Ximplethings Quotes & Sayings

With each passing minute comes the chance to dream, create and inspire — Connor McDonald

Okies who had just stepped into the corridor long enough to get a tin can of water for our boiling radiator. There are other stories, other dilemmas, but the characters never change. We're always standing around, unwashed, uncurled, harried, penniless, memory gone, no lipstick, no hose, unmatched shoes, and using the dirtiest cloth in the house to bind our wounds. Makes — Erma Bombeck

Health care reform, the marquee legislative accomplishment of the Obama administration's first term, was passed before we entered the world of divided government. — Eliot Spitzer

Too often, however, the church professes its faith but is unsure how to practice it. Even some of my seminary students come to theology classes somewhat reluctantly, assuming that doctrine is neither practical nor relevant to their future ministry. — Kevin Vanhoozer

And the sun on the wall of her room, the block of sun with all the tiny flying things in it. When she was little she thought they were the souls of dead insects, still buzzing in the light. — Tim Winton

You never expected that God himself would, by his representatives, actually come close to unclean people and touch them. The Holy One is not human. The triune God is not human. Don't limit God's character by your expectations of what a decent human king might do. You expect God to reject; he accepts. You expect him to turn away; he turns toward. — Edward T. Welch

The usage seems first to have made its appearance on the floor of the Convention in the context of insults. In February the deputy Thomas used the familiar form to rebuke Marat for one of his outbursts: "Shut up, you imbecile! — Timothy Tackett

Trust me, sweetheart, there is a reason centuries of fathers have fought brutal wars to protect the concept of Immaculate Conception. — Karin Slaughter

To be depreciated and humiliated isn't a statement of your worth but rather an evidence of your disregarded potential. — Robin Sacredfire

Many people begin coming to God once they stop being religious.There's only one master of the heart-Jesus, not religion. — Oswald Chambers

A process of genocide is being carried out before the eyes of the world. — Pope John Paul II

But you don't have a husband yet?"
Elina shook her head, her gaze focused on the stream. "No. I have nothing to entice a man. No raids. No bounty on my head. No one fears me." She looked him in the eyes. "As far as the tribes are concerned, I am nothing."
"But you're cute."
"I am ... cute?"
"Aye. Cute. In the Southlands, cute can get you a baron and a full staff. — G.A. Aiken

Every advance in this half-century-Social Security, civil rights, Medicare, aid to education, one after another-came with the support and leadership of American Labor. — Jimmy Carter

You know you're old when your family talk about you in front of you. What are we going to do with Pop? We have company tonight. — Rodney Dangerfield