Sneaky Disloyal Quotes & Sayings

When I was a little girl, if someone asked me why I was a Christian, I said it was because Jesus lived in my heart. In high school, I said it was because I accepted the atonement of Jesus Christ on the cross for my sins. My sophomore year of college, during a short-lived Reformed phase, I said it was because of the irresistible grace of God. But after watching Zarmina's execution on television, I decided that the most truthful answer to that question was this: I was a Christian because I was born in the United States of America in the year 1981 to Peter and Robin Held. Arminians call it free will; Calvinists call it predestination. I call it the cosmic lottery. — Rachel Held Evans

Have you ever dated a Goth chick for four or five months until you realized she was just an Orthodox Jew? They have the same costumes. — Dana Gould

A circle of friends, doesn't always keep perfect relationships. — Anthony Liccione

This Life is a fleeting breath, And whither and how shall I go, When I wander away with Death By a path that I do not know. — Louise Chandler Moulton

I think that politics could be a positive thing. My beef is that people focus on the personal aspect of a politician too much. They should focus on the results. — LL Cool J

In most books, the I, or first person, is omitted; in this it will be retained; that, in respect to egotism, is the main difference. We commonly do not remember that it is, after all, always the first person that is speaking. I should not talk so much about myself if there were anybody else whom I knew as well. Unfortunately, I am confined to this theme by the narrowness of my experience. Moreover, I, on my side, require of every writer, first or last, a simple and sincere account of his own life, and not merely what he has heard of other men's lives; some such account as he would send to his kindred from a distant land; for if he has lived sincerely, it must have been in a distant land to me. Perhaps these pages are more particularly addressed to poor students. As for the rest of my readers, they will accept such portions as apply to them. I trust that none will stretch the seams in putting on the coat, for it may do good service to him whom it fits. — Henry David Thoreau

We are successful
the moment we start toward
a laudable goal — J. Benson

If the president is allowed to suspend constitutional rights on his own personal whims, our free republic has effectively ceased to exist. — Steve Stockman

Once a female, always a female. Nature is not always infallible but she always abides by her mistakes. — Hector Hugh Munro

I am not Undine for Undine or the Little Mermaid sold her glory for feet. Undine (or the Little Mermaid) couldn't speak after she sold her glory. I will not sell my glory. — H.D.

Whatever people say I am, I'm not. — Avril Lavigne

Trust is a tricky thing. It is the foundation of every healthy relationship. It is the security that makes intimacy possible. It can be simultaneously strong and yet very fragile. It takes great effort and time to build, but it can be broken quickly.

Almost every relationship has encountered difficulties over broken trust. I would even argue that most difficulties in relationships stem directly from a breach of trust. Strong relationships (especially marriages) require strong trust, so here are a few ways to to build it (or rebuild it). — David Willis

You should know I'm not going to save this as a memento," she said, waving the handkerchief defiantly in his face.
. "What?"
"You know, like in the movies when the gentleman hands the distraught lady a handkerchief and he finds out at the end of the movie that she's saved it for like decades as a keepsake?"
"What movie is that? It sounds awful. — Lauren Layne

The life of an actor is very random. It can be exhilarating but terrifying - you do wonder day to day where the next job will come from. Some of my friends are very talented people, but you see them out of work - which can be tough. If you wanted that kind of security, though, I guess you wouldn't be an actor in the first place. — Anne-Marie Duff

Why is the sea king of a hundred streams? Because it lies below them. Therefore it is the king of a hundred streams. — Lao-Tzu

You can't legislate intelligence and common sense into people. — Will Rogers