#sins

No man could be equipped for the presidency if he has never been tempted by one of the seven cardinal sins. ↗

— Eugene McCarthy

#cardinal #could #equipped #man #never

Of course, Third World leaders love you. By ascribing third world ills to First World sins, you absolve them of blame for their countries' failure to advance. ↗

— John McCarthy

#advance #blame #countries #course #failure

Every man sees in his relatives, and especially in his cousins, a series of grotesque caricatures of himself. ↗

— H. L. Mencken

#caricatures #cousins #especially #every #every man

I often remembered also that I had been told, that we shall have as many devils biting us, if we go to hell, as we have unconfessed sins on our consciences. ↗

— Maria Monk

#been #biting #consciences #devils #go

My son has two loving parents and an extended family, whether it's cousins or stepmothers or boyfriends. My son is surrounded by love. ↗

— Bridget Moynahan

#extended #extended family #family #love #loving

The Bible and several other self help or enlightenment books cite the Seven Deadly Sins. They are: pride, greed, lust, envy, wrath, sloth, and gluttony. That pretty much covers everything that we do, that is sinful... or fun for that matter. ↗

— Dave Mustaine

#books #cite #covers #deadly #enlightenment

Today I love myself as I love my god: who could charge me with a sin today? I know only sins against my god; but who knows my god? ↗

— Friedrich Nietzsche

#charge #could #god #i #i love

Maybe it's our sins that give God consolation when he finally has to give us cancer. ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#consolation #finally #give #god #maybe

Yes, but I - you know, it's been such a long time, I'm sure that I've got cousins and uncles that I've never met before, you know, that I've left behind. ↗

— Rafael Palmeiro

#before #behind #cousins #got #i

All sins have their origin in a sense of inferiority otherwise called ambition. ↗

— Cesare Pavese

#called #inferiority #origin #otherwise #sense