Unthinking Respect Quotes & Sayings

The majesty of God is too high to be scaled up to by mortals, who creep like worms on the earth. — John Calvin

In our early struggles for liberty, religious freedom could not fail to become a primary object. — Thomas Jefferson

Time, That Is Pleased to Lengthen out the Day

Time, that is pleased to lengthen out the day
For grieving lovers parted or denied,
And pleased to hurry the sweet hours away
From such as lie enchanted side by side,
Is not my kinsman; nay, my feudal foe
Is he that in my childhood was the thief
Of all my mother's beauty, and in woe
My father bowed, and brought our house to grief.
Thus, though he think to touch with hateful frost
Your treasured curls, and your clear forehead line,
And so persuade me from you, he has lost;
Never shall he inherit what was mine.
When Time and all his tricks have done their worst,
Still will I hold you dear, and him accurst. — Edna St. Vincent Millay

You aren't crazy,' he says. 'What?' 'I've known you all your life, and you've always tried to hide the parts of yourself that you think are wrong. But nothing is wrong with you.' Those may be the best words he's ever said to me. — Lauren DeStefano

What you need is sustained outrage ... there's far too much unthinking respect given to authority. — Molly Ivins

I'm planning to preach about it in three or four weeks." "Can I ask why?" Mackenzie asked. — Blake Pierce

He knew that hair couldn't feel; he kissed her hair. — Leonard Cohen

nine categories of value ideas: Graham-style deep value, Greenblatt-style magic formula, small-cap value, sum-of-the-parts or hidden value, superinvestor favorites, jockey stocks, special situations, equity stubs, and international value investments. — John Mihaljevic

Why is it no one sent me yet one perfect limousine, do you suppose? Ah no, it's always just my luck to get one perfect rose. — Dorothy Parker

Every single note on this album is there for a reason. — Vanessa Carlton

Is this freedom? Is it happiness? I don't know. I don't care anymore. It is different
it is being alive. — Lauren Oliver

When desire is still in this pure state, the man and the woman fall in love with life, they live
each moment reverently, consciously, always ready to celebrate the next blessing.
When people feel like this, they are not in a hurry, they
do not precipitate events with unthinking actions. They know that the inevitable will happen,
that what is real always
finds a way of revealing itself. When the moment comes, they
do not hesitate, they do not miss an opportunity, they do not let slip a single magic moment,
because they respect the importance of each second. — Paulo Coelho

Experience has taught me that it is always better to be well rested than to know what you are doing - Nanny Piggins — R.A. Spratt