Favors Quotes - Page 17

• They say people are fundamentally interested in only three things - food, sex and shelter. I can't say I'm authoritative on the first two, although I'm in favor of both. It's shelter that concerns me, and it's nice to be doing something people are interested in.

  Edward Durell Stone

  Sex, Nice, Two

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• It has always puzzled me that so many people have taken it for granted that God favors those who believe in him. Isn't it possible that the actual God is a scientific God who has little patience with beliefs founded on faith rather than evidence?

  Raymond Smullyan

  Believe, Taken, People

  Raymond Smullyan (1983). “Five Thousand B.C. and Other Philosophical Fantasies”, p.33, Macmillan

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• When confronted with two courses of action I jot down on a piece of paper all the arguments in favor of each one, then on the opposite side I write the arguments against each one. Then by weighing the arguments pro and con and cancelling them out, one against the other, I take the course indicated by what remains.

  Benjamin Franklin

  Writing, Opposites, Two

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• A just city should favor justice and the just, hate tyranny and injustice, and give them both their just deserts.

  Al-Farabi

  Hate, Cities, Giving

  "The Dictionary of Islam vol. IV". 1991.

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• Every man is equally entitled to protection by law. But when the laws undertake to add... artificial distinctions, to grant titles, gratuities, and exclusive privileges—to make the rich richer and the potent more powerful— the humble members of society—the farmers, mechanics, and laborers, who have neither the time nor the means of securing like favors to themselves, have a right to complain of the injustice of their government.

  Andrew Jackson

  Powerful, Mean, Humble

  Veto Message on Bank Bill, 10 July 1832

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• If the Republicans think that by having stated and even achieved most of the Contract that they are therefore entitled to the acceptance and favor of the American voter, they're crazy.

  Malcolm Wallop

  Crazy, Acceptance, Thinking

  "Ted McGinley reflects on faith, the meaning of the Cross and playing a pastor in 'Do You Believe?'". Interview with John W. Kennedy, www.ff.org.

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• One is called to live nonviolently, even if the change one works for seems impossible. It may or may not be possible to turn the US around through nonviolent revolution. But one thing favors such an attempt: the total inability of violence to change anything for the better

  Daniel Berrigan

  Inability, May, Violence

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• Nobody does Israel any service by proclaiming its 'right to exist.' Israel's right to exist, like that of the United States, Saudi Arabia and 152 other states, is axiomatic and unreserved. Israel's legitimacy is not suspended in midair awaiting acknowledgement.... There is certainly no other state, big or small, young or old, that would consider mere recognition of its 'right to exist' a favor, or a negotiable concession.

  Abba Eban

  Israel, United States, Arabia

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• It meant something to me – the idea of a coat guarding and hiding a woman’s body. For me, a woman who is absorbed in her work, who does not care about gaining one’s favor, strong yet subtle at the same time, is essentially more seductive. The more she hides and abandons her femininity, the more it emerges from the very heart of her existence.

  Yohji Yamamoto

  Strong, Heart, Ideas

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• Our modern world defined God as a ‘religious complex’ and laughed at the Ten Commandments as OLD FASHIONED. Then, through the laughter came the shattering thunder of the World War. And now a blood-drenched, bitter world — no longer laughing — cries for a way out. There is but one way out. It existed before it was engraven upon Tablets of Stone. It will exist when stone has crumbled. The Ten Commandments are not rules to obey as a personal favor to God. They are the fundamental principles without which mankind cannot live together.

  Cecil B. DeMille

  Religious, Laughter, War

  "Cecil B. DeMille's Campaign for a Godly Culture" by Mark H. Creech, www.christianpost.com. September 9, 2013.

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• There's actually a lot of evidence in primates and other animals that they return favors.

  Frans de Waal

  Inspirational, Motivational, Animal

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• If life is not a continuum, from conception to natural death, then all of us are potential victims if we fall out of favor with a ruling elite.

  Cal Thomas

  Fall, Life Is, Natural

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• Over a long period of time, the main force in favor of greater equality has been the diffusion of knowledge and skills.

  Thomas Piketty

  Skills, Long, Force

  Thomas Piketty (2014). “Capital in the Twenty-First Century”, p.22, Harvard University Press

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• No matter how many good deeds we preform, they aren’t the ticket to earning God’s favor. God graces us in spite of what we do in this life, not because of.

  Bill Courtney

  Grace, Deeds, Matter

  Bill Courtney (2014). “Against the Grain: A Coach's Wisdom on Character, Faith, Family, and Love”, p.187, Weinstein Publishing

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• The odds will always favor the man with a plan

  Ziad K. Abdelnour

  Men, Odds, He Man

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• Beloved, pursue Jesus and you will experience wisdom in every area of your life. You cannot try to earn, deserve or study to acquire God’s wisdom. It comes by His unmerited favor. His wisdom will give you good success in your career. It will cause you to succeed as a student, parent or spouse.

  Joseph Prince

  Jesus, Careers, Giving

  Joseph Prince (2011). “Unmerited Favor: Your Supernatural Advantage for a Successful Life”, p.308, Charisma Media

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• I proclaim publicly that I favor ending government involvement in education.

  Marshall Fritz

  Government, Involvement, Government Involvement

  "Marshall Fritz, R.I.P." by Lisa Snell, www.texasmonthly.com. November 7, 2008.

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• If the president of the United States, if he's smart, if he needs help, he’d come. I could do a favor for the president

  Paul Castellano

  Smart, President, United States

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• Because the task of a political leader is to do what he believes is better for his country. Sometimes the public opinion is in favor; sometimes the public opinion needs a little bit more time to understand things.

  Jose Maria Aznar

  Country, Believe, Leader

  "Transcript: Jose Maria Aznar on 'Fox News Sunday'". "Fox News Sunday" with Chris Wallace, www.foxnews.com. April 18, 2004.

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• Life favors those who are prepared

  Troy Vincent

  Prepared

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• Legal systems, at both the national and international level, are therefore required to recognize, guarantee and protect religious freedom, which is a right intrinsically inherent in human nature, in man's dignity as a free being, and is also an indicator of a healthy democracy and cone of the main sources of the legitimacy of the State. Religious freedom ... favors the development of relationships of mutual respect between the different Confessions and their healthy collaboration with the State and political society, without confusion of roles and without antagonism.

  Pope Francis

  Religious, Men, Confusion

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• Hope is not a granted wish or a favor performed; no it is far greater than that. It is a zany, unpredictable dependence on a God who loves to surprise us out of our socks.

  Max Lucado

  Hopeful, Wish, Surprise

  Max Lucado (2013). “Grace for the Moment: Morning and Evening Devotional Journal”, p.161, Thomas Nelson Inc

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• Heaven's Way gives no favors. It always remains with good people.

  Laozi

  People, Giving, Heaven

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• Abandon anything about your life and habits that might be holding you back. Learn to create your own opportunities. Know that there is no finish line; fortune favors action. Race balls-out toward the extraordinary life that you’ve always dreamed of, or still haven’t had time to dream up. And prepare to have a hell of a lot of fun along the way.

  Sophia Amoruso

  Dream, Fun, Opportunity

  Sophia Amoruso (2014). “#GIRLBOSS”, p.14, Penguin

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• I was getting sick and tired of being lectured by dear friends with their little bottles of water and their regular visits to the gym. All of a sudden, we've got this voluntary prohibition that has to do with health and fitness. I'm not really in favor of health and fitness.

  Barbara Holland

  Tired, Sick, Water

  "She'll Drink to That" by Peter Carlson, www.washingtonpost.com. May 29, 2007.

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