Veljohnson Quotes & Sayings

She could never be a saint, but she thought she could be a martyr if they killed her quick. — Flannery O'Connor

Of all my Russian books, the defense contains and diffuses the greatest 'warmth' which may seem odd seeing how supremely abstract Chess is supposed to be — Vladimir Nabokov

Let's put a limit to the scramble for money ... Having got what you wanted, you ought to begin to bring that struggle to an end. — Horace

Any chance that you're pregnant?' the technician says as he pulls the X-ray lamp over my swollen knee.
'No,' Henry and Dad say at the same time. — Miranda Kenneally

I suppose I felt guilty not to be doing something more important, more political. So in a way I am trying to use the company for these other activities. — Miuccia Prada

I love these pet names," she said, gazing soulfully up into his eyes, "Nitwit. Sap skull. Termagant. How they make my heart flutter! — Loretta Chase

Whenever Jesus himself encountered gentiles, he always kept them at a distance and often healed them reluctantly. As he explained to the Syrophoenician woman who came to him seeking help for her daughter, "Let the children [by which Jesus means Israel] be fed first, for it is not right to take the children's bread and throw it to the dogs [by which he means gentiles like her]" (Mark 7:27). — Anonymous

I often hear them accuse Israel of Judaizing Jerusalem. That's like accusing America of Americanizing Washington, or the British of Anglicizing London. You know why we're called 'Jews'? Because we come from Judea. — Benjamin Netanyahu

I am consumed with the fear of failing. Reaching deep down and finding confidence has made all my dreams come true. — Arsenio Hall

The greatest of all crosses is self. If we die in part every day, we shall have but little to do on the last. These little daily deaths will destroy the power of the final dying. — Francois Fenelon

Recently a pilot was practicing high-speed maneuvers in a jet fighter. She turned the controls for what she thought was a steep ascent - and flew straight into the ground. She was unaware that she had been flying upside down. This is a parable of human existence in our times - not exactly that everyone is crashing, though there is enough of that - but most of us as individuals, and world society as a whole, live at high-speed, and often with no clue to whether we are flying upside down or right-side up. Indeed, we are haunted by a strong suspicion that there may be no difference - or at least that it is unknown or irrelevant. — Dallas Willard

I can be pretty reactive, and I've learned over time to be less reactive: to stop and think before I make decisions. — Sophia Amoruso