Poplawski Pittsburgh Quotes

#1. Who will venture to place the authority of Copernicus above that of the Holy Spirit?
[Lutheran theologian Abraham Calovius illustrating his objection to heliocentrism due to the Bible's support of geocentrism]

Abraham Calovius

#2. Hope is a bewitching emotion... leading one on with outrageous promises of
better things to come. (Adam Ashworth)

Cynthia Wicklund

#3. He who's never loved cannot be good.

Miguel De Cervantes

#4. As a person with terrible handwriting, I love the computer. I've waited all my life for the computer.

Janet Fitch

#5. It is the same with people. Not every person you meet in life will become a close friend or lover. Some you will find hard to get along with or impossible to like. But these people, too, teach you the precious lesson of who you do like, so that you will appreciate those.

Marie Kondo

#6. Don't make your journey through life harder by placing rules on yourself like, 'I can't get married till I get promoted to your dream job.'

Mika Brzezinski

#7. In fact, during his life on earth, there were parts of God the Father's plan that Jesus himself did not know (Mark 13:32). As for us, God tells us what we need to know and instructs us to get on with living in light of what he does tell.

Christian Smith

#8. What are books good for?"
"Hitting intruders?" Nick mumbled. He rubbed his eyes again. "Doorstops. Insomnia. Special interrogation techniques. Silencing bedmates in the middle of the night.

Abigail Roux

#9. No one has deputized America to play Wyatt Earp to the world.

Pat Buchanan

#10. Love from the abandoned heart of a nonexistent dog.

Charles Yu

#11. I've never read one book about my father.

Ziggy Marley

#12. To cling to the past is guaranteed suicide. To remain apathetic is assured enslavement. To learn the truth and then act on it is the only means of survival at this moment.

Milton William Cooper

#13. My mother has always been unhappy with what I do. She would rather I do something nicer, like be a bricklayer.

Mick Jagger