Sistani Fatwa Quotes & Sayings

He was thinking what a long and wide thing time is, to have so many happenings in it. — Russell Hoban

Can't good come around sometimes through some strange back doors? — Donna Tartt

Cheap grace is the mortal enemy of the church — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

The safari was amazing, to actually see the elephants and the Lions up close and then right at the end to actually get in the cage with the Lion was one of the best moments of the tour. — Ugo Monye

Most people write off their longing for friends and family as so many losses in their lives, when they should count the fact that their heart is able to long so hard and to love so much as among their greatest blessings. — Etty Hillesum

Moderate alcohol consumption is linked to a long list of health benefits. We'll leave it to others to decide if those health benefits come from the alcohol itself or the fact that moderate drinkers tend to do lots of things moderately, and are more likely to have the education and socioeconomic status linked to good health. — Lou Schuler

[ ... ] the state is not immoral but amoral; half of it exists outside morality — Jacques Barzun

We humans speak many languages; flowers on the contrary speak only one language: The language of beauty! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

In some circles, to not have seen The Wire had become a shocking breach of social protocol. — Brett Martin

We're homebodies. I've gotten to see my kids' first steps, first smiles, first words. Every day is a weekend. — Larry The Cable Guy

He laughs and pulls out a big Ziploc bag of something dark and round. Cookies!
I lunge forward. "Are these - ?"
"Chocolate with peanut butter chips," he finishes for me.
I keep staring at his lips, but I slide open the baggie. "I love these! My mom always made these."
"I know."
"How do you know?"
"You told me once."
He sits down with me and before I can get too heart fluttery he pulls out a cookie and lifts it toward my mouth, teasing me. "Do you want it?"
I open my lips. He slides the cookie in a little bit. I chomp down. It melts on my tongue. "It is sooo good. — Carrie Jones

Any real New Yorker is a you-name-it-we-have-it-snob whose heart brims with sympathy for the millions of unfortunates who through misfortune, misguidedness or pure stupidity live anywhere else in the world. — Russell Lynes

I'm not the only foreigner who took up golf while living in Jakarta. — Raymond Bonner