"The problem with putting two and two together is that sometimes you get four, and sometimes you get twenty-two."

-- Dashiell Hammett

#Two Quotes #Together Quotes #Twenties Quotes

“Death reveals that the world is not as it should be but that it stands in need of redemption.Â Christ alone is the conquering of death.”
“One of the biggest problems out there that I hear from my friends in the business community is that there's no lending, that it's tough to get a loan today.”
“It's like a jumble of huts in a jungle somewhere. I don't understand how you can live there. It's really, completely dead. Walk along the street, there's nothing moving. I've lived in small Spanish fishing villages which were literally sunny all day long everyday of the week, but they weren't as boring as Los Angeles.”
“You know how it feels when you're in love with somebody and you long to be with that person? God wants us to feel that way about Him.”
“But 'This Town' is official Washington. It's political Washington. It's not the Washington that clogs New York Avenue. It's not the Washington that lives in Gaithersburg. It's not the Washington that accounts for most of the population. 'This Town' refers to the people who think they run your country.”
“The atheism and nihilism of my earlier years now seems shallow, and even a bit cocky.”
“Crabgrass can grow on bowling balls in airless rooms, and there is no known way to kill it that does not involve nuclear weapons.”
“Sometimes you learn more from losing than winning. Losing forces you to reexamine.”

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