Unthreading The American Quotes & Sayings

It's a wonder our country doesn't implode. — Jon Stewart

The one thing for which we are all being disciplined is to know that God is real. As soon as God becomes real, other people become shadows. Nothing that other saints do or say can ever perturb the one who is built on God. — Oswald Chambers

All religions are equally sublime to the ignorant, useful to the politician, and ridiculous to the philosopher. — Lucretius

the details of every legal proceeding — Yuval Noah Harari

I'm one of the many people for whom coffee helps but often, inattention is a symptom of something else: for example, that you're not getting six to eight hours of sleep. — Marty Nemko

'Pears like I prayed all the time, 'bout my work, everywhere, I prayed an' groaned to the Lord. — Harriet Tubman

Give others the benefit of the doubt. Until they run out of benefit and you run out of doubt. — Pen

But Fear and the Muse in turn guard the place
Where the banished poet has gone
And the night that comes with quickened pace
Is ignorant of dawn. — Anna Akhmatova

Intervals of munching and mumbling as she crammed food into her mouth. I did not blame Lady Baskerville for her precipitate departure — Elizabeth Peters