Unrighteous Mammon Quotes & Sayings

Scholars have endlessly written about antebellum Protestant thinking about slavery. Now, finally, Friends of the Unrighteous Mammon turns a spotlight on a new, crucial question: how did antebellum Protestants parse capitalism? For anyone who seeks to understand the political economy of the antebellum era-or, indeed, the complex entanglement of Christianity and capitalism today-this book is critical. I, for one, am very grateful to Stewart Davenport for having written it. — Lauren F. Winner

Love likes not the falling fruit,
Nor the withered tree. — Walter Raleigh

The fear receded. It didn't disappear. It lurked in the shadows, its claws hooking into passing thoughts and twisting them, turning them from their purpose to its own. He held it back. It was the hardest fight of his life. — G.R. Matthews

You know what they say. Cold hands. Warm heart," Yuji said. "Or is it the reverse? — Gabrielle Zevin

The United States is evil ... it is the canker of the world. — Henry De Montherlant

What you must remember is that the magic itself is neither good nor bad, no more so than this ship might be used for right or wrong. It might be used by a fisherman to feed a village, for example. Or, the same vessel might be sailed by pirates to murder and pillage ... the lumber, rope, nails, cotton, and everything that goes into it-is created by the True One. Humans decide how it is to be put together and how it is used. — Derek Donais

Life takes up one long, winding road to fulfill its seemingly endless journey, and when we find ourselves stumble upon forks in the road, we choose wisely. — Amani Abbas

Human beings are often at their best when responding to immediate crises - car accidents, house fires, hurricanes. We are less effective in the face of enormous but slow-moving crises such as the loss of biodiversity or climate change ... — David Suzuki

David Letterman is the best late-night talk show host right now, hands down, and has been since he first took the desk. — George Lopez

By cutting critical domestic programs such as education, health, environmental protection, and veterans' services, this budget reveals misplaced priorities. — Dan Lipinski

I could feel the real interaction between directing and acting, when an actor or an actress really suggests very interesting things. — Alejandro Amenabar

temples it contained have been converted into barracks, arsenals — William Eleroy Curtis

No relationship is perfect so just find the right one to go through hell and heaven with. — Mark Patterson