Wenceslas The Idle Quotes & Sayings

Pronunciation has made many an innocent word sound like a doctor's orders for a stomach pump ... — Zelda Fitzgerald

I didn't know what to say, but one thing was for sure: The Bank of Ted was closed. — Pete Hautman

There are a lot of people who've been able to ditch their Windows machines and switch over to Linux because they can now use their Exchange server for calendaring and collaboration from their Linux desktop. — Nat Friedman

Some comedians change their style, often to their advantage; but I see no reason why I can't continue with the "urbane sophisticate" 'til the day I die. — Emo Philips

Acting has changed since the nineteen-forties. — Robert Gottlieb

The whole of salvation history is the story of God looking for us: he offers us love and welcomes us with tenderness. — Pope Francis

People have declaimed against luxury for two thousand years, in verse and prose, and people have always delighted in it. — Voltaire

In exchange for his first taste of powdered milk, Pascal showed me a tree we could climb to find a bird's nest. After we handled and examined the pink-skinned baby birds, he popped one of them into his mouth like a jujube. It seemed to please him a lot. He offered a baby bird to me, pantomiming that I should eat it. I understood perfectly well what he meant, but I refused. He did not seem disappointed to have to eat the whole brood himself. — Barbara Kingsolver

Language is a weapon, keep it honed! — Kurt Tucholsky

Our natural reason tells us that good people finish first and cheaters never prosper. However, believers have no right to God's common grace any more than they do to his saving grace. God remains free to show compassion on whomever he will, even to give breath, health, prosperity, and friends to those who breathe threats against him. — Michael S. Horton

Vocational education programs have made a real difference in the lives of countless young people nationwide; they build self-confidence and leadership skills by allowing students to utilize their unique gifts and talents. — Conrad Burns