Sherris Shop Quotes & Sayings

But a gentleman may embrace a doctrine without necessarily wearing the garb that goes with it, and he may wear the garb without necessarily comprehending the doctrine. — Zhuangzi

English has so many words that do not exist in Sharchhop, but they are mostly nouns, mostly things: machine, airplane, wristwatch. Sharchhop, on the other hand, reveals a culture of material economy but abundant, intricate familial ties and social relations. People cannot afford to make a distinction between need and desire, but they have separate words for older brother, younger sister, father's brother's sons, mother's sister's daughters. And there are 2 sets of words: a common set for everyday use and an honorific one to show respect. There are three words for gift: a gift given to a person higher in rank, a gift to someone lower, and a gift between equals. — Jamie Zeppa

In Christian marriage, love is not an option. It is a duty. — R.C. Sproul

I'm fighting to save myself, and save myself, I will. Mary Magdalene in The Last Temptation of Christ — Nikos Kazantzakis

Not having to be alone is happiness; we do not talk of failure or success. — Mike O'Connor

I wanted to make a record that worked against the hypnagogic paradigm, for sure. — Autre Ne Veut

People think comedians don't do drama. Comics are drama. And what is drama, as opposed to comedy? It's all the same to me. — Sinbad

Too many people think that if you are nice, you will be eaten alive in today's marketplace. — Robin S. Sharma

I'm healthy now. I probably wouldn't say I'm at my best fitness level and I haven't played that much lately, but I'm healthy and that's all that matters. — Mary Pierce

The Orient and Islam have a kind of extrareal, phenomenologically reduced status that puts them out of reach of everyone except the Western expert. From the beginning of Western speculation about the Orient, the one thing th orient could not do was to represent itself. Evidence of the Orient was credible only after it had passed through and been made firm by the refining fire of the Orientalist's work. — Edward W. Said