C. S. Lewis Quotes

The more you obey your conscience, the more your conscience will demand of you.

C. S. Lewis

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• Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them.

  

  Walter Bagehot
  • Men
  • Women
  • Become

• Odd Future's like a network as opposed to like a rap group.

  

  Thebe Neruda Kgositsile
  • Future
  • Rap
  • Group

• Every hero becomes a bore at last.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Hero
  • Last
  • Every

• The beautiful thing is that ageism just doesn't exist on 'EastEnders.' The show saved me.

  

  Barbara Windsor
  • Beautiful
  • Me
  • Show

• By our form of government, the Christian religion is the established religion; and all sects and denominations of Christians are placed upon the same equal footing, and are equally entitled to protection in their religious liberty.

  

  Samuel Chase
  • Government
  • Christian
  • Religious

• We cannot afford to leave the poor behind.

  

  P. Chidambaram
  • Poor
  • Leave
  • Behind

• When you've got kids, you turn into Mom, and that's it.

  

  Vicki Lawrence
  • Kids
  • You
  • Mom

• Teaching is a profession in which capacity building should occur at every stage of the career - novices working with accomplished colleagues, skillful teachers sharing their craft, and opportunities for teacher leadership.

  

  Randi Weingarten
  • Career
  • Teacher
  • Leadership

• It was really fascinating for everyone involved in 'Fargo' that Marge Gunderson became the iconic character she did. I think it was something about the cultural zeitgeist and what was happening with women in the workplace.

  

  Frances McDormand
  • Women
  • She
  • Character

• You could grow up in Germany in the postwar years without ever meeting a Jewish person. There were small communities in Frankfurt or Berlin, but in a provincial town in south Germany, Jewish people didn't exist.

  

  W. G. Sebald
  • People
  • Up
  • Small

• I'm very open about the fact that it's nice when someone says you're pretty. Especially for someone like me.

  

  Olivia Munn
  • Pretty
  • Nice
  • Fact

• When I think of character actors, I think of Spencer Tracy; I think of Gene Hackman, Robert Duvall. When I was a young lad watching films, my eyes were on them - watching 'On the Waterfront,' my eyes are on Rod Steiger and Karl Malden, not on Brando.

  

  Eddie Marsan
  • Character
  • Think
  • Eyes

• I just wanted to make a record that wasn't escapism. Like, I didn't want to write another record that was devoid of meaningful content.

  

  Dan Deacon
  • Want
  • Meaningful
  • Content

• I've been very physical my whole life. I went out hiking and camping for days in the Australian forest, and when I trained at drama school for three years, we did a whole lot on stage-fighting techniques. And I was a dancer from 5 to 18, so I have a memory for choreography.

  

  Yvonne Strahovski
  • Life
  • School
  • Fighting

• I love being part of huge mega blockbusters, and I love being a part of small independent films and small stage.

  

  Natalie Dormer
  • Independent
  • Being
  • Stage

• The trial of a case is a three-legged stool - a judge and two advocates.

  

  Warren E. Burger
  • Judge
  • Two
  • Stool

• The world is always ready to receive talent with open arms. Very often it does not know what to do with genius.

  

  Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr.
  • World
  • Talent
  • Genius

• Sylvester has a great popular sense, as good as any writer I've ever worked with. He knows what audiences want to see, and what they don't want to see.

  

  Ted Kotcheff
  • Good
  • Great
  • Want

• Write me of hope and love, and hearts that endured.

  

  Emily Dickinson
  • Love
  • Hope
  • Write

• He was beside me then, his arms wrapped around me, holding me tightly. "I'm not crazy," I whispered. "I know." Believe it or not, that's the most romantic thing Zachary Goode ever told me. And I kind of loved him for it.

  

  Ally Carter
  • Believe
  • Crazy
  • Romantic

• Very often, (in near-death experiences) the person encounters a divine or angelic being. This may be described as Christ, an angel, even God.

  

  Raymond Moody
  • Death
  • Christ
  • Encounters

• Basically, on the question of Europe, I want to see a social Europe, a cohesive Europe, a coherent Europe, not a free market Europe.

  

  Jeremy Corbyn
  • Free
  • Question

• Language is a sense, like touch. (p. 271)

  

  Marshall McLuhan

• The more you obey your conscience, the more your conscience will demand of you.

  

  C. S. Lewis