"If God had meant us to go metric, why did he give Christ twelve apostles?"

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Source : Gyles Daubeney Brandreth (1982). “More joy of lex: an amazing and amusing Z to A and A to Z of words”, William Morrow & Co

Gyles Brandreth

#Giving Quotes #Twelve Quotes #Metrics Quotes

“If we think about emotion this way - as outside-in, not inside out - it is possible to understand how some people can have an enormous amount of influence over others. Some of us, after all, are very good at expressiing emotions and feelings, which means that we are far more emotionally contagious than the rest of us.”
“We are doing well, notwithstanding all our failings and weaknesses; but the Lord would like to have us a little more diligent; he would like us to cleave a little more closely to the things of his kingdom, have more of his Spirit, and know more of him and of one another, that complete and perfect confidence can be restored.”
“If moderation is a fault, then indifference is a crime.”
“Richard Childress and myself have made some important innovations on our cars.”
“Intellectual disgrace Stares from every human face, And the seas of pity lie Locked and frozen in each eye.”
“If I'd listened to customers, I'd have given them a faster horse.”
“If the internet has taught us anything, it's that you want less news and more cats.”

Source : "Heavy Petting". "Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me!" with Peter Sagal, July 4, 2015.
“I believed that the way passed through Man, and that it was from there that destiny had to emerge.”

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