"On the 1st day of December, 1830, I was confirmed, and in accordance with the word of the Lord I was ordained an Elder under the hands of the Prophet"

-- Orson Pratt

#Hands Quotes #December Quotes #Lord Quotes

“My confidence is that there will for a long time be virtue and good sense enough in our countrymen to correct abuses.”
“We who represent the Unionist Party in England and Scotland have supported, and we mean to support to the end, the loyal minority [in Ireland]. We support them not because we are intolerant, but because their claims are just.”

Source : Bonar Law's speech in the Albert Hall, January 26, 1912.
“It was a trap after all,â€ Alric said. He turned to Royce. â€œMy apologies for doubting your sound paranoia.”
“What London wants is a champion, a fighter for London. It doesn't want a patsy of George Osborne or David Cameron.”
“I believe the prayers of 30 years ago are not lost. We may not see the results of our labour or sacrifice immediately, but in due time they will produce much fruit.”
“Writing does not numb, comfort, or soothe me. It does the opposite. It tends to excite me and reinscribe pain. It doesn't function as exorcism.”
“It would be a pity if, frustrated by the price of travel, we elected to become a society that never made contact, that never gave SETI a fair chance.”

Source : Bernard M. Oliver, Len Cutler (1997). “The Selected Papers of Bernard M. Oliver”
“It is only by softening and disguising dead flesh by culinary preparation that it is rendered susceptible of mastication or digestion, and that the sight of its bloody juices and raw horror does not excite intolerable loathing and disgust.”

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