#lies

Creation implies authority in the sense of originator. The possibility of a 'Fall' is implied in a Covenant insofar as the idea of a Covenant implies the possibility of its being violated. ↗

— Kenneth Burke

#being #covenant #creation #fall #idea

Increased funding for the Weatherization Assistance Program is a priority for the Bush Administration, and I am pleased that many families in North Carolina will benefit from this increase. ↗

— Richard Burr

#am #assistance #benefit #bush #bush administration

Someone who always has to lie discovers that every one of his lies is true. ↗

— Elias Canetti

#discovers #every #his #lie #lies

It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#down #going #into #lies #life

Teaching man his relatively small sphere in the creation, it also encourages him by its lessons of the unity of Nature and shows him that his power of comprehension allies him with the great intelligence over-reaching all. ↗

— Annie Jump Cannon

#also #comprehension #creation #encourages #great

At the root of many a woman's failure to become a great cook lies her failure to develop a workmanlike regard for knives. ↗

— Robert Farrar Capon

#cook #develop #failure #great #great cook

There are a group of people who would like to silence everybody and have everybody go along to get along, but that's not going to be very helpful for us in the long run, in terms of solving our problems. And somebody has to be courageous enough to actually stand up to, you know, the bullies. ↗

— Benjamin Carson

#along #bullies #courageous #enough #everybody

Valor lies just halfway between rashness and cowardice. ↗

— Miguel de Cervantes

#cowardice #halfway #just #lies #rashness

Intelligence is our first line of defense against terrorism, and we must improve the collection capabilities and analysis of intelligence to protect the security of the United States and its allies. ↗

— Saxby Chambliss

#allies #analysis #capabilities #collection #defense

Expecting to be able to get rid of the competitive drive, first of all, flies in the face of human nature - and little girls certainly have this drive, as much as little boys do, or at least the little girls I have observed in my immediate family have it. ↗

— Lynne Cheney

#certainly #competitive #drive #expecting #face