St John Of Egypt Quotes & Sayings

I had a few ducks as a kid. — Michael Leunig

Hee that will deceive the fox, must rise betimes. — George Herbert

Royalty has traditionally been vulnerable to psychic frauds. In ancient China and Rome astrology was the exclusive property of the emperor; any private use of this potent art was considered a capital offense. Emerging from a particularly credulous Southern California culture, Nancy and Ronald Reagan relied on an astrologer in private and public matters - unknown to the voting public. Some portion of the decision-making that influences the future of our civilization is plainly in the hands of charlatans. If anything, the practice is comparatively muted in America; its venue is worldwide. — Carl Sagan

And that was the unusual thing about me. Unlike pretty much every teen I knew, I liked to be doing the right thing. I didn't like breaking rules. I didn't like pushing the envelope. I didn't like trespassing, or sneaking into cinemas, or buying alcohol or cigarettes. I didn't even feel comfortable running into a cafe to use the toilet without having first bought a drink. Basically, I didn't like to do half the things all teenagers did almost habitually. — Kerri Sackville

I will venture to say there is more learning and science within the circumference of ten miles from where we now sit [in London], than in all the rest of the kingdom. — Samuel Johnson

I love it when you go all Incredible Hulk. — Lilly James

I really believe that if capital doesn't come to the entrepreneurs, the entrepreneurs have no choice but to go to the capital. — Josh Kopelman

Even officers who don't approve of your lifestyle choices would still take you as backup over Kirkland, or most anyone else. They'd say how you're bad for shaking up with vampires and wereleopards, but in a firefight they'd take your vampire-loving, furry-fucking ass over most anyone else's. — Laurell K. Hamilton

It could plausibly be argued that far from Christian theology having hampered the study of nature for fifteen hundred years, it was Greek corruptions of biblical Christianity which hampered it. — Mary Hesse

If loyalty is, and always has been, perceived as obsolete, why do we continue to praise it? Because loyalty is essential to the most basic things that make life livable. Without loyalty there can be no love. Without loyalty there can be no family. Without loyalty there can be no friendship. Without loyalty there can be no commitment to community or country. And without those things, there can be no society. — Eric Felten

Whether the glass seems half full or half empty depends on how thirsty you are. — Marty Rubin

No one is talking. No one is emailing. No one is texting. It's spooky and scary. — Brian Stelter