#presence

Even in the presence of others he was completely alone. ↗

— Robert M. Pirsig

#completely #even #others #presence

I feel comfortable in the presence of oddity. Probably because I'm a little bit odd. ↗

— Martha Plimpton

#bit #comfortable #feel #i #i feel

To me, its seems necessary to rediscover - and the energy to do so exists - that even the political and economic spheres need moral responsibility, a responsibility that is born in man's heart and, in the end, has to do with the presence or absence of God. ↗

— Joseph Ratzinger

#born #economic #end #energy #even

The motives of these parents vary, many parents don't like the curriculum being taught to their kids, or are wary of the threat of peer pressure or the presence of drugs or violence lurking in too many of our schools today. ↗

— Ernest Istook

#curriculum #kids #like #lurking #many

Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival. ↗

— Thomas Jefferson

#beauty #fellows #her #i #jealous

Love... Force it and it disappears. You cannot will love, nor even control it. You can only guide its expression. It comes or it goes according to those qualities in life that invite it or deny its presence. ↗

— David Seabury

#cannot #comes #control #deny #disappears

God is a presence that I can never define but I could never deny. ↗

— John Shelby Spong

#define #deny #god #i #i can

The pride and presence of a professional football team is far more important than 30 libraries. ↗

— Art Modell

#football #football team #important #libraries #more

When I paint, I seriously consider the public presence of a person - the surface facade. I am less concerned with how people look when they wake up or how they act at home. A person's public presence reflects his own efforts at image development. ↗

— LeRoy Neiman

#am #concerned #consider #development #efforts

My first name, Benjamin, dates back a thousand years earlier to Benjamin - Binyamin - the son of Jacob, who was also known as Israel. Jacob and his 12 sons roamed these same hills of Judea and Sumeria 4,000 years ago, and there's been a continuous Jewish presence in the land ever since. ↗

— Benjamin Netanyahu

#also #back #been #benjamin #continuous