"It seems that just Being, the sheer fact of existence, that there is something rather than nothing, already inspires a wonder akin to religion. But - as in my comment about the Kingdom of God in the last answer - Jewish and Christian traditions are also prepared to challenge what 'is' for the sake of what could be."

-- George Pattison

#Christian Quotes #Challenges Quotes #Inspire Quotes

“The spirit of graft and of lawlessness is the American spirit.”

Source : Lincoln Steffens (2012). “The Shame of the Cities”, p.8, Courier Corporation
“The costume designer, her name is Anne Hardinge. She's done "Shaun of the Dead" and "Hot Fuzz." She's really comedic costume designer, which was right up my alley. She was a joy to work with. She was like fabulous Geena Davis. She was just floating with her red lip and kind of fabulous.”

Source : "Interview: Jerusha Hess and J.J. Feild of 'Austenland'". Interview with Nell Minow, moviemom.maxlazebnik.com. August 22, 2013.
“The more that a person brings to design, the better his or her ability to communicate.”
“There is a point in the grieving process when you can run away from memories or walk straight toward them.”
“There is no economic imperative that will condemn us to deplete our vital resource base, but neither is there an invisible hand that will prevent us from doing so.”

Source : "Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet". Book by Jeffrey Sachs, 2011.
“Each spice has a special day to it. For turmeric it is Sunday, when light drips fat and butter-colored into the bins to be soaked up glowing, when you pray to the nine planets for love and luck.”

Source : Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni (1997). “The Mistress of Spices”, Doubleday
“No horse gets anywhere until he is harnessed. No stream or gas drives anything until it is confined. No Niagara is ever turned into light and power until it is tunneled. No life ever grows great until it is focused, dedicated, disciplined.”

Source : Harry Emerson Fosdick (1941). “Living under tension: sermons on Christianity today”
“Unfortunately our children today seem to spend less and less time with their overworked parents, and so they draw more information about the world from the images on movie and TV screens. The true power of the media is the ability to redefine reality, to alter our expectations about what constitutes normal life. TV and the movies have abused that power by advancing the notion that wholesome, ordinary happiness is impossible.”

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