Whittaker Chambers Witness Quotes & Sayings

A witness, in the sense that I am using the word, is a man whose life and faith are so completely one that when the challenge comes to step out and testify for his faith, he does so, disregarding all risks, accepting all consequences. — Whittaker Chambers

It is hardly a coincidence that the cadences of Chambers's HUAC testimony should anticipate the prose of Witness. The House Committee on Un-American Activities had given him his true voice ... — Sam Tanenhaus

Express gratitude for what your spouse does for you. Express that love and gratitude often. — Richard G. Scott

Well, a lot of things surprised me. There were things that I had never thought about, in my life. I never thought about how loud prison was. I've never thought about how your ears never really get a break from all this noise. That was actually replicated on our set pretty well. — Taylor Schilling

Annie, last year ... That day in the yard ... I made a mistake not strapping on a gun the minute I found you, and it wasn't that I was against marrying you, it was that I was against letting them make me do anything. So they almost killed Foxface and threatened to shoot the horses, and I gave in. But they could have shot everything in five miles to pieces and couldn't have made me crawl."
A tremor passed through her, but he continued. "That was last year. Now if somebody pointed a gun at you, really could hurt you, I'd crawl on my belly or my knees or do anything else. Maybe that's part of why loving is frightening. I'd rather pay the price and have you than be invincible because I have nothing. — Ellen O'Connell

One cannot reach Truth by untruthfulness. Truthful conduct alone can reach truth. — Mahatma Gandhi

I deal with spiritual truth which should never be sold and need never be bought. When you are ready it will be given. — Peace Pilgrim

A man is not primarily a witness against something. That is only incidental to the fact that he is a witness for something. — Whittaker Chambers

In fact, I want to be a Transformer as an adult. I would transform into a Gulf Stream 500. — Brad Delson