William F. Albright quotes

“We can already say emphatically that there is no longer any solid basis for dating any book of the New Testament after about A.D. 80, two full generations before the date between 130 and 150 given by the more radical New Testament critics of today.”
-- William F. Albright

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“The Bible towers in content above all earlier religious literature; and it towers just as impressively over all subsequent literature in the direct simplicity of its message and...its appeal to men of all lands and times.”
-- William F. Albright

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“There can be no doubt that archaeology has confirmed the substantial historicity of Old Testament tradition.”
-- William F. Albright

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“Nature is a book of many pages and each page tells a fascinating story to him who learns her language. Our fertile valleys and craggy mountains recite an epic poem of geologic conflicts. The starry sky reveal gigantic suns and space and time without end.”

“The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity...”

“Even when reading is impossible, the presence of books acquired (by passionate devotion to them) produces such an ecstasy that the buying of more books than one can peradventure read is nothing less than the soul reaching towards infinity ... we cherish books even if unread, their mere presence exudes comfort, their ready access, reassurance.”

“But Piglet is so small that he slips into a pocket, where it is very comfortable to feel him when you are not quite sure whether twice seven is twelve or twenty-two.”

“There are two ways of getting out of a trial. One is simply to try to get rid of the trial, and be thankful when it is over. The other is to recognize the trial as a challenge from God to claim a larger blessing than we have ever had, and to hail it with delight as an opportunity of obtaining a larger measure of divine grace.”

“Plant trees. They give us two of the most crucial elements for our survival: oxygen and books.”

Source : A. Whitney Brown (1991). “The Big Picture: An American Commentary”, Harper Perennial

“My co-founder Dylan Smith and I left our junior year of college to move to the Bay Area. To the horror of our friends' parents, we actually had two other friends drop out of college to work on the product. The four of us were just working non-stop growing Box.”

“A boy and a girl started dating after he backed his car into hers. They met by accident.”

“Im dating a very high-maintenance career.”

“Why go around dating random girls and having terrible sex when you can be with someone you really like?”

Source : "Ansel Elgort Wants You to Know He's Not a Player". Interview with Mickey Rapkin, www.elle.com. February 18, 2015.