William Peter Blatty Quotes

In order for life to have appeared spontaneously on Earth, there first had to be hundreds of millions of protein molecules of the Ninth Configuration. But, given the size of the planet Earth, do you know how long it would take for just one of these protein molecules to appear by chance? Roughly 10 to the 243rd power, billions of years; and I find that far, far more fantastic than simply believing in a god.

William Peter Blatty

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The children have been a wonderful gift to me, and I'm thankful to have once again seen our world through their eyes. They restore my faith in the family's future.

Jackie Kennedy
- World
- Children
- Family
Nearly every president in the past 100 years has declared national monuments, from Teddy Roosevelt creating the Grand Canyon National Monument to George W. Bush preserving 10 islands and 140,000 square miles of ocean waters in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

Frances Beinecke
- Past
- Ocean
- Creating
They ended up spending a total, their campaign plus the independent, about 1.3 million. I only ended up spending about - not only, but I spent about 2 million. But I had no intention of doing that until I was attacked with a negative ad by an independent group.

Rahm Emanuel
- Up
- Independent
- Doing
When you were a kid, a day was a long time and a year was a long time.

Aaron Neville
- Time
- Long
- Day
Well, I - you know, the scripture says that God works by faith. And you have to have faith. You have to have trust in God so that God can work.

Victoria Osteen
- Work
- God
- Faith
Every time a woman leaves the workforce because she can't find or afford childcare, or she can't work out a flexible arrangement with her boss, or she has no paid maternity leave, her family's income falls down a notch. Simultaneously, national productivity numbers decline.

Madeleine M. Kunin
- Time
- Work
- Family