Sl Heaton Quotes & Sayings

Indeed, I have observed one ingredient, somewhat necessary in a man's composition towards happiness, which people of feeling would do well to acquire; a certain respect for the follies of mankind: for there are so many fools whom the opinion of the world entitles to regard, whom accident has placed in heights of which they are unworthy, that he who cannot restrain his contempt or indignation at the sight will be too often quarrelling with the disposal of things to relish that share which is allotted to himself. — Henry MacKenzie

Anger and embarrassment are often neighbors. — Amy Poehler

I never had an intellectual struggle with the Bible, with the gospel, with the claims of Christ. — Tullian Tchividjian

The whole universe interest me. — George Brecht

Sometimes it seems that to exit this world, they must go through my heart, leaving me scarred and sore. — Dean Koontz

Hikes in the debt ceiling - without any political demands from the opposition party - had been routine until President Obama took office. — Juan Williams

It isn't so long since a test of Anglican orthodoxy was applied to anyone seeking to study or teach at Oxford and Cambridge universities. One of the most celebrated victims of this theocratic policy was Shelley (1792-1811) who was expelled from University College, Oxford, for writing a pamphlet entitled The Necessity of Atheism. He and his poetry were much influenced by the climate of skepticism engendered by the French and Scottish enlightenments, and he himself was to marry the daughter of the freethinker William Godwin. In this extract from A Refutation of Deism, Shelley sets about the propaganda of the creationists. — Christopher Hitchens