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“If I ever write a book on "How True Is the Bible?" I'll have to start out by saying that archaeology is not the way to find out; that it has very little to say.”
Source : Source: www.biblicalarchaeology.org
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“Thunder blossoms gorgeously above our heads, Great, hollow, bell-like flowers”
Source : Jean Toomer (1988). “The Collected Poems of Jean Toomer”, p.10, UNC Press Books
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“We have faith in the photograph not only because it works on a physically descriptive level, but in a broader sense because it confirms our sense of omnipresence as well as the validity of the material world.”
Source : Fred Ritchin (1990). “In our own image: the coming revolution in photography : how computer technology is changing our view of the world”
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“Sith Nature thus gave her the praise, To be the chiefest work she wrought, In faith, methink, some better ways On your behalf might well be sought, Than to compare, as ye have done, To match the candle with the sun.”
Source : Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (2013). “Delphi Complete Works of Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey (Illustrated)”, p.45, Delphi Classics
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“I believe that we must understand the economy of the situation.”
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“The deepest personal defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become.”
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“You can't ride the chairlift and call yourself Edmund Hillary.”
Source : David McCullough, Jr. (2014). “You Are Not Special: … And Other Encouragements”, p.6, Harper Collins
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“I can't even spell spaghetti never mind talk Italian. How could I tell an Italian to get the ball - he might grab mine.”
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“Out of anger comes controversy, out of controversy comes conversation, out of conversation comes action.”
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“Religion may be defined thus: a belief in, and homage rendered to, existences unseen and causes unknown.”
Source : Frances Wright (1829). “Course of popular lectures; with 3 addresses on various public occasions, and a reply to the charges against the French reformers of 1789”, p.73
