"A God in the hand is worth two…" — Frederick Buechner

"A God in the hand is worth two in the bush."

— Frederick Buechner

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169 Quotes by Frederick Buechner

Frederick Buechner has 169 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Compassion is sometimes the fatal capacity for feeling what it is like to live inside somebody else's skin. It is…
The grace of God means something like: Here is your life. You might never have been, but you are because…
It is as impossible for man to demonstrate the existence of God as it would be for even Sherlock Holmes…
Religion points to that area of human experience where in one way or another man comes upon mystery as a…
Jesus, remember me when you come into your kingdom, the good thief said from his cross (Luke 23:42). There are…
When someone we love suffers, we suffer with that person, and we would not have it otherwise, because the suffering…
We find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old.
Despair has been called the unforgivable sin-not presumably because God refuses to forgive it, but because it despairs of the…
In his holy flirtation with the world, God occasionally drops a handkerchief. These handkerchiefs are called saints.
True faith, a simple life, a helping hand- the three things prized most in Heaven.
You can't be too careful what you tell a child because you never know what he'll take hold of and…
We find by losing. We hold fast by letting go. We become something new by ceasing to be something old.…

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When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfarthers of Blair and… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
I was born in the Ottawa General Hospital right after the Gray Cup Football Game in 1939. Six months later,… — Margaret Atwood
American foreign policy had still not recovered from its victory over communism when George W. Bush and Condoleezza Rice took… — Russell Baker
Bush wasn't elected, he was selected - selected by five judges up in Washington who voted along party lines. — Alec Baldwin
Everything that Bush touches turns to manure in public policy. — Alec Baldwin
I think my exact comment was that if Bush won it would be a good time to leave the United… — Alec Baldwin
My family got all over me because they said Bush is only for the rich people. Then I reminded them,… — Charles Barkley
I was one of the hardest-hitting conservatives on George W. Bush. Republicans didn't like me on George W. Bush. Republicans… — Glenn Beck
In my lifetime, we've gone from Eisenhower to George W. Bush. We've gone from John F. Kennedy to Al Gore.… — Lewis Black
There's an expression in Australia that's called 'Go Bush,' which means to get out of the city and relax. I… — Cate Blanchett
22 million new jobs under President Clinton. 3 million lost under Bush. — Sidney Blumenthal
It's easy to kick somebody when they're down. George W. Bush has dealt with more difficult issues than any president… — John Boehner

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