Famous Quotes & Sayings

Annie Besant

'Easter' is a movable event, calculated by the relative positions of sun and moon, an impossible way of fixing year by year the anniversary of a historical event, but a very natural and indeed inevitable way of calculating a solar festival. These changing dates do not point to the history of a man, but to the hero of a solar myth.

David Friedrich Strauss

...centre of the centre, the real heart of Christianity as it has been until now.

Douglas Horton

Sherrill On Easter Day the veil between time and eternity thins to gossamer.

Amy Carmichael

If I do not give a friend "The benefit of the doubt," but put the worst construction instead of the best on what is said or done, then I know nothing of Calvary love.

Anne Lamott

This is the Easter message, that awakening is possible, to the goodness of God, the sacredness of human life, the sisterhood and brotherhood of all.

Afrika Bambaataa

They're keeping friction going between people from the East and the West. One thing we all got in common is your color, which is Black and Latino, which is our family.

Alexander MacLaren

We believe that the history of the world is but the history of His influence and that the center of the whole universe is the cross of Calvary.

Dolly Parton

I still believe in Santa, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and true love. Don't even try to tell me different.

Desmond Tutu

Easter says to us that despite everything to the contrary, his will for us will prevail, love will prevail over hate, justice over injustice and oppression, peace over exploitation and bitterness.

Dan Brown

At this gathering [Council of Niceau in 324 AD] many aspects of Christianity were debated and voted upon ― the date of Easter, the role of the bishops, the administration of sacraments, and, of course, the divinity of Jesus... until that moment in history, Jesus was viewed by His followers as a mortal prophet... a great and powerful man, but a man nonetheless. A mortal.

David Cameron

Easter is all about remembering the importance of change, responsibility, and doing the right thing for the good of our children.

David Letterman

Kids in Washington every year have the big Easter egg roll on the White House lawn. The kids found 300 Easter eggs. They also found about 10,000 missing Hillary emails.

Deepak Chopra

You know, religion itself, Eastern and Western, is divisive and quarrelsome anyway.

Deepak Chopra

The symbolic language of the crucifixion is the death of the old paradigm; resurrection is a leap into a whole new way of thinking.

Amy Sedaris

I have always wanted a bunny and I'll always have a rabbit the rest of my life.

Just to see the poverty in Eastern Europe is shocking.

He knows how to handle the subtle inner feelings in a Eastern way while retaining the American way of telling the story.

He is terrifying to Middle Eastern elites. He is terrifying to Middle Eastern governments,

Phil Davis

His team will now provide support for the folks in eastern Texas as well as the Louisiana area,

It is a fact unfortunately that there was (a plan) to target key installations in Eastern Province,

It is a fact ? unfortunately ? that there was (a plan) to target key installations in Eastern Province,

I thought we gave Eastern some trouble. I thought we gave them a good game.

For third consecutive winter, harsh winter weather will be the main theme for eastern United States.

I grew up in the unlikely place of Connecticut. The Eastern Woodlands. It was semi-rural where I grew up. I was fascinated by the Piqua and the Mohegan Indians of that area.

Gene Luen Yang

For 'Boxers and Saints', the tension between Eastern and Western ways of thinking was very personal for me, and I needed to control every aspect.

We're trying to raise a lot of money for Easter Seals and the reason why we're doing it is when Rick was smaller he used to go to the swim program, all the different camps, and we just feel it's payback time for all the things Easter Seals has done for Rick.

Antje Traue

Growing up in eastern Germany, I knew of Superman, but he didn't resonate emotionally with me.

Action Bronson

I worked on the line, I've been an executive chef, I've worked for the Mets, I've worked for various steakhouses, vegetarian restaurants, a lot of Middle Eastern stuff. I've worked my fair share of a lot of different things. I've worked at festivals and street fairs, you know? I've been through it all.

The good news is if you're an Eastern Maine fan, you're going to see all your favorite teams on TV.

When you live in Vancouver, you realize most of the population is in eastern North America.

David Murphy

We all enjoyed the experience of the first leg at Easter Road, European nights are massive occasions for everyone and the thought of having at least four more is exciting for all of us.

Billy Graham

your faith and hope are in god.

Billy Graham

There is more evidence that Jesus rose from the dead than there is that Julius Caesar ever lived or that Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three.