Valachi Papers Quotes & Sayings

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You are you. Now, isn't that pleasant? — Dr. Seuss

I worked for John Ford, Howard Hawks, Henry Hathaway, Raoul Walsh - I worked for some real good directors. — Richard Farnsworth

That is the trick of good government. To make folk desire to live in such a way that there is no need for its intervention. — Robin Hobb

Duchess, you can argue about anything. — Kristen Ashley

Murder is not the crime of criminals, but that of law-abiding citizens. — Emmanuel Teney

We can either pick our challenges in life, or life will pick them for us. — Michael Loynd

I hope to devote all of my spare time, which ordinarily would go to research, my summers, and every ounce of strength I can muster to further the project. — Louis Finkelstein

May God have mercy upon us! So many of us are children and are only interested in the presents and the gifts and the entertainments. That is not proof that we are truly born again. The Devil can counterfeit experiences and gifts and most other things, but there is one thing the Devil cannot do, and that is give us a desire for a personal knowledge of God. The Devil can give you an interest in theology and encourage it; as you go on, you become more and more proud of your vast knowledge. That is not what I am talking about. I am talking about the crying out of a child's need for his or her Father, the true filial cry and desire. The Devil cannot counterfeit that; he knows nothing about it, and he cannot produce it. Only one person can produce it; that is God himself through the Spirit as he implants within us a seed of this living life. — D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones

Real faith has perfect peace and joy and a shout at any time. It always sees the victory. — Smith Wigglesworth

All of my life I have always had the urge to do things better than anybody else. — Babe Didrikson Zaharias

The sky and the earth and the waters and the things that are in them, the fishes, and the birds and the trees are not evil. All these are good; it is evil men who make this evil world. — Saint Augustine

Lack of luxury is not a reason to push others to poverty. ~ Michael A. van Doorn, Odyssey of a Heart, Home of a Soul — Angelica Hopes

It is paradoxical that many educators and parents still differentiate between a time for learning and a time for play without seeing the vital connection between them. — Leo Buscaglia