Famous Quotes & Sayings

Abraham Lincoln

The leading rule for a man of every calling is diligence; never put off until tomorrow what you can do today.

Abraham Lincoln

When I left Springfield [to become President] I asked the people to pray for me. I was not a Christian. When I buried my son, the severest trial of my life, I was not a Christian. But when I went to Gettysburg and saw the graves of thousands of our soldiers, I then and there consecrated myself to Christ.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

European democracy was originally imbued with a sense of Christian responsibility and self-discipline, but these spiritual principles have been gradually losing their force. Spiritual independence is being pressured on all sides by the dictatorship of self-satisfied vulgarity, of the latest fads, and of group interests.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

If I were called upon to identify briefly the principal trait of the entire 20th century... I would be unable to find anything more precise and pithy than to repeat once again: Men have forgotten God.

Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

You must understand, the leading Bolsheviks who took over Russia were not Russians. They hated Russians. They hated Christians. Driven by ethnic hatred they tortured and slaughtered millions of Russians without a shred of human remorse. It cannot be overstated. Bolshevism committed the greatest human slaughter of all time. The fact that most of the world is ignorant and uncaring about this enormous crime is proof that the global media is in the hands of the perpetrators.

Algernon Charles Swinburne

Thou has conquered, O pale Galilean.

Alfred Noyes

Only in souls the Christ is brought to birth, And there He lives and dies.

Alfred North Whitehead

I consider Christian theology to be one of the greatest disasters of the human race.

Alfred North Whitehead

Dogmatism is the anti-Christ of learning.

Alfred Lord Tennyson

The time draws near the birth of Christ; The moon is hid; the night is still; The Christmas bells from hill to hill Answer each other in the mist.

Alcuin

What has Ingeld to do with Christ?

Alec Baldwin

The leadership class of the Republican Party is a conservative Christian loony bin [. . . .] The leadership of the Republican Party are a bunch of sociopathic maniacs who have their lips super-glued to the ass of the conservative right.

Aldous Huxley

The Christian idea of a perfect heaven that is something other than a non-existence is a contradiction in terms.

Aldous Huxley

Compared with that of Taoists and Far Eastern Buddhists, the Christian attitude toward Nature has been curiously insensitive and often downright domineering and violent. Taking their cue from an unfortunate remark in Genesis, Catholic moralists have regarded animals as mere things which men do right to regard for their own ends. . . .

Aldous Huxley

Only one more indispensable massacre of Capitalists or Communists or Fascists or Christians or Heretics, and there we are in the Golden Future.

Albert Pike

Magic is that which it is; it is by itself, like the mathematics; for it is the exact and absolute science of Nature and its laws . Magic is the science of the Ancient Magi: and the Christian religion, which has imposed silence on the lying oracles, and put an end to the prestiges of the false Gods , itself reveres those Magi who came from the East, guided by a Star , to adore the Saviour of the world in His cradle.

Albert Einstein

The highest principles for our aspirations and judgments are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition.

Alexander Smith

Christmas is the day that holds all time together.

Don Thompson

We would like nothing better than to do it, because it enables us to give back so much money all year long to the community, ... But can we do it? Is the economy going to be such that people will want to come out? You've got Christmas coming up, the holidays. There is a lot of things that we have to think about.

We were a little concerned. It was a tough Christmas holiday and you never get Christmas back. Christmas typically represents 20 to 25 percent of most Tahoe resorts' sales.

We were a little concerned about Adam. We didn't want him to lose his confidence after the five interceptions last week. But with Chris and Brandon on the outside, it's hard to double them without weakening your defense in the middle.

Brian O'Rourke

Xbox 360 is a new product with new technology, so the slow start is understandable, but next Christmas the Xbox is not going to be there by itself. Newer consoles from Sony and Nintendo will also be there.

Aberjhani

Then came the healing time, hearts started to shine, soul felt so fine, oh what a freeing time it was.

Aaron Rodgers

Matt Hock was the first person who showed me how much fun and how cool it can be to be a Christian,

A. J. Jacobs

Unconditional love is an illogical notion, but such a great and powerful one.

A. J. Liebling

The pattern of a newspaperman's life is like the plot of 'Black Beauty.' Sometimes he finds a kind master who gives him a dry stall and an occasional bran mash in the form of a Christmas bonus, sometimes he falls into the hands of a mean owner who drives him in spite of spavins and expects him to live on potato peelings.

A. N. Wilson

When Christians start thinking about Jesus, things start breaking down, they lose their faith. It's perfectly possible to go to church every Sunday and not ask any questions, just because you like it as a way of life. They fear that if they ask questions they'll lose their Christ, the very linchpin of their religion.

A. N. Wilson

Millions of Christians can and do go through life attending church, listening to sermons, reciting the creeds and never confront the seeming contradictions, redaction and myths passed off as verifiable history.

A. R. Rahman

I didn't see it coming at all. I just wanted to have this new experience with this team of Danny Boyle, Christian (Colson) and Simon (Beaufoy). It was like an excursion for me from my normal routine and the Indian movies I do and that helped.

A. S. Byatt

I worry about anthropomorphism as a form of self-deception. (The Christian religion is an anthropomorphic account of the universe.)

Rose George

Felixstowe, the United Kingdom's largest port, stops work only for Christmas Day and for crane-toppling Force 9 gales.

Simon Van Booy

Grief is a room without doors - but somehow, with its tinsel and cliches, Christmas finds a way in.

Rush Limbaugh

No matter what else is going on, Christmas is my all-time favorite period in the year. It has a positive effect on me like very little else does, seasonally, that is.