"The way to elegancy of style is to employ your pen upon every errand; and the more trivial and dry it is, the more brains must be allowed for sauce."

-- Frances Osborne

#Brain Quotes #Style Quotes #Errands Quotes

“There's a difference between wanting to be respected and being a strong female and being known for being able to do things, but still very much wanting guys to open the door, wanting them to ask us out, still bringing flowers and stuff like that.”

Source : "How A Prominent Boehner Critic Sees Congress' Future Without Him". "All Things Considered" with Kelly McEvers, www.npr.org. September 25, 2015.
“We did decide that every addict in this film, Warning: This Drug May Kill You, would be someone who started out with a prescription for an opioid from a doctor. The story that hadn't been told is that the vast majority - somewhere around 80 percent - of current ***** users began with an addiction to prescription opioids. So as much as people might want to look at this and say, 'Oh this is really a ***** problem,' yes, it is a ***** problem, and no one is saying differently, but it starts more often than not with a prescription.”
“What is clear is that the Gospel of Judas has joined the other spectacular discoveries that are exploding the myth of a monolithic Christianity and showing how diverse and fascinating the early Christian movement really was.”
“Never give yourself permission to avoid doing what is right.”
“The true ideal is not opposed to the real but lies in it; and blessed are the eyes that find it.”
“No, I am who I am. Im not going to change for anybody.”
“It is eerie being all but alone in Westminster Abbey. Without the tourists, there are only the dead, many of them kings and queens. They speak powerfully and put my thoughts into vivid perspective.”
“It is commonly said that if rational argument is so seldom the cause of conviction, philosophical apologists must largely be wasting their shot. The premise is true, but the conclusion does not follow. For though argument does not create conviction, the lack of it destroys belief. What seems to be proved may not be embraced; but what no one shows the ability to defend is quickly abandoned. Rational argument does not create belief, but it maintains a climate in which belief may flourish.”

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