Lyman Beecher Quotes
We may form free constitutions, but our vices will destroy them; we may enact laws, but they will not protect us.Lyman Beecher
Quotes to Explore
-
Western Christians have imagined that, at the end of the day, God is going to throw the present space-time universe into a trashcan and we'll be sitting on clouds playing harps. The ultimate future that we're promised is much more interesting than that. It's new heavens and a new Earth with new bodies to live in.
N. T. Wright -
I'm still number one and I just recently won a major tournament ahead of my toughest rivals so I think I had a few years ahead of me if I decided to stay.
Garry Kasparov -
For the wise man looks into space and he knows there is no limited dimensions.
Lao Tzu -
Youth theatre isn't just about a precocious child that wants to sing and dance in front of people. It's for everyone; it's about a community, it's about being supported by your peer group. You learn skills - not just acting but all the other sides - working in the TV, film, and theatre industry.
Sam Heughan -
I can't exactly say why there's not much protest music to speak off. And I know there are acts out there still putting a message in their music.
Adam McKay -
I conveniently was not accepted to film school, which I applied to in 1987, and so I decided I would become a filmmaker instead of a student.
Ira Sachs
-
I think I have been very lucky as far as my acting career goes.
Natasha Henstridge -
Only he can take great resolves who has indomitable faith in God and has fear of God.
Mahatma Gandhi -
Continuous persecution of widows and orphans is a crime. Even the Bible says there is a specific place in hell for those who oppress widows.
Imelda Marcos -
I don't think I ever write songs involving politics, because they get dated way too quick. Any view you have can usually be made into something more general, and that can stand throughout time.
Sir Isaac Brock KB -
Somebody can't complain when they enjoy going to work and enjoy the people they work with.
Katee Sackhoff -
At the end of the day, the position is just a position, a title is just a title, and those things come and go. It's really your essence and your values that are important.
Queen Rania of Jordan
-
Every year I go to the Google Zeitgeist conference, which is invite-only, and I'm one of about 20 women and five fashion people out of the 400 there.
Natalie Massenet -
You get rid of the fear of death by understanding that it is an integral fact of our existence. You do that through will and reason.
G. Gordon Liddy -
One of the things I learned as a young semiotics nerd was that if you have plot moving forward, no matter how banal the facts of it, simply the fact that the plot is rolling forward makes you wonder what's going to happen next, which creates suspense. So you can control peoples' attention simply by having things move forward in a story.
Ira Glass -
You have to be very fast-thinking, creative, and mobile. It is key to making a business move.
Jack Dangermond -
I mean, any movie or story that makes you accept and be grateful for something about your life is doing something right.
Viggo Mortensen -
I was never for Richard Nixon until Watergate.
M. Stanton Evans
-
Because of things like iTunes and streaming and social networking, it's destroyed music. It's destroyed the motivation to go out there and really make the best record possible. It's a shame.
Kirk Hammett Metallica -
The person who stops studying merely because he has finished school is forever hopelessly doomed to mediocrity, no matter what may be his calling. The way of success is the way of continuous pursuit of knowledge.
Napoleon Hill -
Please continue to voice your beliefs, as your participation is the foundation of our country's democracy.
Marc Veasey -
Anyone who looked at something special, in a very original way, makes you see it that way forever.
George Cukor -
Every international meeting or championship I do, I can cope a lot better because I can say I did the 100 m. hurdles, opened up the athletics at an Olympic Games in front of a home crowd, 80,000 people.
Katarina Johnson-Thompson -
We may form free constitutions, but our vices will destroy them; we may enact laws, but they will not protect us.
Lyman Beecher