Passages Quotes

538 Passages quotes by 451 unique authors

You count on it, you rely on it to buffer the passage of time, to keep the memory of sunshine and high skies alive, and… — A. Bartlett Giamatti
'Smart growth' destroys the environment. 'Dumb growth' destroys the environment. The only difference is that 'smart growth' does it with good taste. It's like booking… — Albert Allen Bartlett
I chose the shadows; they did not choose me. I stay here securely not just because I feel plain, but because disappearance is by now… — Rod McKuen
The weakest living creature, by concentrating his powers on a single object, can accomplish something. The strongest, by dispensing his over many, may fail to… — Thomas Carlyle
He who is well acquainted with the text of scripture, is a distinguished theologian. For a Bible passage or text is of more value than… — Martin Luther
House passes #dadt (don't ask don't tell) repeal. A step fwd on equality 4 gay Americans in military. History will judge those who tried 2… — Frank Pallone
There’s a passage that I love in Romans 1. … [I]t talks about homosexuality and it says that they will receive in their bodies the… — David Barton
I want people to fill their minds with passages of Scripture while they are well and strong, that they may have sure help in the… — J C Ryle
We have no reason to be discouraged and cast down if the religion we profess is not popular and few agree with us. We must… — J C Ryle
Let us see that our knowledge of Christ be not a powerless, barren, unpractical knowledge: O that, in its passage from our understanding to our… — John Flavel
When I was twelve, the passage from silent film to the talkies had an impact on me-I still watch silent films. I don't think that… — Alain Resnais
For Christians, the problem is not how to reconcile homosexuality with scriptural passages that condemn it, but how to reconcile the rejection and punishment of… — William Sloane Coffin
Make your novel readable. Make it easy to read, pleasant to read. This doesn't mean flowery passages, ambitious flights of pyrotechnic verbiage; it means strong,… — Unknown Author
Love makes the world go 'round, it's true, but lust stops the world in its tracks; love renders bearable the passage of time, lust causes… — Tom Robbins
This is a glorious biography ... The time is ripe for a new biography of Edith Wharton of this intimacy and on this scale ...… — Unknown Author
Myths are about the human struggle to deal with the great passages of time and life--birth, death, marriage, the transitions from childhood to adulthood to… — Michael Shermer
A junkyard contains all the bits and pieces of a Boeing 747, dismembered and in disarray. A whirlwind happens to blow through the yard. What… — Fred Hoyle
Where constraint breaks people, and mediation makes fools of them, the seduction of power is what makes them love their oppression. Because of it, people… — Raoul Vaneigem
Klopstock was questioned regarding the meaning of a passage in his poem. He replied, 'God and I both knew what it meant once; now God… — Cesare Lombroso
The Bible became the book of books, but it is not one document. It is a mystical library of interwoven texts by unknown authors who… — Simon Sebag-Montefiore
One heart is not connected to another through harmony alone. They are, instead, linked deeply through their wounds. Pain linked to pain, fragility to fragility.… — Haruki Murakami
By surviving passages of doubt and depression on the vocational journey, I have become clear about at least one thing: self-care is never a selfish… — Parker J. Palmer
Children should transcribe favourite passages. --A certain sense of possession and delight may be added to this exercise if children are allowed to choose for… — Charlotte Mason
N.Y. Chamber of Commerce Urges Passage of Silver For War Use. — Caryl Parker Haskins
In the 19th Century people were looking for the Northwest Passage. Ships were lost and brave people were killed, but that doesn't mean we never… — John L. Phillips

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