#rely

To the dumb question, 'Why me?' the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply, 'Why not?' ↗

— Christopher Hitchens

#bothers #cosmos #dumb #me #question

In order to really enjoy a dog, one doesn't merely try to train him to be semi-human. The point of it is to open oneself to the possibility of becoming partly a dog. ↗

— Edward Hoagland

#dog #enjoy #him #merely #oneself

Our second remark is, that the office is of divine appointment, not merely in the sense in which the civil powers are ordained of God, but in the sense that ministers derive their authority from Christ, and not from the people. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#authority #christ #civil #derive #divine

The Galatians are severely censured for giving heed to false doctrines, and are called to pronounce even an apostle anathema, if he preached another gospel. ↗

— Charles Hodge

#another #apostle #called #censured #doctrines

An idea can only be materialized with the help of a medium of expression, the inherent qualities of which must be surely sensed and understood in order to become the carrier of an idea. ↗

— Hans Hofmann

#carrier #expression #help #idea #inherent

The architect, Peter Arens who is the monstrous carbuncle architect, not merely did his design which had won a public competition never get built but his practice suffered financially for some years. ↗

— Anthony Holden

#built #competition #design #did #financially

Truth, when not sought after, rarely comes to light. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#comes #light #rarely #sought #truth

People who honestly mean to be true really contradict themselves much more rarely than those who try to be 'consistent'. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#consistent #contradict #honestly #mean #more

The Constitution is never tested during times of tranquility; it is during times of tension, turmoil, tragedy, trauma, and terrorism that it is sorely tested. ↗

— Mike Honda

#during #never #sorely #tension #terrorism

I sincerely believe blogging can save America. ↗

— John Jay Hooker

#believe #blogging #i #save #sincerely