Quotey Quotes
Posted in Academic Pursuits and tagged with Quote on May 23, 2009“Human emotions, well…they’re just a fathomless collection of grays and I don’t do so well on the mid-tones.” – The Eyre Affairby Jasper Fforde, p. 356
“People read and obey the Bible on their terms, expecting it to govern only what they allow it to. And yet the Bible demands that we allow it to be sufficient to address all areas of life and practice, whether evangelism, sanctification, guidance, social reform, or discernment.” – The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment by Tim Challies, p. 47
“What good is religion if it collapses under calamity? Think of what earthquakes and floods, wars and volcanoes, have done before to men! Did you think God had exempted Weybridge? He is not an insurance agent.” – War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, p. 110
“But whoever has the world’s goods, and sees his brother in need and close his heart against him, how does the love of God abide in him?” – 1 John 3:17
“I knew my stuff. Then, in the years since graduating college, I began a long, slow slide into dumbness.” – The Know-It-All by A. J. Jacobs, p . 1
“…laid in a row, were the Martians–dead!–slain by the putrefactive and disease bacteria against which their systems were unprepared; slain as the red weed was being slain; slain, after all man’s devices had failed, by the humblest thing that God, in his wisdom, had put upon this earth.” – War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells, p. 265
“We live in a culture that values autonomy to the point of irrationality.” – The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment, by Tim Challies, p. 74
“As a general rule, people, even the wicked, are much more naive and simple-hearted than we suppose. And we ourselves are, too.” – The Brother Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky, p. 17
“So I began to think maybe it was true that when you were married and had children it was like being brainwashed, and afterward you went about numb as a slave in some private, totalitarian state.” – The Bell Jar by Sylvia Plath, p. 85
May 23rd, 2009 at 12:07 pm
I cannot believe you quoted Jasper Fforde, you are truly a kindred spirit now. Seriously… Jasper our son is named after him. LOVE his works. My all time favorite author. You just made my day, thanks!!!!
May 23rd, 2009 at 2:50 pm
great quotes… love them all!
May 23rd, 2009 at 7:27 pm
LOVE LOVE LOVE the The Discipline of Spiritual Discernment ones! Can I borrow that book from you?
May 24th, 2009 at 5:29 pm
I’ve always loved John 3:17, but these are all great quotes. Thanks so much for sharing! BTW, if you have a chance, please stop by my Silly Sunday Sweepstakes. Featuring Flower Power today!