Spukhafte Fernwirkungen Quotes & Sayings

Dad was joyful until the day he died, and I think that joy was deeply rooted in his love affair with God. — Mark Shriver

He was furious that the music house wanted forty grand. He wanted us to Jew them down — Augusten Burroughs

The first time my father woke me up in the middle of the night to tell me he was going to die, I think I was eight. He brought out all his papers and explained to me what to do with his body and who to call and how to take care of things. You either learn how to survive, or you fall to pieces. I'm pretty good at surviving. — Eric Walters

We Christians must build all of our thinking in every area on the Bible. We must start with God's Word, not the word of finite, fallible man. We must judge what people say on the basis of what God's Word says - not the other way around. — Ken Ham

No thought about the past or future can pull you away from your present peace and joy. The universe exists in this present moment. No desire can pull you away from this present peace, not even the desire to become a Buddha or the desire to save all beings. Know that to become a Buddha and to save all beings can only be realized on the foundation of the pure peace of the present moment. — Nhat Hanh

The ability to think for one's self depends upon one's mastery of the language. — Joan Didion

There is no moral precept that does not have something inconvenient about it. — Denis Diderot

In a world where only a minor portion of the land is really well suited to agriculture, man is using much of the best land with dubious efficiency. — Frances Moore Lappe

Robert Duvall taught me years ago. He said, "You know theatre is not real. I don't like plays." You know, he doesn't like plays. And I agree with him in certain ways, you know. They can be fun. I don't mind going to see them. I went and saw Phantom of the Opera. I thought hey, that's cool. Look at the mask and all that. — Billy Bob Thornton

The American Revolution was the grand operation, which seemed to be assigned by the Deity to the men of this age in our country, over and above the common duties of life — Patrick Henry

He looked up at her. Kindness was something he didn't even know he wanted, and here it was. — Marilynne Robinson

Water droplets streamed down her face and clung to her eyelashes. She blinked up at him with mischief in her eyes, and the urge to kiss her overwhelmed him. Not like he had in the closet, with care and discretion, but with hunger and passion and pent up desire. He wanted to take her bottom lip between his teeth and deal with the consequences later. — Robin Bielman

I make no complaint. I am a writer. I do not accept my condition; I will strive to change it; but I inhabit it, I am trying to learn from it. — Salman Rushdie

Caress your phrase tenderly; it will end by smiling at you. — Anatole France

I cannot seriously believe in it [quantum theory] because the theory cannot be reconciled with the idea that physics should represent a reality in time and space, free from spooky actions at a distance [spukhafte Fernwirkungen]. — Albert Einstein

If we can exit a relationship, pressure to reconcile lessens; if we must live with those who have wronged us, we are pushed to reconcile. — Miroslav Volf