Quotes for All
Literature remains an indispensable human activity, in which the reader and the writer are engaged of their own volition. Hence, literature has no duty to the masses or society, and ethical or moral pronouncements added by busybody critics are of no concern to the writer. Gao Xingjian
It is true that ‘I seem to see a table’ does not entail ‘I see a table’; but ‘I seem to feel a pain’ does entail ‘I feel a pain’. So scepticism loses its force – cannot open up its characteristic gap – with regard to that which ultimately most concerns us, pleasure and pain. … Read more
Miss Temminnick, you are in receipt of the highest marks we have ever given in a six-month review. Your mind seems designed for espionage. Nevertheless, you veer away from perfect in matters of etiquette. Do not let these marks go to your head; there are many girls at this school who are better than you. … Read more
Safety is always a paramount concern for us. Gabrielle Carteris
you can’t really separate modernity from history or spiritual concerns from mundane ones. Everything feeds into everything else. G. Willow Wilson
American banks may have been unable to supply adequate loans, but the Rothschild consortium in Britain was both able and willing. It was during this time that the Rothschilds were consolidating their new industrial holdings in the United States through their agent, August Belmont. Derek Wilson tells us: They owned or had major shareholdings in … Read more
A woman whose life is involved in the righteous rearing of her children has a better chance of keeping up her spirits than the woman whose total concern is centered in her own personal problems. Ezra Taft Benson
What does the Atonement have to do with missionary work? Any time we experience the blessings of the Atonement in our lives, we cannot help but have a concern for the welfare of others. … A great indicator of one’s personal conversion is the desire to share the gospel with others. Ezra Taft Benson
I have little need to remind you that water has become one of our major national concerns. Ezra Taft Benson
Christianity is a religion which concerns us as we are here and now, creatures of body and soul. We do not follow the footsteps of his most holy life by the exercise of a trained religious imagination, but by treading the firm, rough earth, up hill and down dale. Evelyn Underhill