"Missionaries are very human folks, simply a bunch of nobodies trying to exalt somebody."

-- Jim Elliot

#Trying Quotes #Bunch Quotes #Folks Quotes

“My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me to be a scholar of the Talmud, but he wanted me to make my living in science.”
“We need to invade Michigan and rebuild the state from the ground up. We will be greeted as liberators, we have clear supply lines, and we can easily rebuild the auto industry with the kind of money we spend on other countries we invade. Hell, our new Secretary of State, Hillary of Clinton, spent the better part of the past year fighting for the rights of average folks from Michigan, so think of the good will we have with the public. This is very doable. Just tell Congress we will give KBR no-bid contracts to fix Detroit.”
“Too few have the courage of my convictions.”
“I'm dealing with the most important things there are: life and nature. If this doesn't work, if this doesn't sustain me, I can't go back to nature. I'm right there. There's nowhere to go, and that frightens me.”
“Do what thy manhood bids thee do, from none but self expect applause. He noblest lives and noblest dies who makes and keeps his self-made laws.”

Source : Sir Richard Francis Burton (1894). “The Kasîdah (couplets) of Hâjî Abdû Al-Yazdi: A Lay of the Higher Law”
“Now from the smooth deep ocean-stream the sun Began to climb the heavens, and with new rays Smote the surrounding fields.”
“Imagine what could be accomplished if only the human race would shed its humanity.”
“In the 80s there weren't so many bands around and nowadays there are a lot more bands around. I think sometimes there are too many bands. But there are a lot of interesting young bands around. They are not really playing the classic metal stuff, that's up to the old bands.”

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