Plainly Quotes

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As with military campaigns, cultural warfare is always decided over the pragmatic problems of strategy, organization and resources. . . . The factions with the… — James Davison Hunter
Disagreeing with the fervent patriotism of the Confederates: "I think it's hard winning a war with words, gentlemen. . . . I'm saying very plainly… — Clark Gable
Charles Williams has said of the Lord's Prayer, "No word in English carries a greater possibility of terror than the little word 'as' in that… — Philip Yancey
The essence of dramatic form is to let an idea come over people without it being plainly stated. When you say something directly, it's simply… — Stanley Kubrick
There is no doubt that the life one leads, and the thoughts one thinks are registered plainly in his face. — Spencer W. Kimball
The character of the Open Conspiracy [the movement towards a world collective] will now be plainly displayed. It will have become a great world movement… — H.G. Wells
As I see it, a lukewarm Christian is an oxymoron; there is no such thing. To put it plainly, churchgoers who are 'lukewarm' are not… — Francis Chan
But a myth, to speak plainly, to me is like a menu in a fancy French restaurant: glamorous, complicated camouflage for a fact you wouldn't… — William Peter Blatty
To refuse any bond of union between man and civil society, on the one hand, and God the Creator and consequently the supreme Law-giver, on… — Pope Leo XIII
Perhaps the moral ambiguity of money is most plainly evidenced in the popular belief that money itself has value and that the worth of other… — William Stringfellow
The Constitution gives the president the power to appoint, upon the advice and consent of a majority of the Senate, and it plainly does not… — John Jay Hooker
I asked Agamemnon plainly about Iphigenia; he wept. Not as one cries out of pain, but out of fear. Out of weakness. — Christa Wolf
Standing at my door, I heard the discharge of a gun, and in four or five seconds of time, after the discharge, the small shot… — Benjamin Banneker
Plainly, the environment must be a living one, directed by a higher intelligence, arranged by an adult who is prepared for his mission. — Maria Montessori
The president of the United States and the secretary of defense would not assert as plainly and bluntly as they have that Iraq has weapons… — Ari Fleischer
Cats ask plainly for what they want. — Walter Savage Landor
I go farther, and say, that it is plainly our duty to desire pastors and teachers to take the care of such congregations, and that… — John Nelson Darby
When you do not know of a thing say so plainly. — Unknown Author
For my part, I believe that the vain, glorious and the violent will not inherit the earth. . . . In pursuance of that faith… — Daniel Berrigan
It was irritating to have one's physical shortcomings pointed out quite so plainly twice in one evening, once by a beautiful girl and once by… — Tom Holt

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