#reacher

My father was a minister, so I was a P.K., a preacher's kid. ↗

— Dorothy Malone

#i #kid #minister #preacher

Only those who spread treachery, fire, and death out of hatred for the prosperity of others are undeserving of pity. ↗

— Jose Marti

#fire #hatred #only #others #out

Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors, that they are ready to repeat their lesson as often as we please. ↗

— Louis Nizer

#always #books #counselors #disinterested #hand

To be a preacher requires two apparently contradictory qualities: confidence and humility. ↗

— Timothy Radcliffe

#confidence #contradictory #humility #preacher #qualities

I think there ought to be a club in which preachers and journalists could come together and have the sentimentalism of the one matched with the cynicism of the other. That ought to bring them pretty close to the truth. ↗

— Reinhold Niebuhr

#close #club #come #could #cynicism

You might say that Lyndon Johnson is a cross between a Baptist preacher and a cowboy. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#between #cowboy #cross #johnson #lyndon

Those most moved to tears by every word of a preacher are generally weak and a rascal when the feelings evaporate. ↗

— Sallust

#every #feelings #generally #most #moved

Words are more treacherous and powerful than we think. ↗

— Jean-Paul Sartre

#powerful #than #think #treacherous #words

Anecdotally his fitness reports rated him well above average in the classroom, excellent in the field, fluently bilingual in English and French, passable in Spanish, outstanding on all man-portable weaponry, and beyond outstanding at hand-to-hand combat. Susan knew what that last rating meant. Like having a running chainsaw thrown at you ↗

— Lee Child

#reacher #spanish

We've the whole wide world out there waiting for us, and we've forever to make the most've it. And that's the thing: enjoyin' life. Not livin' death, or anything stupid like that. What've we got to fear except the sun? ↗

— Garth Ennis

#garth-ennis #preacher #death