Surprendre Vertaling Quotes & Sayings

If Jesus predicted that the imminent apocalypse would arrive within his own generation, before his disciples had all died, what was one to think a generation later when in fact it had not arrived? One might conclude that Jesus was wrong. But if one wanted to stay true to him, one might change the message that he proclaimed so that he no longer spoke about the coming apocalypse. So it is no accident that our final canonical Gospel, John, written after that first generation, no longer has Jesus proclaim an apocalyptic message. He preaches something else entirely. — Bart D. Ehrman

My worst investment decision so far is to lend money to friends. So far, it has all come to zero. — Marc Faber

I write emotional algebra. — Anais Nin

I like the Growth and Opportunity Project. These are good conservative values, proving the core of the GOP is just that: conservative. — L. Brent Bozell Jr.

She'll ruin me for all women, I can just tell.
Charlie isn't the kind of woman you move on from. She draws you in with the brightness of her sun and then leaves you blind. There's something deep and dark inside of her. She's trying to keep it locked down, but I can see it in her eyes. — Corinne Michaels

PLAY ME.
My gaze flicked to the hand. The fist was curled around a small tape recorder. I moved the fingers - still warm - and pressed play. A male voice started to speak.
"Do I have your attention?" the voice asked.
I knew that voice. But I couldn't believe I was hearing it.
"Noah's alive," Jude said. — Michelle Hodkin

It was frightening, the extent to which a full belly made for a good mood. — Yann Martel

Theater is a recreation. It can be much more, but unless it's recreation, I don't see the point of it. — Tom Stoppard

Even the absurdest report may in nearly every instance be traced to an actual occurrence; and had there been no such actual occurrence, this preposterous misrepresentation of it would never have existed. Though the distorted or magnified image transmitted to us through the refracting medium of rumour, is utterly unlike the reality; yet in the absence of the reality there would have been no distorted or magnified image. — Herbert Spencer

It is real in such an intense way that it feels unreal, too. — David Levithan

If Fred tells you a chicken can pull a freight train, your job is to hook 'em up. — Roger Frock

Just don't forsake the present for the unknowns of the future. — Kim Holden

Leadership is the other side of the coin of loneliness, and he who is a leader must always act alone. And acting alone, accept everything alone. — Ferdinand Marcos