Solemnizing Quotes

#1. It is a startling and solemnizing fact that even as late as the twentieth century, the Great Command of Jesus Christ to carry the Gospel to all mankind is still so largely unfulfilled.

John Mott

#2. Heavenly Bastard in the Sky

Xiaolu Guo

#3. Sympathy is never waisted except when you give it to yourself.

John W. Roper

#4. I grew up kind of fast. I had a lot of responsibilities-cleaning the house, going to school on my own, making good grades on my own

Hines Ward

#5. No Child Left Behind widens the gap between the races more than any piece of educational legislation I've seen in 40 years. It denies inner-city kids the critical-thinking skills to interrogate reality.

Jonathan Kozol

#6. Our species had to engage in complex cooperative behavior in order to survive in the wild, and - as I keep reminding my teenage children - pointing and grunting get you only so far.

Leonard Mlodinow

#7. The soul falls into contemplation before this sanctuary, where the celebration of love is held.

Victor Hugo

#8. I am here tracing the History of the Earth itself, from its own Monuments.

Jean-Andre De Luc

#9. As Miss Golightly was saying, before she was so rudely interrupted ...

Truman Capote

#10. No matter where you go, poor people have the capacity to endure. Some people even compliment us on it, as if endurance is all we can achieve.

Victor LaValle

#11. First of all, I want to thank the Buccaneers for giving me the opportunity and for picking me in the draft. This is the nature of the beast, though, and this is a new start for me. I wish them the best of luck, and I am just glad to be a Bear.

Gaines Adams

#12. Your rewards in life are determined by the kinds of problems you are willing to solve for someone.

Mike Murdock

#13. Every time it rains, it stops raining. Every time you hurt, you heal. After darkness, there is always light and you get reminded of this every morning but still you choose to believe that the night will last forever.

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#14. Teamwork is better than isolation, especially for a columnist.

Allan Sloan