Whitbread Academy Quotes & Sayings

I want them [female fans] to not be afraid to live life, to not be afraid to make bad decisions because there are a lot of lessons and blessings in those decisions. Sometimes, if you don't fall into the pit, you won't reach out to God. — Karrine Steffans

The Christian religion is a stranger to mere despotic power. The mildness so frequently recommended in the Gospel is incompatible with the despotic rage. — Baron De Montesquieu

Moving cities are a fairly hoary old sci-fi trope - I seem to recall they were always cropping up on 'Doctor Who' when I was young, though I may be misremembering. — Philip Reeve

I found a way to see in the dark. Close your eyes. — J.R. Rim

You know, the character of Isabelle in 'Love Crime' is the only character I feel the furthest from. I have nothing to share with her, so it was really difficult. Being an actor of composition is something, but you always base yourself on something you know about. — Ludivine Sagnier

The highway authorities clearly did not think it worth their while wasting road salt on this useless bit of roadway. — Maj Sjowall

Like your kind/
we usually destroy
what we cannot understand — Dan Simmons

Advent is a journey towards Bethlehem. May we let ourselves be drawn by the light of God made man. — Pope Francis

Serving the emerging whole means paying attention to what's right here within my awareness, what's completely local, and surrendering to what's being asked of me now. — Betty Sue Flowers

Having been a journalist for thirty-nine years, I've developed a pretty thick skin. — Pete Earley

Liberia is not at the center of a massive geopolitical game. Afghanistan is and has always been. The history is dramatic, the politics are dramatic, the landscape is incredibly dramatic. — Tim Hetherington

Trend following is an exercise in observing and responding to the ever-present moment of now — Ed Seykota

If you inhabited a world and a colony of tongueless people landed, would you consent to having your tongue cut out so that you could be like them? — Monica Hughes

Unsheathe your dagger definitions; Horseness is the Whatness of All Horse ... — James Joyce

Therefore, whenever significant differences of opinion among faithful Christians occur, some of which continue to divide the church deeply today, neither surprise nor dismay should be allowed to separate the members of the Body from one another; nor should those differences be covered over with false claims of consensus or unanimity. To the contrary, such conflict must be embraced with courage and perseverance as all together continue to seek to discern God's will. In that understanding and commitment, we pledge ourselves to acknowledge and to embrace with courage, trust, and hope those controversies that arise among us, accepting them as evidence that God is not yet finished in sculpting us to be God's people. — Neal Christie