“God's visit to earth took place in an animal shelter with no attendants present and nowhere to lay the newborn king but a feed trough. ... For just an instant the sky grew luminous with angels, yet who saw the spectacle? Illiterate hirelings who watched the flocks of others, "nobodies" who failed to leave their names.” EarthNamesAnimalSawsSkyGrewKingsAngelLaysChristmasInstantShelterFlocksLuminousIlliterateNewbornTroughAnimal Shelter Book:The Jesus I Never Knew Source: The Jesus I Never Knew
“The master of the palace had similar functions at the court of Judah. Announcing the promotion of Elyaqim, Isaiah 22:22 says: 'I lay the key of the house of David upon his shoulder, if he opens, none will shut; if he shuts, none will open.' The Egyptian vizier's instructions are described in a very similar fashion. Every morning 'the vizier will send someone to open the gates of the kings house, to admit those who have to enter, and to send out those who have to go out.' One is reminded of the Lord's words to Peter, the Vizier of the Kingdom of Heaven (Matthew 16:19).” IfsHouseHeavenLordMorningFashionMastersKeysKingsFunctionCourtLaysShouldersKingdomsGatesInstructionPeterEvery MorningPromotionPalacesKingdom Of HeavenEgyptianMatthewAnnouncingJudah Author:Roland de Vaux
“Doth some one say that there be gods above? There are not; no, there are not. Let no fool, Led by the old false fable, thus deceive you. Look at the facts themselves, yielding my words, No undue credence: for I say that kings kill, rob, break oaths, lay cities waste by fraud, And doing thus are happier than those, Who live calm pious lives day after day. All divinity is built-up from our good and evil luck.” LooksFactsEvilCitiesBreakAtheismFoolKingsWasteBuiltLuckLaysCalmDivinityGood And EvilFraudDeceivingOathPiousFablesCredence Author:Euripides
“At Ken Lay's funeral service the minister compared him to Dr. Martin Luther King, Junior. The difference is Dr. King had a dream, Ken Lay had a scheme.” DreamDifferencesKingsLaysMinistersFuneralSchemesDrsLutherJuniorsDr Martin Luther King Author:Jay Leno
“And therefore I am come amongst you at this time, not as for my recreation or sport, but being resolved, in the midst and heat of the battle, to live or die amongst you all; to lay down, for my God, and for my kingdom, and for my people, my honour and my blood, even the dust. I know I have but the body of a weak and feeble woman; but I have the heart of a king, and of a king of England, too.” PeopleKnowsHeartBodyDiesSportsLeadershipBloodKingsBattleWeakEnglandLaysKingdomsDustHeatMidstHonourRecreation Author:Elizabeth I
“I was the lion who forced you to join with Aravis. I was the cat who comforted you among the houses of the dead. I was the lion who drove the jackals from you while you slept. I was the lion who gave the horses the new strength of fear for the last mill so that you should reach King Lune in time. And I was the lion you do not remember who pushed the boat in which you lay, a child near death, so that it came to shore where a man sat, wakeful at midnight, to receive you.” MenShouldChildrenLastsRememberHouseKingsCatHorseLaysBoatSatShoreLionsMidnightMillsNarniaNear DeathJackals Author:C. S. Lewis
“As soon as the guards where gone, I lay down on my stone bench and dumped the king and his threats out of my head without ceremony. They were too unpleasant to worry over anyway.” WorryGoneKingsStonesLaysThreatCeremonyBenchesDumped Book:The Thief Source: The Thief
“While Leonidas was preparing to make his stand, a Persian envoy arrived. The envoy explained to Leonidas the futility of trying to resist the advance of the Great King's army and demanded that the Greeks lay down their arms and submit to the might of Persia. Leonidas laconically told Xerxes, "Come and get them.” TryingMightArmsKingsArmyLaysGreekSubmitPreparingFutilityPersianPersia Author:Plutarch
“If they [Plato and Aristotle] wrote about politics it was as if to lay down rules for a madhouse. And if they pretended to treat it as something really important it was because they knew that the madmen they were talking to believed themselves to be kings and emperors. They humored these beliefs in order to calm down their madness with as little harm as possible.” IfsLittlesImportantOrderBeliefTalkingKingsTreatsMadnessLaysCalmHarmPlatoEmperorMadmenCalm DownMadhousesPlato And Aristotle Author:Blaise Pascal
“And long there he lay, an image of the splendour of the Kings of Men in glory undimmed before the breaking of the world.” MenWorldLongKingsGloryLaysSplendour Book:The Lord of the Rings: One Volume Source: The Lord of the Rings: One Volume