"Who's Got Game? The Ant or the Grasshopper? The Lion or the Mouse? Poppy or the Snake?"

-- Toni Morrison

#Games Quotes #Snakes Quotes #Lions Quotes

“As anchorman of the CBS Evening News, I signed off my nightly broadcasts for nearly two decades with a simple statement: "And that's the way it is." To me, that encapsulates the newsman's highest ideal: to report the facts as he sees them, without regard for the consequences or controversy that may ensue.”
“They really don't know where the future lies. If developers decide to build a high-rise where the McCormick building is, they'd have nowhere to go.”
“The call of Christ is to deny ourselves and to let go of our lives. To relinquish control of our lives, to surrender everything we are, everything that we do, our direction our safety our security is no longer found in the things of this world. It is found in Christ. And that is great risk when it comes to the things of this world.”
“You can fold up spiritually, morally, or intellectually and still be safe. Because at the very worst, all you can be is dead â€”and for him who is the Resurrection and the Life, that just makes you his cup of tea.”

Source : Robert Farrar Capon (1997). “Between Noon and Three: Romance, Law, and the Outrage of Grace”, p.292, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
“The eagle had two natural enemies: storms and serpents. He embraced the storm, waiting on the rock for the right thermal current and then using that to carry him higher. While other birds were taking cover, the eagle was soaring. An eagle would never fight against the storms of life.”
“Soccer matches in Europe have riot police. Metal is just people sloshing around drunk and sloppy and having fun, and there's nothing wrong with that. It is a great outlet for aggression.”

Source : Source: pitchfork.com
“0 beautiful for patriot dream That sees beyond the years Thine alabaster cities gleam Undimmed by human tears! America! America! God shed his grace on thee, And crown thy good with brotherhood From sea to shining sea!”

Source : 'America the Beautiful' (1893)
“If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.”

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