#were

It is almost universally felt that when we call a country democratic we are praising it; consequently, the defenders of every kind of regime claim that it is a democracy, and fear that they might have to stop using the word if it were tied down to any one meaning. ↗

— George Orwell

#any #call #claim #consequently #country

The great enemy of clear language is insincerity. When there is a gap between one's real and one's declared aims, one turns, as it were, instinctively to long words and exhausted idioms, like a cuttlefish squirting out ink. ↗

— George Orwell

#between #clear #declared #enemy #exhausted

The Conservative Party mustn't sound like the old man on the park bench who says things were better in 1985, or 1955, or 1855. ↗

— George Osborne

#better #conservative #conservative party #like #man

A belief in God is vitally important, not just in show business, but stability in life. You know, to recognize deity is the most important thing that you can do. I mean, it comes to the Ten Commandments. They weren't ten suggestions. They were Ten Commandments. ↗

— Donny Osmond

#business #comes #commandments #deity #god

We were old sinners - but when we came to Christ we are not sinners anymore. ↗

— Joel Osteen

#came #christ #old #sinners #were

I did a book signing when we were in New York the day before yesterday. A lady came through and she was just weeping, and said, 'I wish this would have been brought out sooner, my sister is in prison for suffocating her child.' ↗

— Marie Osmond

#before #book #brought #came #child

Little things in my past that I really thought were over and done with were still elements of the puzzle that weren't pieced together, and so she helped me do that. ↗

— Marie Osmond

#elements #helped #i #little #little things

If Jesus were here today, he wouldn't be riding around on a donkey. He'd be taking a plane, he'd be using the media. ↗

— Joel Osteen

#donkey #here #jesus #media #plane

My parents were the same in the pulpit as they were at home. I think that's where a lot of preachers' kids get off base sometimes. Because they don't see the same things at both places. ↗

— Joel Osteen

#because #both #get #home #i

The death of my father is probably the biggest thing that I ever faced. Daddy and I were best friends. ↗

— Joel Osteen

#biggest #biggest thing #daddy #death #ever