#speaking

…they speak great swelling words of emptiness… ↗

— 2 Peter 2 18

#food-for-thought #ible #peter #speaking #think-before-you-speak

Until the building of Solomon's temple the unity of worship according to it had, properly speaking, never had any existence; and, moreover, it is easy to read between the lines that even after that date it was more a pious wish than a practical demand. ↗

— Julius Wellhausen

#after #any #between #building #date

When our Lord says, we must be converted and become as little children, I suppose he means also, that we must be sensible of our weakness, comparatively speaking, as a little child. ↗

— George Whitefield

#become #child #children #comparatively #converted

I hated speaking in public. I would miss school just so I wouldn't have to do it. ↗

— Kristen Wiig

#i #just #miss #public #school

Truthfully, I've never seen myself as being too thin. Sometimes I'll look at photos and be like, 'Oh, that's not a good look.' But generally speaking, I'm not too thin. ↗

— Rachel Zoe

#generally #good #i #like #look

Stylistically speaking, Barack Obama could hardly be further from Jimmy Carter if he really had been born in Kenya. ↗

— Eric Alterman

#barack obama #been #born #carter #could