Bearing Witness Quotes

23 Bearing Witness quotes by 21 unique authors

I have made my living bearing witness to some of the most horrific events of the end of our century, at the end of the… — Christiane Amanpour
I thought we'd die there, quarrels in our backs, you for what you did and me for bearing witness. — Janet Morris
I know I can't make time slow down, can't hold our life as it is in a freeze frame or slow my children's inexorable journeys… — Katrina Kenison
For me, the writing life doesn't just happen when I sit at the writing desk. It is a life lived with a centering principle, and… — Julia Alvarez
The mere fact of an American being present could help save the lives of innocent people. That's why I believe in the importance of bearing… — Bianca Jagger
Every artist seems to me to have the job of bearing witness to the world we live in. To some extent I think of all… — Jane Rule
I am a writer and my faith in the world of art is intense, but not irrational, nor naïve - because art takes us and… — Toni Morrison
We shall not weary, we shall not rest, as we stand guard at the entrance gates and the exit gates of life, and at every… — Richard John Neuhaus
An Eskimo custom offers an angry person release by walking the emotion out of his or her system in a straight line across the landscape;… — Lucy R. Lippard
In fact, it seems that present-day science, with one sweeping step back across millions of centuries, has succeeded in bearing witness to that primordial 'Fiat… — Pope Pius XII
With each new book, the march of our national history takes a step forward. When one is present at a book launch, one is bearing… — Ibrahim Babangida
I've always loved reporting from the field most of all. There's something about doing live TV and being there as it happens that's always appealed… — Anderson Cooper
As the generation of Holocaust survivors and liberators dwindles, the torch of remembrance, of bearing witness, and of education must continue forward. — Dan Gillerman
My writing is often a way of 'bearing witness' for others who lack the education and the opportunity to tell their own stories, so I… — Joyce Carol Oates
Like civil-rights protesters who sang rousing hymns as they were carried off to jail, Twitterers are bearing witness to what's happening around them, and calling… — Douglas Rushkoff
The aim of all Christian education, moreover, is to train the believer in an adult faith that can make him a "new creation", capable of… — Pope Benedict XVI
The best Armour of Old Age is a well spent life preceding it; a Life employed in the Pursuit of useful Knowledge, in honourable Actions… — Marcus Tullius Cicero
Was it the act of giving birth that made you a mother? Did you lose that label when you relinquished your child? If people were… — Jodi Picoult
What makes art Christian art? Is it simply Christian artists painting biblical subjects like Jeremiah? Or, by attaching a halo, does that suddenly make something… — R C Sproul
Being a parent wasn't just about bearing a child. It was about bearing witness to its life. — Jodi Picoult
There are many perks to living for twenty-one centuries, and foremost among them is bearing witness to the rare birth of genius. It invariably goes… — Kevin Hearne
When we bear witness, when we become the situation - homelessness, poverty, illness, violence, death - the right action arises by itself. We don't have… — Bernie Glassman
There's a value to bearing witness to what hundreds of thousands of people are going through. I see nothing wrong with a reporter going through… — Anderson Cooper

Who Wrote These Bearing Witness Quotes

21 authors contributed a total of 23 Bearing Witness Quotes as follows: