"Perhaps there will be prattlers who, although completely ignorant of mathematics, nevertheless take it upon themselves to pass judgment on mathematical questions, and on account of some passage in Scripture, badly distorted to their purpose, will dare to censure and assail what I have presented here."

-- Nicolaus Copernicus

#God Quotes #Faith Quotes #Hope Quotes

“Only the united beat of sex and heart can create ecstasy.”
“Lo and behold! God made this starry wold, The maggot and the mold; lo and behold! He taught the grass contentment blade by blade, The sanctity of sameness in a shade.”

Source : "Markham v. Prodigy". TIME magazine, November 23, 1925.
“I don't always understand other people's motives. I will repeat that for my own benefit, if you don't mind. I don't always understand other people's motives.”

Source : Elaine Dundy (2010). “The Dud Avocado”, p.63, New York Review of Books
“I enjoyed so much working with the guys from Wilco, and riffing off of them, and having someone come up to me with ideas, because normally in the studio it's me who has to come up with all the ideas.”
“I'm a huge Rachel Maddow fan. There's not a bigger Rachel Maddow fan. I'm a Maddowphile. I'm a definite Maddowphile.”
“Holiness is not freedom from temptation, but power to overcome temptation.”
“A hungry dog hunts best.”
“When we point to obstacles we inhibit progress. When we offer solutions we advance.”

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