R. A. Torrey Quotes

I prayed fifteen years for the conversion of my oldest brother. When he seemed to be getting further and further away from any hope of conversion, I prayed on.

R. A. Torrey

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Judge of your natural character by what you do in your dreams.

Ralph Waldo Emerson
- Character
- Judge
- Dreams
When I was between 2 and 3 years old, I got to know my first non-human being. The non-human was a cocker spaniel named Baba. We weren't friends, Baba and I, nor enemies. He wasn't my dog. He belonged to the people my mother worked for, and he lived in the house with them and us.

Octavia E. Butler
- People
- Friends
- Mother
When it comes to finances, immigrants are far savvier than native-born Americans. They keep their expenses low. They save their money.

Fabrizio Moreira
- Money
- Save
- Immigrants
My mom and stepdad were strict. I couldn't date; I couldn't go out. And I was a kid who was never good at just taking no for an answer. I needed to understand why. And sometimes they weren't interested in explaining.

Mahershala Ali
- Good
- Why
- Mom
Probably the biggest influence on my career was the late John Hersey, who, while he was at 'The New Yorker,' wrote one of the masterpieces of narrative non-fiction, 'Hiroshima.' Hersey was a teacher of mine at Yale, and a friend. He got me to see the possibility of journalism not just as a business but as an art form.

Hampton Sides
- Art
- Business
- Career
The United States is supplying the most modern and sophisticated weaponry to Israel to the tune of billions of dollars every year.

Fidel Castro
- Year
- Modern
- Israel