“All was in God's plan, and he had to accept even as he didn't understand.” — Barbara Cameron Copy Share Image
“I held up my hand. “Whoa. We’re talking about the Amish here, not some superstitious witchcraft religion on an island.” I scoffed.” — Karen Ann Hopkins Copy Share Image
I can't wait for the next fad though, and I predict it's going to be Pennsylvania dutch culture, very Amish. It's going… — Janeane Garofalo Copy Share Image
The one [thing about Amish life] that I'm always going to miss is the closeness that I've had with my family. I… — Kate Stoltzfus Copy Share Image
No, I don't think it's fair to label Islam 'violent.' But I will say that to my knowledge, no writer has ever… — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
I live my life very Amish-like. Other than video games, I don't think I have a reason for electronics. It's a life… — Karl-Anthony Towns Copy Share Image
“There’s never an occasion for an Amish man to hug or kiss a family member out of affection. Kisses are used only… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
I love the unabashed over-buttered, over-creamed, deep-fried, gooey, over-sugared excessiveness of Amish food, — Blaize Clement Copy Share Image
“Since all the Amish dress the same, our names were on a label inside the garments, and shawls” — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“Montana. Ora Jay’s uncle lived there, and he often talked about the secluded place he’d found in the mountains, a place of… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“Twelve to fifteen Amish families and twenty to thirty Amish bachelors lived in the West Kootenai. They were there because they wanted… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
On the farm, I had chores. I had a calf. We had a herd of cattle in the pasture. We'd go and… — Krysten Ritter Copy Share Image
The Amish communities of Pennsylvania, despite the retro image of horse-drawn buggies and straw hats, have long been engaged in a productive… — Howard Rheingold Copy Share Image
“No parents wanted their youth to do this rumspringa wild thing, but they just did it anyway. Rumspringa, in an Amish community,… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“Ora Jay’s father tried farming for a time, but it didn’t work out so he went to work in a local trailer… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“If a mother is the heart of the Amish life, the father is the head; he plays a very significant role, spiritually… — Suzanne Woods Fisher Copy Share Image
The English judged a person so that they'd be justified in casting her out. The Amish judged a person so that they'd… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
“At a funeral the preacher holds nothing back during his sermon and speaks with reality and fear. The Amish believe that during… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“A group of us also started having church every week instead of every two weeks. We called the “off” week Sunday school,… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“LaGrange County, near the town of LaGrange, Indiana. It is the second largest Amish community in the country, but to us it… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“Our culture promotes individuality, while the Amish are deeply entrenched in community. To us, if someone stands out, it's no big deal… — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image
Well, part of it is the general fascination with the Amish. It's an extremely popular genre and Beverly Lewis just happens to… — Michael Landon, Jr Copy Share Image
“When many people think of the Amish, they think about children walking barefoot or riding their ponies to an Amish school. In… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“These were the messages we were hearing from some of our non-Amish friends. Hearing these things and opening our hearts to their… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“There is no divorce in an Amish community. Many Amish young people turn earnestly to the question of family and marriage in… — Ora-Jay Eash Copy Share Image
“The Swartzentruber Order is the most conservative on the Amish spectrum. Amish people have differences just like any culture.” — Brenda Nixon, M.A Copy Share Image
“Mel scoffed. “Eves, on the scale from wholesome to whoresome, you’re practically Amish.” — Kresley Cole Copy Share Image
“We can’t change the past, but we can change how we spend the rest of our days on this earth.” — Samantha Bayarr Copy Share Image
“Murphy's law inverted: What can go right, will go right. (Works if you're an optimist.)” — Saloma Miller Furlong Copy Share Image
“If you can’t have the best of everything, make the best of everything you have. Amish Proverb” — Shelley Shepard Gray Copy Share Image
“Amish children are usually named after aunts or uncles or some other relation. Keeps the family names going.” — Sarah Price Copy Share Image
I did pass the bar in Pennsylvania. I can practice Amish law. But it's long expired, my bar license. — Rich Fulcher Copy Share Image
“Unlike many of their consumer-minded neighbors, the Amish do not assemble their spirituality piecemeal by personal preference.” — Donald B. Kraybill Copy Share Image
“We [the Amish] look alike. We pray alike. We live alike. ...But none of these things mean we all think alike.” — Jodi Picoult Copy Share Image