#get

If we require some kind of sign, or "proof," for our belief in God, then we believe, or place our tust, not in God but in the sign or proof. ↗

— Robert L. Short

#faith #god #proof #faith

I shall bere your noble fame, for ye spake a grete worde and fulfilled it worshipfully. ↗

— Thomas Malory

#getting-things-done #keeping-faith #faith

It doesn't matter who gets what. It's just a matter of doing what it takes to win. ↗

— Pau Gasol

#gets #just #matter #takes #who

If you cannot get rid of the family skeleton, you may as well make it dance. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#cannot #dance #get #make #may

Civilised life, you know, is based on a huge number of illusions in which we all collaborate willingly. The trouble is we forget after a while that they are illusions and we are deeply shocked when reality is torn down around us. ↗

— J.G. Ballard

#normalcy #the-trouble-with-forgetting #life

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is. ↗

— Iris Murdoch

#chiefly #falling #forgetting #how #love

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite. And to act so is immoral. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#morality #vegetarianism #food

The thought of two thousand people crunching celery at the same time horrified me. ↗

— George Bernard Shaw

#vegetarianism #food

Meat isn't murder, it's delicious. ↗

— John Lydon

#eating #food #meat #vegetarianism #food

[Clover] secretly hitched a ride with a nice German couple and their new baby...Clover appeared to the baby, so as to be a delightful, soothing surprise. Well, the child did like Clover. In fact, she held him and cooed. When the parents turned around to look at her and saw their child holding a furry, living creature, they needlessly panicked. ↗

— Obert Skye

#food #funny #geth #hungry #winter