A Quotes
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“Atheists have to live with the knowledge that there is no salvation, no redemption, no second chances. Lives can go terribly wrong in ways that can never be put right.”
“Atheists in C.S. Lewis' day were as snobbish and arrogant as they are now, but better educated and more capable of debate.”
“Atheists in our midst are proof that all consciences can be accommodated here, even those that have no ground for holding that conscience is sacred, inalienable, and prior to civil society.”
“Atheists maintain that spiritual experience is purely subjective, with no basis in a reality outside of the subject.”
“Atheists often denounce Christianity as harsh and negative. But in reality it offers a much more positive view of the human person than any competing religion or worldview. It is so appealing that adherents of other worldviews keep free-loading the parts they like best.”
Source: Finding Truth: 5 Principles for Unmasking Atheism, Secularism, and Other God Substitutes
“Atheists put on false courage and alacrity in the midst of their darkness and apprehensions, like children who, when they fear to go in the dark, will sing for fear.”
Source: A Supplementary Volume to the Works of Alexander Pope, Esq: Containing Pieces of Poetry, Not Inserted in Warburton's and Warton's Editions : and a Collection of Letters, Now First Published
“Atheists say no one can prove the existence of God but I say no one can disprove that God exists I see God in everything I feel his presence everywhere to me I know that he exists.”
“Atheists see the spiritual as little more than quacks peddling shame. Theists see physics as trite parlor games.”
“Atheists should point out that life without God can be meaningful, moral and happy.”
“Atheists sometimes come across as a bit arrogant in this regard, and characterizing faith as something only an idiot would attach themselves to.”
“Atheists tend to read only each other’s books and not the work of the religious thinkers they are supposedly refuting.”
“Atheists themselves used to be very comfortable in maintaining that the universe is eternal and uncaused. The problem is that they can no longer hold that position because modern evidence that the universe started with the Big Bang. So they can't legitimately object when I make the same claim about God - he is eternal and he is uncaused.”
“Atheists who keep asking for evidence of God's existence are like a fish in the ocean wanting evidence of water.”
“Atheists would teach men to be moral now, not because God offers as an inducement reward by and by, but because in the virtuous act itself immediate good is insured to the doer and the circle surrounding him.”
Source: A Few Words About the Devil: And Other Biographical Sketches and Essays
“Atheist’s denial of God’s existence needs just as much substantiation as does the theist’s claim; the atheist must give plausible reasons for rejecting God’s existence.”
“Athena always, always has a plan.”
Source: The lightning thief
“Athena called, "Annabeth Chase, my own daughter."
Annabeth squeezed my arm, then walked forward and knelt at her mother's feet.
Athena smiled. "You, my daughter, have exceeded all expectations. You have used your wits, your strength, and your courage to defend this city, and our seat of power. It has come to our attention that Olympus is...well, trashed. The Titan lord did much damage that will have to be repaired. We could rebuild it by magic, of course, and make it just as it was. But the gods feel that the city could be improved. We will take this as an opportunity. And you, my daughter, will design these improvements."
Annabeth looked up, stunned. "My...my lady?"
Athena smiled wryly. "You are an architect, are you not? You have studied the techniques of Daedalus himself. Who better to redesign Olympus and make it a monument that will last for another eon?"
"You mean...I can design whatever I want?"
"As your heart desires," the goddess said. "Make us a city for the ages."
"As long as you have plenty of statues of me," Apollo added.
"And me," Aphrodite agreed.
"Hey, and me!" Ares said. "Big statues with huge wicked swords and-"
All right!" Athena interrupted. "She gets the point. Rise, my daughter, official architect of Olympus.”
Source: The Last Olympian
“Athena came to stand by her side. She reached out and ran a light touch over the read wrap. 'Nice dress." Grace frowned in disbelief. 'They're fighting to the death and you're admiring my clothes?' Athena laughed. 'Trust me, I pick my generals well. Priapus doesn't stand a chance.”
“Athena is no fan of Poseidon, but if you're going to save the world, I'm the best person to keep you from messing up.”
Source: The lightning thief
“Athena placed the apotropaic image of Medusa's severed head on her aegis or breastplate and on Zeus's shield. Other gorgoneia (images of Medusa's head) were installed on temples and other places to benefit from her protection, even after death. Ironically, gorgoneia were placed on heroes' shields, armor, and chariots to protect the Greek warriors engaged in destroying all threats to the new social order, including her own.”
Source: Re-visioning Medusa: from Monster to Divine Wisdom
“Athena's jealousy made a monster of fair Medusa.
I often wonder what beauty my own demons have destroyed.”
Source: Poetry For Celestial Nymphs and Wayward Witches
“Athena stood in the middle of the road with her arms crossed and a look on her face that made me think Uh-oh. She'd changed out of her armor, into jeans and a white blouse, but she didn't look any less warlike. Her gray eyes blazed.
"Well, Percy," she said. "You will stay mortal."
"Um, yes, ma'am."
"I would know your reasons."
"I want to be a regular guy. I want to grow up. Have, you know, a regular high school experience."
"And my daughter?"
