Stratakos Pottery Quotes & Sayings

[Non-Catholic Christians are] in a gravely deficient situation in comparison with those who, in the [Roman Catholic] church, have the fullness of the means of salvation. — Pope Benedict XVI

After that, Kestrel sought him out. She used the excuse of those lessons he had given her. She said that she wanted more. She acquired a number of menial skills, like how to blacken boots.
Arin was easy to find. Although raids on the countryside continued, he increasingly relied on lieutenants to lead the sorties. He spent more time at home.
"I don't know what he thinks he's doing," Sarsine said.
"He's giving officers under his command the chance to prove their worth," Kestrel said. "He's showing his trust in them and letting them build their confidence. It's sound military strategy."
Sarsine gave her a hard look.
"He's delegating," Kestrel said.
"He's shirking. And for what, I'm sure you know."
This struck a bright match of pleasure within Kestrel. — Marie Rutkoski

'SoulPancake' is a website that I founded with a couple of friends, and it is for exploring life's big questions. — Rainn Wilson

Trouble is, some accents lend themselves to comedy. — Martin Freeman

events that occur at random will seem to come in clusters, because it would take a nonrandom process to space them out. — Steven Pinker

The flesh is weak and my frailty is exposed, Oh praise be to God it is by Christ Alone — Jonah Books

It isn't that women are less ambitious, but women want to find a balance between work, love, and family. — Michelle Bachelet

The most efficacious secular book that ever was published in America is the newspaper. — Henry Ward Beecher

I think as far as any kind of pressure on a football team or on an individual in professional sports really depends not only on that individual but the leadership they have on the team and the leadership they have on the coaching staff. A lot of times, they can divert some of those pressures off of the individual and off of the team. — Jimmy Johnson

He could judge with reasonable accuracy the amount of use a book had had. The first item to show any sign of wear was the dust jacket at the top and bottom of the spine. Little tears or cracks in the paper appeared here if a book had been taken off a shelf as much as three or four times. — Leonard Holton

Being in the studio, it's more of a controlled environment, where you can be Salvador Dali and sit back and look at the painting. And you can go, 'Ah, you know what? Maybe a little bit more red over here ... maybe add some blue over here.' You can sit back and look at the painting. — Zakk Wylde

Whether he knew it or not, it was her Drustan, damn it all, just a month and five centuries younger. — Karen Marie Moning

You use force, you create fear. Fear destroys trust. Trust is the basis of harmony. The hardliner believes harmony and unity can be brought by force. That's totally unscientific, totally wrong. — Dalai Lama

There's no greater bliss in life than when the plumber eventually comes to unblock your drains. No writer can give that sort of pleasure. — Victoria Glendinning

No one can really explain in a rational way what makes a good photograph or a bad photograph ... This is why the art world will not throw billions of dollars at photography the way it has at painting; and that is what makes it an exciting medium. — David Wojnarowicz