"There are a great many colored people who are ashamed of the cake-walk, but I think they ought to be proud of it."

-- James Weldon Johnson

#Thinking Quotes #Cake Quotes #People Quotes

“A doctor is advertised by the bodies he cures. My business is advertised by the minds I stimulate. And let me tell you that the book business is different from other trades. People don't know they want books. I can see just by looking at you that your mind is ill for lack of books but you are blissfully unaware of it!”
“The one absolute certain way to bring this nation to ruin ... would be to permit it to become a tangle of squabbling nationalities.”
“I show up on the injury report as much as the statsheet, but if Iâ€™m healthy, Iâ€™m going to be a late-round steal in most leagues. Last year I had more than 1,000 yards on the ground despite my injuries, and I had six rushing touchdowns despite Andre Brown vulturing my goal line duties around mid-season. Now Iâ€™m in Indianapolis, and my new offensive coordinator is implementing a West Coast offense that should get me plenty of carries and a few catches each game. Plus, Iâ€™ll be the goal line guy. If Iâ€™m not wearing a boot.”
“Too often, however, the church professes its faith but is unsure how to practice it. Even some of my seminary students come to theology classes somewhat reluctantly, assuming that doctrine is neither practical nor relevant to their future ministry.”

Source : Source: exiledpreacher.blogspot.com
“Too often we attempt to work for God to the limit of our incompetency, rather than to the limit of God's omnipotency.”
“Scratch the surface of knowledge and mystery bubbles up like a spring. And occasionally, at certain disquieting moments in history (Aristarchus, Galileo, Plank, Einstein), a tempest of mystery comes rolling in from the sea and overwhelms our efforts.”

Source : Chet Raymo (2005). “Honey from Stone: A Naturalist's Search for God”, p.59, Cowley Publications
“In truth the social media elements of the Obama campaign, while extremely innovative, did not produce a lot of results.”
“Quietude, which some men cannot abide because it reveals their inward poverty, is as a palace of cedar to the wise, for along its hallowed courts the King in his beauty deigns to walk.”

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