Wresting The Scriptures Quotes & Sayings

Women deluded by these sentiments, sometimes boast of their weakness, cunningly obtaining power by playing on the weakness of men; and they may well glory in their illicit sway, for, like Turkish bashaws, they have more real power than their masters: but virtue is sacrificed to temporary gratifications, and the respectability of life to the triumph of an hour. — Mary Wollstonecraft

The words graphic designer, architect, or industrial designer stick in my throat, giving me a sense of limitation, of specialisation within the specialty, of a relationship to society and form itself that is unsatisfactory and incomplete. This inadequate set of terms to describe an active life reveals only partially the still undefined nature of the designer. — Alvin Lustig

Pessimism only describes an attitude, and not facts, and hence is entirely subjective. — Francis Parker Yockey

it was twee. I was so eager to try this. — Richard Roberts

It was a way out of poverty. It was a way to success. It was a way to education. And it was a way to a brighter day for me. — Little Richard

I liked the Beatles but I wasn't mad on the Stones. I always thought they were a slight rip-off of Chuck Berry and some of the old blues people, and they never seemed to change. If people compare me to Jagger and the Stones I would be the one to be put down ... I've been far more progressive than any of them. — Cliff Richard

So, as middle-class families have been tumbling downhill, working-class families have been tumbling into poverty. And — Amy Goldstein

Making love to him was like going through a car wash, except you came out dirtier and more alive at the other end. — Charles Baxter

To have someone get out of bed and bring you little fishes and sit with you as you eat them in the dark of night. To hum to you. This is love. — Kate DiCamillo

Verjuice Collect ripe crab apples and leave them in a plastic bag to sweat. After a few days press out the juice and then bottle it, leaving cotton wool in the top as it will ferment because of the natural yeasts. It will be ready in about a month and makes a traditional substitute for lemon juice. It is particularly good in salad dressings and stir fries. After — Ben Law

It's two lovers that continue to hold each other close but move in life as if they aren't their soul mates because it is deemed necessary. — Alyse M. Gardner

A patient, methodical sort of madman. The worst kind. — Cassandra Clare

Only when I fall do I get up again. — Vincent Van Gogh

Seek not greater wealth, but simpler pleasure; not higher fortune, but deeper felicity. — Mahatma Gandhi

It's numbers like these that both bubble-theorists and market cheerleaders can pounce on to make their points. Reality is more mundane. — Prentice Marshall