Top 17 Jacob Neusner Quotes
#1. Tis aye a solemn thing to me
To look upon a babe that sleeps
Wearing in its spirit-deeps
The unrevealed mystery
Of its Adam's taint and woe,
Which, when they revealed lie,
Will not let it slumber so.
Elizabeth Barrett Browning
#3. Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both.
Oscar Wilde
#4. ... some bits of Dickens-books with which latter I am long familiar and long enamored for the restful falseness of their sentiment and the pungent appetizing charm of their villains.
Mary MacLane
#5. Accept whatever comes to you woven in the pattern of your destiny, for what could more aptly fit your needs?
Marcus Aurelius
#8. Religion is something people do together to face urgent problems and to resolve them by appealing to truths that seem self-evident to them.
Jacob Neusner
#9. But the more insidious enemies of religion recognize but deplore religion's remarkable influence in the world order.
Jacob Neusner
#10. You do not need to justify asking questions. But if you think you have found answers, you do not have the right to remain silent.
Jacob Neusner
#11. It's kind of hard to rally around a math class.
Bear Bryant
#12. Gentleman, you have come sixty days too late. The depression is over.
Herbert Hoover
#13. I added a fucked-up thought to another fucked-up thought and I created a pile of shit.
Katie McGarry
#14. In deep waters, you encounter only the wise and the brave; in shallow waters, the ignorant and the coward!
Mehmet Murat Ildan
#15. Do not let people put you down. Believe in yourself and stand for yourself and trust yourself.
Jacob Neusner
#16. Hidden sins and problems are destructive to us, and if we long to grow, we would want them exposed and healed.
Henry Cloud
#17. I'm just as comfortable performing solo with just my acoustic guitar and vocal as I am with a band. The main thing for me is that the performance remain rooted in the words and voice, that there be no place to hide.
Michael Gira
