Converting Quotes

112 quotes by 102 authors

It is one thing to have sin alarmed only by convictions, and another to have it crucified by converting grace. Many, because they have been… — Joseph Alleine
The Council on Foreign Relations is "the establishment." Not only does it have influence and power in key decision-making positions at the highest levels of… — John Rarick
Our life is a hope which is continually converting itself into memory and memory in its turn begets hope. — Miguel de Unamuno
Scratch the surface of most cynics and you find a frustrated idealist â€” someone who made the mistake of converting his ideals into expectations. — Peter Senge
Converting the war into an antislavery crusade was a brilliant move on Lincoln's part, and it resulted in a surge of voluntary recruits into the… — G. Edward Griffin
After all, the past is our only real guide to the future, and historical analogies are instruments for distilling and organizing the past and converting… — Michael Mandelbaum
Taking the best left-handed pitcher in baseball and converting him into a right fielder is one of the dumbest things I ever heard. — Tris Speaker
I am a living illustration of Bosnian mixing and converting. My grandparents lived in eastern Herzegovina. Very poor. The Turks came and brought Islam. There… — Emir Kusturica
The singing of our sacred hymns, written by the servants of God, has a powerful effect in converting people to the principles of the Gospel,… — Heber J. Grant
Windmills installed around the world converting their direct current into alternating current and feeding the electric energy into the world network can harvest the planet… — R. Buckminster Fuller
Fortunately, the time has long passed when people liked to regard the United States as some kind of melting pot, taking men and women from… — Hubert H. Humphrey
Rather than converting people from one organised religion to another organised religion, we should try to convert people from misery to happiness, from bondage to… — S. N. Goenka
MAGIC, n. An art of converting superstition into coin. There are other arts serving the same high purpose, but the discreet lexicographer does not name… — Ambrose Bierce
It is now highly feasible to take care of everybody on Earth at a higher standard of living than any have ever known. It no… — R. Buckminster Fuller
However, as every parent of a small child knows, converting a large object into small fragments is considerably easier than the reverse process. — Andrew S. Tanenbaum
The natural man cannot but resist the Lord's offering to help him; yet that resistance is infallibly overcome in the elect, by converting grace. — Thomas Boston
By deafening ourselves to the emotional consequences of violence we have become confused by its relationship to sex. We have come to believe that violence… — Derrick Jensen
I will destroy my enemies by converting them to friends. — Maimonides
Magic: (n) The art of converting superstition into coin. — Ambrose Bierce
The Court today completes the process of converting Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 from a guarantee that race or sex will… — Antonin Scalia

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