“In Scotland, Catholics have raised their voices against sectarianism and intolerance directed against the Church. Clearly, these actions show that freedom of religious expression, a basic human right, is not upheld in our midst as widely and as completely as it should be.” ShouldHumansShowsActionVoiceChurchReligiousExpressionCatholicRaisedMidstIntoleranceScotlandSectarianism Author:Keith O'Brien
“But conversation, choose what theme we may, And chiefly when religion leads the way, Should flow, like waters after summer show'rs, Not as if raised by mere mechanic powers.” IfsWayShouldMayShowsWaterConversationSummerFlowMereRaisedThemeMechanic Author:William Cowper
“Christianity has a built-in defense system: anything that questions a belief, no matter how logical the argument is, is the work of Satan by the very fact that it makes you question a belief. It's a very interesting defense mechanism and the only way to get by it -- and believe me, I was raised Southern Baptist -- is to take massive amounts of mushrooms, sit in a field, and just go, "Show me.".” WayBelieveMatterFactsShowsBeliefInterestingChristianityFieldsAmountBuiltArgumentRaisedDefenseSatanLogicalMassiveSouthernMechanismBelieve In MeShow MeVery InterestingBaptistsMushroomsDefense MechanismsSouthern Baptist Author:Bill Hicks
“We must be ready to allow ourselves to be interrupted by God, who will thwart our plans and frustrate our ways time and again, even daily, by sending people across our path with their demands and requests. We can, then, pass them by, preoccupied with our important daily tasks, just as the priest-perhaps reading the Bible-passed by the man who had fallen among robbers. When we do that, we pass by the visible sign of the Cross raised in our lives to show us that God’s way, and not our own, is what counts.” PeopleMenWayImportantShowsReadingPathOur LivesPlansHe ManReadyDemandCrossesTasksRaisedFallenVisiblePriestsRequestInterruptedRobbersReading The BibleDaily Tasks Book:Life Together: Prayerbook of the Bible Source: Life Together: Prayerbook of the Bible
“Don't thank your parents. If you were raised in a nurturing environment, you wouldn't be in show business. Don't say, 'Wow, this is heavy.' Of course it's heavy. It contains the shattered dreams of four other people.” PeopleIfsShowsDreamFilmCoursesParentEnvironmentFourHollywoodRaisedHeavyWowShow BusinessNurturingShatteredShattered Dreams Author:Conan O'Brien
“I was raised in the theater and, as it turned out, a TV show was like performing a new one-act play. So, it was really no different.” DifferentPlayShowsTvsTheaterRaisedPerformingTv Shows Author:Bea Arthur
“Oh, my, yes. I was raised in this Southern culture where if a guy was sarcastic, that just meant he didn't know how to show his love - but secretly he cared! I completely bought that. The men I chased and the things I put up with - it was criminal.” IfsKnowsMenShowsGuyCultureKnow HowRaisedCriminalsSarcasticSouthernHis LoveSouthern Culture Author:Ginnifer Goodwin
“Over the years, TV has gotten so much better, especially with the advent of cable. The bar has been raised. I think HBO really set the standard with The Sopranos, and then on mainstream TV, shows like Lost broke amazing ground.” ThinkingYearsHas BeensShowsLostTvsStandardsRaisedBarsBrokeMainstreamTv ShowsCablesAdventHboSopranos Author:Nestor Carbonell
“Harmonious words render ordinary ideas acceptable; less ordinary, pleasant; novel and ingenious ones, delightful. As pictures and statues, and living beauty, too, show better by music-light, so is poetry irradiated, vivified, glorified', and raised into immortal life by harmony.” IdeasShowsLightNovelOrdinaryHarmonyRaisedPleasantImmortalAcceptableDelightfulStatuesHarmoniousIngeniousImmortal Life Book:The Works of Walter Savage Landor Source: The Works of Walter Savage Landor