Vagn Ekman Quotes & Sayings

Good men are sending the Bible to all parts of the world. Sermons are preached on behalf of fellows-creatures who are perishing in regions known only to us in name. And here, within reach of comparatively the slightest exertion; here, not many miles from churches and schools, and all the moral influences abounding in Christian society; here, in a country endowed with every advantage that God can bestow, are perishing, body and soul, our own countrymen: perishing too from disease, starvation and intemperance, and all the evils incidents to their unhappy condition. White men, Christian men, are driving them back; rooting out their very names from the face of the earth. Ah! these men can seek the country of the Sioux when money is to be gained: but how few care for the sufferings of the Dahcotahs! how few would give a piece of money, a prayer, or even a thought, towards their present and eternal good. — Mary H. Eastman

A lot of period pieces we see are adaptations of novels - we always know the story. — Joanne Froggatt

The doctor dresses the wound, but God heals it. — Joseph Murphy

The Obama administration has been trying out a new policy toward Syria since the day it came to office. The Bush cold shoulder was viewed as a primitive reaction, now to be replaced by sophisticated diplomacy. Outreach would substitute for isolation. — Elliott Abrams

Why shouldn't we have laws forbidding pornography and obscenity? Many heroic leaders have tried, but they have stumbled over even the definition of the word "obscenity." If we cannot agree on the length of a foot, it is because we have lost our yardstick. — Billy Graham

I was Santa Claus in first year of primary school, our elementary's school play, because I had most panache, that was probably why. I was 5. — James Frecheville

I really would like to start a family as well. Whether I can balance the two or have to decide one or the other way, I'm not sure what will happen. — Libby Trickett

Fantasy is a game of sensuality;
Seeing Through the Eyes of the Soul. — Kristian Goldmund Aumann

Playing girls is cool, but its a lot more fun playing boys. — Chris Lilley

Sinners, hear and consider, if you wilfully condemn your souls to bestiality, God will condemn them to perpetual misery. — Richard Baxter