Top 25 Spit Quotes of 58 - Page 2

You don't get there because, you get there in spite of.

Spite

In spite of all that happened at Hamburg, bombing proved a relatively humane method.

Method, Spite, Bombing

Statement on the July 1943 bombings of Hamburg. "The Valour and the Horror: The Untold Story of Canadians in the Second World War". Book by Merrily Weisbord and ‎Merilyn Simonds Mohr, p. 107, 1991.

If the Resurrection is resurrection from the dead, all hope and freedom are in spite of death.

Paul Ricoeur

Resurrection, Spite, Ifs

Paul Ricoeur (2005). “The EPZ Conflict of Interpretations”, p.404, A&C Black

Shared danger is the strongest of bonds; it will keep men united in spite of mutual dislike and suspicion.

Livy

Men, Danger, Spite

Livy (1967). “The early history of Rome: Books I-V of The history of Rome from its foundation”

God's Word is pure and sure, in spite of the devil, in spite of your fear, in spite of everything.

R. A. Torrey

Devil, Spite, Pure

I have learned a great truth of life. We do not succeed in spite of our challenges and difficulties, but rather, precisely because of them.

Richard Paul Evans

Challenges, Succeed, Spite

FaceBook post by Richard Paul Evans from Jul 29, 2011

In spite of warnings, nothing much happens until the status quo becomes more painful than change.

Laurence J. Peter

Warning, Painful, Spite

"But I got saved that way!" No, you got saved in spite of that way not because of that way.

Paul Washer

Way, Salvation, Spite

Stories are verbal acts of hospitality.

Eugene H. Peterson

Stories, Hospitality

Eugene H. Peterson (2008). “Christ Plays in Ten Thousand Places: A Conversation in Spiritual Theology”, p.22, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

I like to write when I feel spiteful; it's like having a good sneeze.

D. H. Lawrence

Writing, Sneezing, Spiteful

Letter to Lady Cynthia Asquith,?25 Nov. 1913, in Collected Letters (1962) vol. 1, p. 246

It is interesting to observe how real the object remains, in spite of all abstractions.

Paul Klee

Real, Interesting, Spite

Paul Klee, Jürg Spiller (1992). “Paul Klee Notebooks: The thinking eye”, Overlook Pr

If you stay alive for no other reason do it for spite

Maria Bamford

Alive, Reason, Spite

Life is about learning; when you stop learning, you die.

Tom Clancy

Inspirational, Learning, Hospitality

"The Appraiser's Handbook: A Guide for Doctors". Book by Nick Lyons, Susanne Caesar, Abayomi McEwen, and John Denham, p. 11, 2006.

I paint people, not because of what they are like, not exactly in spite of what they are like, but how they happen to be.

Lucian Freud

People, Paint, Spite

The wolf howled under the leaves And spit out the prettiest feathers Of his meal of fowl: Like him I consume myself.

Arthur Rimbaud

Fowl, Meals, Spit

Wallace Fowlie, Arthur Rimbaud (1966). “Rimbaud”

I do not argue with obstinate men. I act in spite of them.

Agatha Christie

Men, Arguing, Spite

Agatha Christie (1989). “Murderers abroad: five complete novels”, Outlet

Everything an artist spits is art.

Kurt Schwitters

Art, Artist, Spit

The arts are the hospitals for our souls.

Suzanne Farrell

Art, Soul, Hospitals

I quickly learned that you don't have to be incarcerated by suffering, and that, in spite of the dysfunctional nature of your family, you are an individual in full possession of your life.

Sufjan Stevens

Suffering, Individual, Spite

"True Myth: A Conversation With Sufjan Stevens". Interview with Ryan Dombal, pitchfork.com. February 16, 2015.