Jettisoning Quotes

#1. It appears, then, that the two processes are going on side by side, the decline of Church membership and the decline of dogma; the evacuation of the pew and the jettisoning of cargo from the pulpit.

Ronald Knox

#2. The adoring crowds and overwhelming Democratic support in the 2008 election was based largely on joy at jettisoning Bush and the appeal of electing a superbly qualified charismatic African American leader.

Mary Frances Berry

#3. Cries for help are frequently inaudible.

Tom Robbins

#4. The Order of the Divine mind, embodied in the Divine Law, is beautiful. What should a man do but try to reproduce it, so far as possible, in his daily life?

C.S. Lewis

#5. Not all civil servants admire strong political leadership. But if you want to change things for the better you need strong political leadership.

Harriet Harman

#6. Caravaggio was constantly diverted by the human element during burglaries. Breaking into a house during Christmas, he would become annoyed if the Advent calendar had not been opened up to the date to which it should have been.

Michael Ondaatje

#7. Anything is Possible!

Sealove

#8. King of kings, that must be Elvis.

Frank Zappa

#9. You have thoughts, but you are not your thoughts - and they definitely don't have to run the show. You

Baron Baptiste

#10. Mathematics is natural. Love is natural. It only makes sense that it's mathematically quantifiable.

Ally Blake

#11. Cooking is like anything else: some people have an inborn talent for it. Some become expert by practicing, and some learn from books.

Laurie Colwin

#12. I held her tight all night. Later on when Gabe came in I told him I was keeping her. With a smirk he told me he'd return with some fresh clothes. A year ago I wouldn't have picked him out of a crowd - now it felt like he was my best friend. And I owed it all to the girl sleeping in my arms.

Rachel Van Dyken

#13. Of course, 'The Last Stand' has a villain who is traveling to the border to fulfill his own desires, but it's more about the main character. The Sheriff putting a stop to this villain and defending his town. 'The Last Stand' is more about protecting something. About protecting a value.

Kim Jee-woon

#14. Compassion involves learning to relax and allow ourselves to move gently toward what scares us.

Pema Chodron

#15. I would say that if you don't feel like talking to the crowd something is wrong and if you force yourself to talk to them things will happen and to that extent things aren't choreographed.

Leo Kottke

#16. Human love is needing the other one. Divine love is giving to the other one.

Lester Levenson

#17. But that's what nonfiction is, people. Shitty feelings and encounters with death.

Mark Leyner