Elaine Pagels Quotes

We don't actually know if the person who wrote the Gospel of John had a written copy of Thomas because we don't know exactly when it was written.

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• I don't regret doing any of my films. All of them have been great learning experiences, and they have contributed to making me what I am today.

  

  Randeep Hooda
  • Great
  • Today
  • Learning

• Everything was magnificent so far, even if I knew my part of dramas.

  

  Jacky Ickx
  • Everything
  • Far
  • Magnificent

• When a politician bends the truth or a CEO breaks a promise, trust takes a beating.

  

  Gary Hamel
  • Truth
  • Trust
  • Promise

• My mind is constantly creating and searching, but I can't make myself put the right words on paper until I'm ready. Once I'm ready, I'm a focused, disciplined writer who will put in twelve hours a day at the computer, but I also spend a lot of time away from the computer getting to that point.

  

  Tawni O'Dell
  • Time
  • Mind
  • Words

• You will certainly not doubt the necessity of studying astronomy and physics, if you are desirous of comprehending the relation between the world and Providence as it is in reality, and not according to imagination.

  

  Maimonides
  • World
  • Reality
  • Imagination

• A jackass can kick a barn down, but it takes a carpenter to build one.

  

  Sam Rayburn
  • Down
  • Build
  • Carpenter

• Manhattan seems pretty developed, you know what I mean? Like, it has peaked in culture.

  

  M.I.A.
  • Pretty
  • Culture
  • You

• I enjoyed my time in the WRAF. There were plenty of people at the airfields where I worked, and they were all very good company.

  

  Florence Green
  • People
  • Time
  • Good

• The only routine with me is no routine at all.

  

  Jackie Kennedy
  • Me
  • Only
  • Routine

• The charms of women were never more powerful never inspired such achievements, as in those immortal periods, when they could neither read nor write.

  

  Hannah Cowley
  • Women
  • Powerful
  • Never

• Whence it is somewhat strange that any men from so mean and silly a practice should expect commendation, or that any should afford regard thereto; the which it is so far from meriting, that indeed contempt and abhorrence are due to it.

  

  Isaac Barrow
  • Men
  • Practice
  • Silly

• If you think back to your first love, you always remember them and little things always remind you of them.

  

  Naya Rivera
  • Love
  • Remember
  • Think

• If there is one thing that I take pride in, it is the fact that I never, ever make a charge without offering a substantial amount of support for it. You may ultimately end up not agreeing with me, but you will have to concede that I offered much evidence in support of my position, something that people frequently do not do.

  

  Vincent Bugliosi
  • People
  • Up
  • May

• Significant steps have been taken since 9-11 to protect out country here at home, but much remains to be done, Americans from across the political spectrum must come together to develop the next phase of our efforts to counter global terror.

  

  Warren Rudman
  • Country
  • Done
  • Home

• I'm really funny now.

  

  Wanda Sykes
  • Funny
  • Really
  • Now

• So many people would like to have guidance from God because obviously, if you have a word from God, it's the best possible thing. But they don't relate that to life as a whole. Often they want guidance as a way of opting out of the responsibility of making decisions.

  

  Dallas Willard
  • People
  • Life
  • God

• I used to watch 'Coming to America' every day after school. I have full-on long-running inside jokes with friends and family about different scenes in that movie alone. Also, my brother and I loved 'The Golden Child,' so, yeah: I was a huge fan of Eddie Murphy growing up.

  

  Gabourey Sidibe
  • Up
  • Different
  • Long

• We need a President who is fighting for all Americans, not one who writes off nearly half the country.

  

  Barack Obama
  • Country
  • Fighting

• 'It's broccoli, dear.' 'I say it's spinach, and I say the hell with it.'

  

  E. B. White

• Mr. Clyde Ross at that time, like most African Americans around the country, was unable to secure a loan, due to policies around redlining and deciding, you know, who deserved the loans and who doesn’t. There was a broad, broad consensus that African Americans, for no other reason besides blanket racism, could not be responsible homeowners.

  

  Ta-Nehisi Coates
  • Time
  • Country
  • Racism

• I have been blessed with working with the best in the business.

  

  Al Roker
  • Business
  • Blessed

• I'm quite chameleon in my work - not normally looking much like I do in real life.

  

  Lesley Manville
  • Life
  • Work
  • Real

• Things always change in football, and you can never predict anything.

  

  Dele Alli
  • Football

• We don't actually know if the person who wrote the Gospel of John had a written copy of Thomas because we don't know exactly when it was written.

  

  Elaine Pagels