"And the only thing to do with a sin is to confess, do penance and then, after some kind of decent interval, ask for forgiveness."

-- Joseph J. Ellis

#Penance Quotes #Kind Quotes #Sin Quotes

“There are a whole bunch of people who don't like to shop. But there are also people, maybe, who even do like to shop but are very time pressured. And so shopping online can save people time.”

Source : "The Woman Who Created 'Transparent' Wants You to 'Borrow White Male Privilege'". Interview with Inae Oh, www.motherjones.com. November 22, 2015.
“I hate vacations. If you can build buildings, why sit on the beach?”
“Cardiff Stadium was a warm up for the 3 Hyde Park shows. James Brown opened. And I think it may be the only time we played Mini Epic live.”
“I tell you, freedom and human rights in America are doomed. The U.S. government will lead the American people in - and the West in general - into an unbearable hell and a choking life.”
“Electricity is but yet a new agent for the arts and manufactures, and, doubtless, generations unborn will regard with interest this century, in which it has been first applied to the wants of mankind.”

Source : Alfred SMEE (F.R.S., Surgeon to the Bank of England.) (1851). “Elements of Electro-Metallurgy, or the art of working in metals by the galvanic fluid”, p.8
“Let us not be afraid to allow for post-visualization. By post-visualization I refer to the willingness on the part of the photographer to revisualize the final image at any point in the entire photographic process.”
“writers don't like to write letters. Too much like work.”

Source : Mari Sandoz (1992). “Letters of Mari Sandoz”, p.136, U of Nebraska Press
“Why? Because we're very well down this process as it is - flawed as it is - and we're counting on getting more power plants on line by the end of 2003 so we have a surplus of power.”

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