popsicle. — Robert Merrill

Inspiration without perspiration leads to frustration and stagnation. — Bill Bright