"I couldn't leave her," I admitted, my throat dry. "Or Grover," I added quickly. "Or-"
"Spare me." Athena stepped close to me, and I could feel her aura of power making my skin itch. "I once warned you, Percy Jackson, that to save a friend you would destroy the world. Perhaps I was mistaken. You seem to have saved both your friends and the world. But think very carefully about how you proceed from here. I have given you the benefit of the doubt. Don't mess up."
Just to prove her point, she erupted in a column of flame, charring the front of my shirt.”
Source: The Last Olympian
“Athena, there’s never a dull moment with you is there?” I chuckled.”
Source: As The River Flows: What Is One Wolf Without The Other
“ATHENA
They fall silently.
the steps of her arrival - crossing snow so pale even the morning sky would fade into nightfall's amber;
For she has entered the palace of gold - her hair braided with hope and tainted with red leaves
which colours remind of a hanged man's rope - for her name is war
and her crown is crafted out of grief.”
“Athena thinks she is exceptional at suffering, but actually the only thing she is really good at is procrastinating.”
Source: So Many Olympic Exertions
“ATHENA: There are two sides to this dispute. I've heard only one half the argument. (...) So you two parties, summon your witnesses, set out your proofs, with sworn evidence to back your stories. Once I've picked the finest men in Athens, I'll return. They'll rule fairly in this case, bound by a sworn oath to act with justice.”
“ATHENA: You wish to be called righteous rather than act right. [...] I say, wrong must not win by technicalities.”
Source: Aeschylus: Oresteia; Agamemnon, The libation bearers, The Eumenides, translated and with an introd. by R. Lattimore
“Athenian men, I respect and love you, but I shall obey the god rather than you.”
“Athenodorus says hydrophobia, or water-dread, was first discovered in the time of Asclepiades.”
“Athens is like a sluggish horse, and I am the gadfly trying to sting it into life.”
Source: Sophie's World
“Athens is often considered the origin of democracy, like the United States, but women were neither recognised nor allowed to interfere in political affairs.”
“Athens is the birthplace of modern tragedy. In the Greek tragic plays, the tableau of the characters would become a statue, like the statue of Oedipus reaching up to the Gods with blood spilling out of his eyes. I love the way the Greeks would immortalize experience. Things that all of us feel.”
“Athens, or Greece in general, was a virile world; like the Roman Empire. But I can't understand the idea that it is the greatest benchmark for democracy in the Western world.”
“Athens was a great experience and I'll always be able to look back on it and say I achieved my ultimate goal in gymnastics.”
“Athens will again be the host of the Games in 2004, but there are rumors that they might be switched if the Greeks don't begin to construct the sites faster.”
“Athens' biggest worry was the sheer recklessness of its own democratic government. A simple majority of the citizenry, urged on and incensed by clever demagogues, might capriciously send out military forces in unnecessary and exhausting adventures.”
Source: The Landmark Thucydides
“Athens, much like Austin, is a difficult music scene. There are so many musicians there that it is hard to get gigs and hard for people to take you seriously.”
“Athens, the eye of Greece, mother of arts And eloquence.”
“ather than Eisenstein's fast and hard cutting, I like to hold the shot very still and for longer than we're accustomed to. For me personally as a viewer, this technique invariably causes me to have waves of emotions that I think arise from a profound form of mindful awareness and the feelings that go along with that. I am frequently brought to tears by this kind of existential cinematic technique.”
“Athie is a slave with little left to lose.'
'Don't say such things, BB,' Lehabah hissed. 'There is always something left to lose.”
Source: House of Earth and Blood
“Athirst for personal salvation, the West forgets that many religions had but a vague notion of the life beyond the grave; true, all great religions stake a claim on eternity, but not necessarily on man's eternal life.”
“Athlete or not, I’m going to make sure you know how to read.”
“Athletes and actors do really crazy things and we do them under weird circumstances because we love what we do and because we take things in an extreme manner.”
“Athletes and musicians make astronomical amounts of money. People get paid $100 million to throw a baseball! Shouldn't we all take less and pass some of that money onto others? Think about firefighters, teachers and policemen. We should celebrate people that are intellectually smart and trying to make this world a better place.”
“Athletes are always talking about money at a time when everyone else is struggling so badly to make it. We all make way more than our fair share. And I just think it reflects poorly on myself and my teammates. I really do just want to win, and that has and will continue to be the reason that motivates me and is the biggest factor in my decision-making process.”
“Athletes are American princes and the locker room is their castle. Some of them behave in princely fashion, become legitimate heroes to us all. And some are jerks.”
Source: Thinking Out Loud: On the Personal, the Political, the Public and the Private
“Athletes are born winners, there not born loosers, and the sooner you understand this, the faster you can take on a winning attitude and become sucessful in life.”
“Athletes are extremists. When they're training, it's laser focus.”
“Athletes as a rule are stronger than their backers; yet the weaker presses the stronger to put forth all his efforts.”
Source: The Sacred Writings of Saint Jerome (Annotated Edition)
“Athletes as role models and heroes is a hoax, a sick hoax. The men and women who are fighting in Iraq, they are the true heroes.”