Those who belong to megachurches display as high a level of personal commitment as do those who attend small congregations. Rodney Stark Read Quote
But is it not the fact that religion emanates from the nature, from the moral state of the individual? Is it not therefore true that unless the nature be completely exercised, the moral state harmonized, the religion cannot be healthy? Harriet Martineau Read Quote
I think a theater show is a pure version of me doing my material. The theater crowd is a bit more polite, there really aren’t hecklers, and there are a lot of people there to see me, and they’re excited about the jokes and hanging out with me for a show. Anthony Jeselnik Read Quote
Everything needs to work at the same time. But what keeps society vibrant permanently is jobs, industry, business, and stuff like that. It pays for everything else. If you just build affordable housing, and those people don’t have jobs, it’ll no longer be affordable soon. So you really have to build around the business community. Jamie Dimon Read Quote
I’ve always had an image of Mother’s Pride flour, very respectable and middle-class. Prue Leith Read Quote
How extraordinary it is that one feels most guilt about the sins one is unable to commit. V. S. Pritchett Read Quote