"If the times aren't ripe, you have to ripen the times."

-- Dorothy Height

“Evangelion (that we call the gospel) is a Greek word and signifieth good, merry, glad and joyful tidings, that maketh a man's heart glad and maketh him sing, dance, and leap for joy.”

Source : William Tyndale, John Frith, Thomas Russell (1831). “The Works of the English Reformers: The works of Tyndale, (continued:) An answer to Sir Thomas More's Dialogue ; An exposition upon the 5th, 6th, and 7th chapters of Matthew ; An exposition upon the 1st epistle of St. John ; A pathway into the Holy Scripture ; The sacrament of baptism, and the sacrament of the body and blood of our saviour Jesus Christ”, p.490
“I know for certain that we never lose the people we love, even to death. They continue to participate in every act, thought and decision we make. Their love leaves an indelible imprint in our memories. We find comfort in knowing that our lives have been enriched by having shared their love.”
“[To waiter who had spilled soup on her:] Never darken my Dior again!”

Source : Quoted in Lore and Maurice Cowan, The Wit of Women (1969)
“There is a harmony in autumn, and a luster in its sky, which through the summer is not heard or seen, as if it could not be, as if it had not been!”
“Good products can be sold by honest advertising. If you don't think the product is good, you have no business to be advertising it.”

Source : David Ogilvy (1963). “Confessions of an advertising man”, Holiday House
“If we are more affected by the ruin of a palace than by the conflagration of a cottage, our humanity must have formed a very erroneous estimate of the miseries of human life.”
“We only get one life. Wasting someone's time is the subtlest form of murder.”

Source : "Attention, men: don't be a creepy dude who pesters women in coffee shops and on the subway" by Lindy West, www.theguardian.com. October 21, 2014.
“I feel very responsible for my brother, and I try and protect him every chance I get.”

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