“Vast objects of remote altitude must be looked at a long while before they are ascertained. Ages are the telescope tubes that must be lengthened out for Shakespeare; and generations of men serve but a single witness to his claims.” MenLongAgeGenerationsObjectsClaimsWitnessTubesTelescopes Book:The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor: Dialogues in verse : Gebir. Acts and scenes. Hellenics Source: The Works and Life of Walter Savage Landor: Dialogues in verse : Gebir. Acts and scenes. Hellenics
“Jesse Marcel's unproven story was now primetime mythology. This remote New Mexico town had hit the jackpot. It didn't matter that there wasn't a shred of credible evidence to support the claim that a flying saucer crashed here. It didn't matter that there were no credible witnesses to alien bodies.” MatterStoriesBodySupportEvidenceClaimsTownsMythologyFlyingWitnessAliensMexicoCredibleNew MexicoFlying SaucersJackpot Author:Peter Jennings
“Like an explorer returned from a distant planet or another dimension, Suki Kim has many extraordinary tales to tell, among them how different--and how awful--life is for those who live in North Korea. The devil is in the details here, for her gritty narrative focuses on everyday events to reveal how repression shapes daily life, even for the most privileged. Yet Kim also bears witness to that part of the human soul that no oppressor can ever claim.” HumansDifferentSoulLife IsEventsPlanetsBearsShapesDevilClaimsExtraordinaryEverydayDetailsTalesAwfulWitnessNarrativeDimensionsDaily LifePrivilegedKoreaHuman SoulNorth KoreaRepressionOppressorsExplorersKim Author:Carlos Eire
“Witness the American ideal: the Self-Made Man. But there is no such person. If we can stand on our own two feet, it is because others have raised us up. If, as adults, we can lay claim to competence and compassion, it only means that other human beings have been willing and enabled to commit their competence and compassion to us--through infancy, childhood, and adolescence, right up to this very moment.” IfsMenHumansMeanPersonsHas BeensMadeTwoSelfMomentsHuman BeingsCompassionFeetChildhoodWillingAdultsIdealsClaimsLaysRaisedCommitWitnessAdolescenceCompetenceInfancySelf MadeSelf Made Man Author:Urie Bronfenbrenner
“The claims of Christ are always on trial, and we remain under oath! We are his witnesses for truth.” ChristClaimsTrialsWitnessOath Author:Max Lucado
“As one who was a prosecutor for many years, I can tell you that having a tape recording of interrogations would help everybody. It would make clear if there had been improper pressure exerted on a defendant or witness, and it would also protect the interrogating officer from false claims that such pressure had been brought to bear.” IfsYearsI CanHelpingClearBearsProtectClaimsPressureWitnessOfficersTapeProsecutorInterrogation Author:Eliot Spitzer
“Ragamuffins are simple, direct and honest. Their speech is unaffected. They are slow to claim, "God told me..." As they make their way through the world, they bear wordless, prophetic witness.” WorldWaySimpleHonestBearsSpeechDirectClaimsWitnessProphetic Author:Brennan Manning