Unconquered Sun Quotes & Sayings

Among the writers of antiquity there are none who instruct us more openly in the manners of their respective times in which they lived than those who have employed themselves in satire, under whatever dress it may appear. — Joseph Addison

I think it would be slightly perverse to continue tempting fate by going back to the same places and doing the same sort of thing. — Stephen Farrell

And then we would sit and watch as the first hint of sunlight, a light tinge of day blue, would leak out of the eastern horizon, slowly erasing the stars. The day sky would spread wide and high, until the first ray of the sun made an appearance. The morning commuters began to animate the distant South Lake Tahoe roads. But craning your head back, you could see the day's blue darken halfway across the sky, and to the west, the night remained yet unconquered - pitch-black, stars in full glimmer, the full moon still pinned in the sky. To the east, the full light of day beamed toward you; to the west, night reigned with no hint of surrender. No philosopher can explain the sublime better than this, standing between day and night. It was as if this were the moment God said, "Let there be light!" You. — Paul Kalanithi

It's never too late to right a wrong. — Emily Acker

According to 'Star Trek' mythos, Starfleet Command - operational headquarters for a flotilla of craft that keep the cosmic peace - is located in San Francisco's Presidio, in the shadow of the Golden Gate Bridge (still carrying traffic, even in the 23rd century). — Seth Shostak

But if everybody's trying to stay safe, then you never really create something new and different and surprising. — Brian Henson

Mental stamina - determination - is a quality of the mind shattered by fatigue.But physical stamina - endurance - is built upon fatigue. — Len Smith

For a fact, the Christians stole Christmas. We don't mind sharing it with them, but we don't like this pretense of theirs that it is the birthday of Jesus. It is the Birthday of the Unconquered Sun-Dies Natalis Invicti Solis. Christmas is a relic of sun worship. — Anne Nicol Gaylor

I was young and filled with a degree of self-interest that could rightly be called selfishness. Nothing was more important than the stories we wrote, — Ann Patchett

these kits can be useful for gauging the diversity and general composition of your microbiome. — David Perlmutter

That's an aspect of this business which can be very frustrating and aggravating. Most of what is written about you is wrong and so much of what does get printed is often about personal things that you don't want to have other people read about. — Winona Ryder

We're not to do everything man tells us to do. We are to obey the Lord Jesus Christ, and our allegiance to the state is limited and defined by our superior allegiance to the Lord Jesus Christ. — Joseph C. Morecraft III