"I'll retire when they pry my cold, dead fingers off of my Bible."

-- R. C. Sproul

#Cold Quotes #Fingers Quotes #Retiring Quotes

“The hopelessness of the Turkish Government should make me witness with delight its being swept out of the countries which it tortures. Next to the Ottoman Government nothing can be more deplorable and blameworthy than jealousies between Greek and Slav and plans by the States already existing for appropriating other territory. Why not Macedonia for the Macedonians as well as Bulgaria for the Bulgarians and Serbia for the Serbians?”
“It is sweet to think I was a companion in an expedition that never ends”
“While the idea of taking you right now, against the wall, is enough to make me lose control, I want you to know that Iâ€™m serious. Youâ€™re not a hook up. Youâ€™re not a friend with benefits. Youâ€™re more than that to me.â€ I closed my eyes, breathing heavily. â€œWell, that wasâ€¦really sort of perfect.â€ â€œIâ€™m really sort of perfect â€¦ Everyone else knows that. Youâ€™re just a little slow on the uptake.”
“We were talking about the kissing in the movie just recently. Clearly, it's pretty challenging material, but Ang said two men herding sheep was far more sexual than two men having sex on screen.”
“The fact that we have been able to develop a successful science, which issues in ever more accurate predictions and broader explanations, is the real ground for confidence that we are in a position to gain knowledge of the world around us. At the same time, one might ask how it is that the cognitive equipment we have came about, and here, no doubt, our evolutionary origins are relevant.”
“...The final secret is that there is no secret. Devote yourself to your leader. Work hard. Be grateful. Act boldly. Some may deride such suggestions as commonplace, and they'd be right: They are common. But to see them successfully enacted in this world is rare indeed.”
“Long as I live Long as I breathe With every heartbeat I'll need you near me”

Source : Song: Long As I Live, Album: John Michael Montgomery
“We've been hearing about the death of the novel ever since the day after Don Quixote was published.”

Source : "The uses of invention" by Jay McInerney, www.theguardian.com. September 16, 2005.

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