Vantassel Quotes & Sayings

The truth is, our civilization is not Christian; it is a tragic compound of great ideal and fearful practice, of loving charity and fearful clutching of possessions. — Alan Paton

Perhaps some day someone will explain how, on the level of man, Auschwitz was possible; but on the level of God, it will forever remain the most disturbing of mysteries. — Elie Wiesel

If you're in pop music, you've got to deal with the changing of the guard every few years. By the time the '70s arrived, I was well aware of the cyclical nature of the game. Pop music is a creature of the moment; it thrives on the mood of its time. Either you hook into that or you're not going to be part of it. — Paul Anka

They say, if you care about something, you have to set it free and if it comes back to you, it was meant to be."
"They're full of shit."
Obviously, I failed spectacularly at being philosophical. — Kristen Ashley

Imagine a man besottedly in love: he won't waste time speculating whether other women equally merit his affection. — Huston Smith

Persecution is used in theology, not in arithmetic, because in arithmetic there is knowledge, but in theology there is only opinion. — Bertrand Russell

Most of the people in the workforce today will spend some years when they also have children and family responsibilities. — Betty Friedan

You write once and you can call yourself a writer, but it takes three novels before you can call yourself a novelist. The first two could have just been lucky. One day, I will finish my third, and one day, I will be a novelist. — Michael Kroft

However, more important to all of that: the players played the game as a true team. There are many teams in baseball, but not all play as a team. Many merely play as a group of talented athletes, which is a huge difference over the course of a long season. — Michael Delaware

God is going to invade, all right: but what is the good of saying you are on His side then, when you see the whole natural universe melting away like a dream and something else
something it never entered your head to conceive
comes crashing in; something so beautiful to some of us and so terrible to others that none of us will have any choice left? For this time it will be Go without disguise; something so overwhelming that it will strike either irresistible love or irresistible horror into every creature. It will be too late then to choose your side. — C.S. Lewis

Not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse. — Charles Bukowski

I liked work shoes and big, working-class hands. The stars would come and go, but the crew on my movies was my extended family. — Shirley Temple

When members of a society wish to secure that society's rich heritage they cherish their arts and respect their artists. The esteem with which we regard the multiple cultures offered in our country enhances our possibilities for healthy survival and continued social development. — Maya Angelou

When anyone but God tells me I can or cannot, should or should not do something, I get a distinct desire to rebel. — Melanie Dickerson

It's always there - fear - and if you don't stay on top of it, you'll drown. — Laurie Halse Anderson