"Solemnity is the shield of idiots"

-- Baron de Montesquieu

#Stupidity Quotes #Shields Quotes #Idiot Quotes

“We, including many Christians, read the Bible through "eyes" conditioned by, and even accommodated to, modern Western culture plus the influences of messages and ideas from other cultures that are alien to the worldview of the biblical writers. Therefore, in order fully to understand the Bible and allow the Bible to absorb the world (rather than the world - culture - absorb the Bible) we must practice an "archaeology" of the biblical writers' implicit, assumed view of reality.”
“It's such an honor to be representing the USA in an international beauty contest in spite of all the tragedy that's happened in this country lately. I really hope that this this will raise everybody's spirits a little.”
“Musicals are, by nature, theatrical, meaning poetic, meaning having to move the audience's imagination and create a suspension of disbelief, by which I mean there's no fourth wall.”
“I just want my kids to love who they are, have happy lives and find something they want to do and make peace with that. Your job as a parent is to give your kids not only the instincts and talents to survive, but help them enjoy their lives.”
“We look at science as something very elite, which only a few people can learn. That's just not true. You just have to start early and give kids a foundation. Kids live up, or down, to expectations.”
“Just listen,â€ she said. â€œYou canâ€™t kill him in cold blood.â€ â€œWhyever not?â€ Ye gods grant me patience. â€œBecause heâ€™ll be dead,â€ she said as patiently as she could, â€œand Lady Claraâ€™s reputation will be stained forever. Do not, I pray you, do anything, Lord Longmore. Leave this to us.â€ â€œUs.â€ â€œMy sisters and me.â€ â€œWhat do you propose? Dressing him to death? Tying him up and making him listen to fashion descriptions?”
“I really enjoy doing charity, for a good cause, itâ€™s like the least I can do, I really enjoy that stuff. I enjoy giving back.”
“He is The Bread sown in the virgin, leavened in the Flesh, molded in His Passion, baked in the furnace of the Sepulchre, placed in the Churches, and set upon the Altars, which daily supplies Heavenly Food to the faithful.”

Source : Peter Chrysologus (2010). “Selected Sermons; Homilies”, p.117, CUA Press

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