"No one sane would let a first-century dentist fill their children's teeth. Why then do we allow first-century theologians to fill our children's minds?"

-- Michael Dowd

#Children Quotes #Mind Quotes #Teeth Quotes

“Those who weep for the happy periods which they encounter in history acknowledge what they want; not the alleviation but the silencing of misery.”
“If you want to study writing, read Dickens. That's how to study writing, or Faulkner, or D.H. Lawrence, or John Keats. They can teach you everything you need to know about writing.”
“Whenever God wakes in us, our thinking becomes clear - nothing is missing.”
“We are all familiar with the argument: Make war dreadful enough, and there will be no war. And we none of us believe it.”
“Reality... includes a perceiver, who has memories, thoughts, desires, emotions - [which] a normal camera tends to omit.”
“I don't know how to tell it--but ef such a thing could be As the angels wantin' boardin', and they'd call around on me-- I'd want to 'ccommodate 'em--all the whole-in-durin' flock-- When the frost is on the punkin and the fodder's in the shock.”

Source : James Whitcomb Riley, “When The Frost Is On The Punkin”
“I've discovered over the years that the simplest explanation is almost always the right one; and that hunger of one kind or another - desire, by another name - is the source of almost every sorrow.”
“The red carpet is a beautiful situation for people. I think everybody appreciates it and loves it and honors it. Nobody really acts a fool because they know this is a one-time thing.”

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