Viele Quotes & Sayings

Nature's a funny old thing, it does whatever it pleases. He had always been a little afraid of it. He tiptoed into forests, speaking in a whisper, as though entering a church. Nature was mysterious, incomprehensible, impenetrable, off limits, like the ladies' toilets. — Pascal Garnier

There is no Christian theology without the Bible. There is no Bible without an inspirited community to write, remember, and translate it, to guard it and pass it on, study it, live by it, and invite others to live by it. — Thomas C. Oden

True productivity is not first about efficiency - doing things right and doing them quickly - but effectiveness - doing the right things. — Matt Perman

Robin Hood just called, he wants Sherwood Forest back. — Heather Vogel Frederick

Whatever market for manufactured goods emerged in colonial and dependent countries did not become the "eternal market" of these countries. Thrown wide open by colonization and by unequal treaties, it became an appendage of the "internal market" of Western capitalism. — Paul A. Baran

Actually, there is no way of making vomiting courteous. You have to do the next best thing, which is to vomit in such a way that the story you tell about it later will be amusing. — P. J. O'Rourke

She considered [her] life, which had not been a life but only a sort of greeting, a Hello There. — Mary McCarthy

Du hast so viele Leben, wie du Sprachen sprichst. (You have as many lives as the number of languages you speak.) — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

So that was Reagan's political problem. As a rancher in California, he was an environmentalist himself. But the President of the United States doesn't control everything that happens in Washington. — Brian Mulroney

People were patient with each other in the Grand Mosque, and communal - everyone washing his or her feet in the same fountain, with no shoving or prejudice. We were all Muslims in God's house, and it was beautiful. It had a quality of timelessness. I think this is one reason Muslims believe that Islam means peace: because in a large, cool place full of kindness you do feel peaceful. But as soon as we left the mosque, Saudi Arabia meant intense heat and filth and cruelty. People had their heads cut off in public squares. Adults spoke of it. It was a normal, routine thing: after the Friday noon prayer you could go home for lunch, or you could go and watch the executions. Hands were cut off. Men were flogged. Women were stoned. — Ayaan Hirsi Ali

The Holy Spirit is no Skeptic, & the things He has written in our hearts are not doubts or opinions, but assertions - surer & more certain than sense & life itself. — Martin Luther

My dearest Aurora, Your destiny is not as far off as you think. After all, you were named after the goddess of morning - a new dawn is what you are. You will bring change to many a life. — Candace Knoebel

Let this moment whisper through eternity. Let it fill my every dream and visit me each night. — Rachel L. Demeter