Al Seckel Famous Quotes
"In conclusion, there is a marvelous anecdote from the occasion of Russell's ninetieth birthday that best serves to summarize his attitude toward God and religion. A London lady sat next to him at this party, and over the soup she suggested to him that he was not only the world's most famous atheist but, by this time, very probably the world's oldest atheist. 'What will you do, Bertie, if it turns out you're wrong' she asked. 'I mean, what if--uh--when the time comes, you should meet Him What will you say' Russell was delighted with the question. His birght, birdlike eyes grew even brighter as he contempalated this possible future dialogue, and then he pointed a finger upward and cried, 'Why, I should say, 'God, you gave us insufficient evidence.' '"
Al Seckel Quotations
An attempt is already underway to revise history-to leave the impression that the former president had nothing to do with Watergate. But there is no doubt about his obstruction of justice after the Watergate break-in.
John J Sirica
"We arrive at the truth, not by the reason only, but also by the heart."
Blaise Pascal
"Theology, not morality, is the first business on the church's agenda of reform, and the church, not society, is the first target of divine criticism."
Michael Horton
I like trees because they seem more resigned to the way they have to live than other things do.
Willa Cather
Friendship is constant in all other things Save in the office and affairs of love.
George Santayana
You cannot simultaneously prevent and prepare for war.
Albert Einstein
"If people concentrated on the really important things in life, there'd be a shortage of fishing poles."
Doug Larson
"Courage, it would seem, is nothing less than the power to overcome danger, misfortune, fear, injustice, while continuing to affirm inwardly that life with all its sorrows is good that everything is meaningful even if in a sense beyond our understanding and that there is always tomorrow."
Dorothy Thompson
"Woe to that nation whose literature is cut short by the intrusion of force. This is not merely interference with freedom of the press but the sealing up of a nation's heart, the excision of its memory."
Salman Rushdie
"I send no agent or medium, offer no representative of value,"
Walt Whitman