"The only new ideas that are not subject to our skepticism or suspicion are our own."

-- Cullen Hightower

#Ideas Quotes #Skepticism Quotes #Suspicion Quotes

“Hiding behind such sacred terms as human rights and distributive justice, politicians and intellectuals alike have perpetrated a gargantuan ruse on humankind: they have convinced us that mass homogeneity is more essential for the betterment of society than is individual initiative, and they have adorned this dubious assumption with assurances that by leveling all distinctions between human beings, collective peace and unity will result as a matter of course, just as water runs downhill or the cart follows the ox.”
“The lack of brotherhood among believers themselves has paralyzed the church in front of the skepticism and immorality of the world; but when we go back in simple faith to the one great fact of our redemption, we shall be both brought into closer fellowship with each other, and stimulated to more tender regard for the salvation of men.”

Source : "Dictionary of Burning Words of Brilliant Writers" by Josiah Hotchkiss Gilbert, p. 111, 1895.
“I don't know any woman who doesn't have an anxiety attack about wearing a bathing suit.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“People that could yodel always fascinated me. People that could sing loud always fascinated me. So I started trying to mimic at a really young age: 6, 7 years old.”
“I think the first step is to understand that forgiveness does not exonerate the perpetrator. Forgiveness liberates the victim. It's a gift you give yourself.”
“I like shopping, and I like to drive.”

Source : "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“I was so raw I didn't know about the Lambeau Leap-a Packer player celebrates catching a touchdown by leaping into the stands. It was started by Leroy Butler years before and has been copied by players all over the league. Don't be fooled, though. The only legitimate Lambeau Leap is celebrated by a Packer at Lambeau Field.”
“Some are trapped in boxes of pea-sized Christianity, full of myths about missions that rob them of incentive to care about the unreached”

Source : David Bryant (1984). “In the gap: what it means to be a world Christian”

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