"Not only must the message be correctly delivered, but the messenger himself must be such as to recommend it to acceptance."

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Source : Joseph Barber Lightfoot (Bishop of Durham) (1890). “Ordination addresses and counsels to clergy”

Joseph Barber Lightfoot

#Acceptance Quotes #Messengers Quotes #Messages Quotes

“Danzhol. The one with the marriage proposal and the objections to the town charter in central Monsea. "Bacon," Bitterblue muttered. "Bacon!" she repeated, then carefully made her way up the spiral stairs.”
“...there ... remains a huge following [of Ayn Rand's philosophy] of those who ignore the indiscretions, infidelities, and moral inconsistencies of the founder and focus instead on the positive aspects of her philosophy. There is much in it to admire, if you do not have to accept the whole package... Criticism of the founder or followers of a philosophy does not, by itself, constitute a negation of any part of the philosophy... Criticism of part of a philosophy does not gainsay the whole.”
“In a good marriage each is the others better half.”
“Never go out to meet trouble. If you just sit still, nine cases out of ten, someone will intercept it before it reaches you.”
“There are so many comics about violence. I'm not entertained or amused by violence, and I'd rather not have it in my life. Sex, on the other hand, is something the vast majority of us enjoy, yet it rarely seems to be the subject of comics. Pornography is usually bland, repetitive and ugly, and, at most, 'does the job.' I always wanted to make a book that is pornographic, but is also, I hope, beautiful, and mysterious, and engages the mind.”
“Art â€“ the one achievement of man which has made the long trip up from all fours seem well advised”
“Jerry Falwell knows who caused the terrorist attack on America: the ACLU. "The ACLU's got to take a lot of blame for this," he declared on the 700 Club, because, he explained, the ACLU, abetted by the federal courts is responsible for "throwing God out of the public square (and) the public schools."This is a familiar charge and a false one. God is still present in the public schools, where students are free to pray, alone or in groups, so long as their prayers aren't officially sponsored and don't infringe on anyone's freedom not to pray.”
“You want to be on your toes; You don't want to be in a Nic Cage movie and just have him blow by you as an actor.”

Source : "Harold Perrineau on Lost, Oz, and co-starring with Nicolas Cage in Seeking Justice". Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. June 18, 2012.

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