Egyptological Quotes

#1. Hoffmeier furnishes a sophisticated fresh approach to the Biblical Exodus traditions filled with detailed Egyptological background, and utterly indispensable because of its basis in recent, and in many cases as yet unpublished, archaeological data. This is a virtual encyclopedia of the Exodus.

Baruch Halpern

#2. Losers live in the past. Winners learn from the past and enjoy working in the present toward the future.

Denis Waitley

#3. Every corner of the public psyche is canvassed by some of the most talented citizens to see if the desire for some merchandisable product can be cultivated.

John Kenneth Galbraith

#4. The more we enjoy of God, the more we are ravished with delight.

Thomas Watson

#5. Patanjali tells us that if we practice aparigraha, (greedlessness) we will begin to understand not only where we have come from but where we are going and how our karmas have contributed to where we are now.

Sharon Gannon

#6. Modesty is hardly to be described as a virtue. It is a feeling rather than a disposition. It is a kind of fear of falling into disrepute.

Aristotle.

#7. And so the afternoon stretched on, and Ezbon toasted their imminent defeat to the dregs.

C.N. Faust

#8. As I walked up the hill to the motel,

Emily Rubin

#9. It's not that I haven't given it (turning pro) careful thought, it's just that I am torn as to which course I should take. There is no need to rush. I won't be consulting anybody about this and I will do things my own way.

Shizuka Arakawa

#10. She walks over to the antique bar cart and pours herself a glass of Scotch from the decanter, like a heroine in a Hitchcock film. Playing the part.

Karina Halle

#11. English is not merely a language anymore; it has become a way of life for millions of non-native English speakers around the world.

M.F. Moonzajer

#12. The proper use of language, for me personally, is one that enables us to approach things (present or absent) with discretion, attention, and caution, with respect for what things (present or absent) communicate without words.

Italo Calvino

#13. The fact that Anna is somewhere
having coffee or a dream
is an assault on me.
I hate these moments of poverty.
What does man eat? ask the phenomenologists.
Like the dogs, names,
down there,
starving.

Anne Carson

#14. It all came apart once you started caring for something outside yourself.

Kameron Hurley

#15. He who can, can ...
He who cannot, cannot ...
But, He who can and will not, Fails.

DANNY KURIAN

#16. In such doubtful matters, where you have to work as a pioneer, you must be able to put some trust in your intuition and follow your feeling even at the risk of going wrong.

C. G. Jung