Tertullian Quotes

Whatever is born is the work of God. So whatever is plastered on, is the devil's work.... How unworthy of the Christian name it is to wear a fictitious face - you on whom simplicity in every form is enjoined! You, to whom lying with the tongue is not lawful, are lying in appearance.

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• I don't deny that I had a very privileged upbringing, but my parents and that town maintained a sense of normalcy that I think many people find hard to achieve, and I am so grateful for that.

  

  Dylan Penn
  • People
  • Parents

• We figured you could download live shows for days, so we decided to go for a cream-of-the-crop approach, but not just take the best vocal or the best performances.

  

  Ben Harper
  • Live
  • Shows
  • Performances

• I know too that the only reason we have got any cooperation at all out of Iraq is because of the credible threat of force.

  

  Jack Straw
  • Force
  • Iraq
  • Threat

• You guys should know we do [ cover Obamacare, and ISIS, and radical Islamic terrorism] because you watch CNN all day long.

  

  Anderson Cooper
  • Long
  • Guy
  • Islamic

• I have created a new universe from nothing.

  

  Janos Bolyai
  • Universe
  • Nothing
  • Created

• If that agreement is not implemented by force on the ground, it will not be effective.

  

  Javier Solana
  • Force
  • Ground
  • Agreement

• The Court's great power is its ability to educate, to provide moral leadership.

  

  William O. Douglas
  • Moral
  • Ability
  • Educate

• I am a man of peace. I believe in peace. But I do not want peace at any price.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Man
  • Peace
  • I Believe

• We did like 12 shows, then we did the entire Ozzfest with the first half completely booked; then we did the second half with a couple days off here and there.

  

  Tom Araya Slayer
  • Shows
  • Days
  • Booked

• A conventional valuation which is established as the outcome of the mass psychology of a large number of ignorant individuals is liable to change violently as the result of a sudden fluctuation of opinion due to factors which do not really make much difference to the prospective yield; since there will be no strong roots of conviction to hold it steady.

  

  John Maynard Keynes
  • Psychology
  • Outcome
  • Valuation

• In one story, he describes a man who is blind in one eye, myopic in the other, too poor to buy eyeglasses, who wears only the frames, with no lenses. When asked why he replies: “It’s better than nothing.

  

  Bel Kaufman
  • Story
  • Wears
  • Frames

• I think you’re going to find Marcus Aurelius particularly useful.’ ‘For what?’ I asked. Nightingale hesitated. ‘Quoting, mainly,’ he said. ‘And thus maintaining an air of erudition and authority.

  

  Ben Aaronovitch
  • Authority
  • Nightingale
  • Erudition

• Two Eskimos sitting in a kayak were chilly; but when they lit a fire in the craft, it sank, proving once and for all that you can't have your kayak and heat it too.

  

  Tommy Cooper
  • Fire
  • Prove
  • Heat

• Never be afraid to fail. Be afraid of not learning from mistakes.

  

  W. Brett Wilson
  • Learning
  • Mistake
  • Failing

• I guess everyone likes praise for what they do, but that night I enjoyed cooking for the Olekseis more than I ever had before. Everything about the ingredients, the smells, the textures, everything delighted me. Maybe I should specialize in Russian food. I sliced the garlic and dropped it into the pan. It started to sizzle, and I turned the heat down and began slicing the onion. It was very fresh, very pungent. My eyes watered, and I got sniffly. Then I smelled a hint of burn on the garlic and hurried back to the stove and shook the pan. Just in time. The slices were brown but not too brown. I was getting good at this. I could detect the smell of burning just before it happened. That had to be some sort of superpower. As I put the rest of the dish together- dicing deep, ruby beets; slicing carrots and Yukon gold potatoes, sizzling spicy sausage in the pan; spicing and tasting, and mixing, and finally pureeing the whole thing into a savory maroon liquid- I continued to marvel at the perfect ripeness and freshness of every ingredient I'd picked out.

  

  Beth Harbison
  • Enjoyed
  • Ingredients
  • Ingredient

• I used to be a businessman and I enjoyed what I did and I thought that it was socially useful. I don't have anything against business or private enterprise or capitalism per se, but I think that it is time to rethink the regulation of capitalism.

  

  Charles Ferguson
  • Capitalism
  • Enjoyed
  • Businessman

• Listen to your instincts and ignore everything else.

  

  Judith McNaught
  • Ignore
  • Instincts
  • Everything Else

• Whatever is born is the work of God. So whatever is plastered on, is the devil's work.... How unworthy of the Christian name it is to wear a fictitious face - you on whom simplicity in every form is enjoined! You, to whom lying with the tongue is not lawful, are lying in appearance.

  

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  • Work Of God