Prayer is the most sacred occupation a person could engage…

It's really, really, really difficult to have the same occupation as the person you're with - especially when you're both actors.

— Jessica Alba

“Prayer is a sacred path.”

— Lailah Gifty Akita

In centering prayer, the sacred word is not the object of the attention but rather the expression of the intention of the will.

— Thomas Keating

Prayer is a sacred and appointed means to obtain all the blessings that we want, whether they relate to this life or the life…

— Isaac Watts

To pray without expectation is to misunderstand the whole concept of prayer and relationship with God.

— Aiden Wilson Tozer

I'm still agnostic. But in the words of Elton Richards, I'm now a reverant agnostic. Which isn't an oxymoron, I swear. I now believe…

— Anonymous

Thankfully the rest of the world assumed that the Irish were crazy, a theory that the Irish themselves did nothing to debunk. They had…

— Eoin Colfer

The situation in the West Bank and Gaza involves a military occupation amid urban guerrilla warfare, analogous to the British security measures in Northern…

— Jack Schwartz

The end of foreign occupation is one of the pre-requisites if we are to witness any progress in our efforts to help Iraq go…

— Amr Moussa

For me the dream is the freedom to make all the crazy ideas I have in my head into movies. I truly love directing…

— Nicholas Ozeki

Most readers, then and now, have at some time experienced the humiliation of being told that their occupation is reprehensible.

— Alberto Manguel

In 2001, we were told that the war in Afghanistan was a feminist mission. The marines were liberating Afghan women from the Taliban. Can…

— Arundhati Roy

Nations sometimes flourish by denying the crimes that brought them into being. Only when the original invasion, occupation, extermination or usurpation has been safely…

— Terry Eagleton

I hope that the Palestinians don't make the mistake of unleashing a new intifada. They've tried it twice before, and the consequences were bad…

— Tom Segev

In every province, the chief occupations, in order of importance, are lovemaking, malicious gossip, and talking nonsense.

— Voltaire