Walls Of Babylon Quotes & Sayings

The mounted knight is irresistible; he would bore his way through the walls of Babylon. — Anna Komnene

Do What?'
'Lie,' he said. 'Why do you fabricate these outlandish stories?'
'Well,' I wanted to say, 'there are those of us who create because all around us, things visible and invisible are crumbling. We are like the stonemasons of Babylon, forever working, as it says in Jeremiah, to shore up the city of walls.'
I didn't say that, of course. What I did say was: 'I don't know. — Alan Bradley

The Exile In July 587 BCE, Babylonian soldiers broke through Jerusalem's walls, ending a starvation siege that had lasted well over a year. They burned the city and Solomon's temple and took its king and many other leaders to Babylon as captives, leaving others to fend for themselves in the destroyed land. Many surrounding countries disappeared altogether when similar disasters befell them. But Judah did not. Instead, the period scholars most often call the "Babylonian exile" inspired religious leaders to revise parts of Scripture that had been passed down to them. It also sparked the writing of entirely new Scriptures and the revision of ideas about God, creation, and history. Much of what is called the Hebrew Scriptures or Old Testament was written, edited, and compiled during and after this national tragedy. — Walter Brueggemann

Everybody's saying hell's the hippest way to go. Well, I don't think so, but I'm gonna take a look around it though. — Joni Mitchell

Yes, and it's my third movie with Richard. American Gigolo was my first. — Hector Elizondo

He took the spatula and smiled, and she headed for the bedroom, only stopping once to see if he was watching her ass wiggle under his shirt.
He chuckled. "I'd have to be dead not to look."
"I'm glad to see you're in good health." She grinned. — Lisa Kessler

It was bad enough that these creatures had children and art; that they might also have vision was too dangerous a thought to entertain. — Clive Barker

Although I'd first seen Senator Hart in Aspen, Colorado, at a New Year's Day party in 1987, we hadn't talked. — Donna Rice

It happened that sometimes I kissed in mirrors the reflection of my face; since the hands, face and tears of Annalena had caressed it, my face seemed suffused to me divinely beautiful and as if suffused with heavenly sweetness. — Oscar Milosz

I don't dream at night, I dream at day, I dream all day; I'm dreaming for living. — Steven Spielberg

I like being involved in businesses where you are kicking ass. — Mark Cuban

No one believes in Hell--until they get there. — R.A. Mathis

I wanted to explore the values that are at work, underpinning my life. — Sidney Poitier

She'd wanted that, a grandfather. Someone who would stay. Michel had an eyetooth that turned sideways and she loved it more than anything else in the world. But someone wasn't yours because you loved a tooth. — Erika Swyler

God's Word never fails. He will always heal you if you dare to believe Him. Men are searching everywhere today for things with which they can heal themselves, and they ignore the fact that the Balm of Gilead (Jeremiah 8:22) is within easy reach. — Smith Wigglesworth

I need someone to shut off my brain, and turn on my heart. — Elizabeth Wurtzel

Fate! Fate! All things pass away; Life is forever, youth is for a day. Love again if you may Before the stars are blown out of the sky And the crickets die; Babylon and Samarkand Are mud walls in a waste of sand. — John Gould Fletcher

To study Buddhism is to study ourselves. To study ourselves is to forget ourselves. — Dogen

The longer it takes me to get between your thighs, the rougher I'm going to be when I finally get there. Understand? — Tessa Bailey

G'Kar: I believe that when we leave a place, part of it goes with us and part of us remains. Go anywhere in the station when it is quiet, and just listen. After a while, you will hear the echoes of all our conversations, every thought and word we've exchanged. Long after we are gone, our voices will linger in these walls for as long as this place remains. But I will admit that the part of me that is going will very much miss the part of you that is staying. — J. Michael Straczynski