Unredeemed Captive Quotes

#1. The Catholic Church is one of the oldest, largest and richest institutions on earth, with a following 1.2 billion strong, and change does not come naturally.

Nancy Gibbs

#2. Mediocre men wait for opportunity to come to them. Strong, able, alert men go after opportunity.

B.C. Forbes

#3. For me, writing essays, prose and fiction is a great way to be self-indulgent.

Diablo Cody

#4. It's important that all my friends have verified Twitter accounts. The blue checkmark makes me feel comfortable and like I'm friends with a legit, high-quality person. I also prefer friends with ridiculously long usernames.

Jonah Peretti

#5. I'll leave here with my head held high and with confidence that history will judge my time here.

Eric Holder

#6. But it was one of those moments when neither seemed to speak deliberately, when an indwelling voice in each called to the other across unsounded depths of feeling.

Edith Wharton

#7. When I was a child I didn't care about getting an education, and I didn't finish high school.

Mary J. Blige

#8. The longer I lived in China, the more I sensed that the Chinese people have outpaced the political system that nurtured their rise. The Party has unleashed the greatest expansion of human potential in world history - and spawned, perhaps, the greatest threat to its own survival.

Evan Osnos