“Titles and mottoes to books are like escutcheons and dignities in the hands of a king. The wise sometimes condescend to accept of them; but none but a fool would imagine them of any real importance. We ought to depend upon intrinsic merit, and not the slender helps of the title.” BookRealSometimesHelpingHandsAcceptingWiseImagineFoolDependsOughtKingsDignityImportanceTitlesMeritSlender Book:Essays and The Bee Source: Essays and The Bee
“metaphors for God drawn from human experience can easily be literalized. While we are immediately aware that the personal God is not really a rock or a mother eagle, it is easy enough to imagine that God is really a king or a father.” HumansEnoughGodMotherReligionFatherEasyImagineRocksKingsMetaphorImagine ThatHuman ExperienceEagles Book:Women and the Word: The Gender of God in the New Testament and the Spirituality of Women Source: Women and the Word: The Gender of God in the New Testament and the Spirituality of Women
“We've come a long way in our thinking, but also in our moral decay. I can't imagine Dr. King watching the 'Real Housewives' or 'Jersey Shore.'” ThinkingWayLongI CanRealMoralImagineKingsShoreDecayDrsLong WayJerseyHousewifeJersey ShoreMoral DecayReal Housewives Author:Samuel L. Jackson
“Imagine Martin Luther King saying, 'I have a dream ... But I don't know if the others will buy it.'” IfsKnowsDreamImagineKingsLuther Author:Benjamin Zander
“There are good guys, and there are congressional people who are good guys, and I certainly vote in those elections. You know, my fondest dream would be if Obama, when he got out of office, decided he was going to go back and organize on the streets. He'd be the only person I could imagine who could really create a movement similar to what King did, and God knows we need that now.” PeopleIfsKnowsNeedsPersonsDreamWould BeGuyImagineStreetsMovementKingsOfficeDecidedVoteElectionOrganizeGod KnowsGood Guy Author:Joan Baez