#order

We cannot suppose therefore that God has made an order of beings, with such mental qualities and powers, for the sole purpose of being used as beasts, or instruments of labour. ↗

— Thomas Clarkson

#being #being used #beings #cannot #god

I bet you think an egg is something you casually order for breakfast when you can't think of anything else. Well, so did I once, but that was before the egg and I. ↗

— Claudette Colbert

#before #bet #breakfast #casually #did

Testimony is an integral part of the Black religious tradition. It is the occasion where the believer stands before the community of faith in order to give account of the hope that is in him or her. ↗

— James Hal Cone

#before #believer #black #community #faith

Space and light and order. Those are the things that men need just as much as they need bread or a place to sleep. ↗

— Le Corbusier

#just #light #men #much #need

Federal authorities do not have the manpower or the resources to protect America's international borders. ↗

— John Culberson

#authorities #borders #federal #international #manpower

The sheriffs are completely outnumbered and outgunned. And we don't have enough border patrol agents. ↗

— John Culberson

#border #border patrol #completely #enough #outnumbered

There is no secret to success except hard work and getting something indefinable which we call 'the breaks.' In order for a writer to succeed, I suggest three things - read and write - and wait. ↗

— Countee Cullen

#call #except #getting #hard #hard work

Everybody thinks I'm at death's door, but I'm not. There's nothing seriously wrong with me, and my heart is in 100 percent working order. Anything else you may hear is a damn lie! ↗

— Bobby Darin

#damn #death #door #else #everybody

Most people hugely underestimate the amount of 'empty space' we have in our country. Fly over the U.K., and you see that human settlement does not fill up the U.K. at all. It accounts for something of the order of 15 per cent of the landmass. ↗

— Evan Davis

#amount #cent #country #does #empty

Love casts out fear, but we have to get over the fear in order to get close enough to love them. ↗

— Dorothy Day

#close #enough #fear #get #love