Quotable Quotes

Then, you do not know?

I believe in God. I have studied the Bible. I do not recall a New Testament source for your quote. Just asking for some documentation so I can further my studies.

You say you believe in God, but you only quote men. As to the Bible, in your own words you treat it as a child like story. I am sorry, I will not debate the Bible with you.

You wrote on this thread:

"So, too, we ought to be able to believe that a man (or woman) who is struggling with a changing world, and not able to quite believe in the reality of it, can be like a person stuck in the "belly of a whale," and that God can help him by having him "spit onto the shores" of that new world, by telling us a child-like story of a man who was swallowed by a big fish, and spit out onto the shore of a land he thought he wanted no part of, so that he would have to face his denials and prejudices.

But that's just my interpretation."

Quote :

Book of Jonah: Chapter 1 Verse 17 Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights...
Chapter 2 Verse 1 [a]From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.....Verse 10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land

Now, can you show me the book, chapter, and verse where Jesus said, "Man can not guide his own footsteps"?

alj wrote:

Quote :

Book of Jonah: Chapter 1 Verse 17 Now the Lord provided a huge fish to swallow Jonah, and Jonah was in the belly of the fish three days and three nights...
Chapter 2 Verse 1 [a]From inside the fish Jonah prayed to the Lord his God.....Verse 10 And the Lord commanded the fish, and it vomited Jonah onto dry land

Now, can you show me the book, chapter, and verse where Jesus said, "Man can not guide his own footsteps"?

I guess you just don't understand. I do not know you. I want nothing to do with you. Nor do I wish to have dialogue with you.
I have stopped reading your post because they have no interest for me. You are welcome, as all members of the forum are to make comment on my post, but please, do not direct your comment toward me...

I will respect your boundaries, pappalardo, so long as you respect mine.

"Don’t write for a demographic. Don’t write for publishers, reviewers or agents. Write for yourself and maybe for that handful of people who really “get” you. Don’t worry about the appeal of your book being too narrow. My novel, Mercury Falls, certainly isn’t for everybody. To be honest, I’m surprised that its appeal has turned out to be as broad as it is, considering that it’s filled with obscure references to everything from Occam’s Razor to Creedence Clearwater Revival to Wargames. What I’ve learned is that, ironically, by intentionally refusing to pander to my audience, I actually made Mercury Falls more interesting for readers outside of what I originally thought was my target demographic. Readers respond to authenticity, originality and excitement, even if it’s not packaged in a way they expect."

Kroese, Robert (2011-03-09). Self-Publish Your Novel: Lessons from an Indie Publishing Success Story (Kindle Locations 560-566). St. Culain Press. Kindle Edition.

D. J. (Don) Stephens wrote:

Politicians are people who, when they see light at the end of the tunnel, go out and buy some more tunnel.
~John Quinton~

Love this!

The idea in the hero adventure is to walk bodily through the door into the world where the dualistic rules don't apply.

Joseph Campbell; Pathways to Bliss

Many of you will be pleased to know that day-after-tomorrow, when I-google ceases to exist, so will my little JCF app.  Unless the JFC website figures out some other way to make it viable, it will disappear into defunct cyberspace.

But I have a strong feeling that the masters at JFC.org will soon find an alternative, so beware - you never know when it might pop up again.

Ever joyful, blissful, and hopeful,

Annie

Annie, I enjoy your posting of JC quotations.  I hope the site finds a way.

I was thinking today about a song that I remember.  I think it was titled "Memories"...

??Memories light the pages of my life.....???  For the life of me I cannot remember who sang it or who wrote it.  I have the idea to write it on a card that will go with a present that will go to my great grand-daughter for her baby shower, (second child) and I am giving a beautiful miniature tea set and some miniature crystal glasses that she played with out here as a small child.  I wanted the song so I could put it in the card that will go with.  If anyone knows the artist or the words, I would love that.  I hope that I have not remembered it with joy and it turn out to be a dismal, close to dying kind of song.  
Love,
Betty

THE WAY WE WERE Lyrics - Barbra Streisand



Review The Song (1)




Memories
Light the corners of my mind
Misty watercolor memories
Of the way we were
Scattered pictures
Of the smiles we left behind
Smiles we gave to one another
For the way we were

Can it be that it was all so simple then
Or has time rewritten every line
If we had the chance to do it all again
Tell me - Would we? Could we?

Memories
May be beautiful and yet
What's too painful to remember
We simply choose to forget

So it's the laughter
We will remember
Whenever we remember
The way we were

So it's the laughter
We will remember
Whenever we remember
The way we were






Writer: Hamlisch, Marvin
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing, Universal Music Publishing Group

Betty, I've been searching, and the closest song I could find with the the line you remember is this BonJovi song:



I also looked up this one.  The lyrics don't come as close, but the source has to do with a love we have in common, Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats, by TS Eliot, although this song, as I remember, was added later for the musical.



And you and I are both old enough for this particulary memory:



(DK beat me to the last one)

Annie

I remember Susan once had a cat named Grizzabella - a beautiful blue Persian. She was perfectly named. I always expected her to "Meow" out that song.

Dear Diane and Annie,
I am blown away with the memories of these songs.  

The Way We Were is the song I was trying to remember.  

I will copy the words for the card for my baby grand who is 30 now,  and her soon to be my great baby grand.  
What a beautiful memory this song creates for me!  I hope it does for her.  She will cry for sure.  That is the object in our family.  To do something, say something, or give a gift that reduces the recipient to tears of heartfelt emotion.  I think this song will do that.  I am happy!
Love, Betty

That song always makes me cry - for the movie and for my own love lost.

I rememember the first time I saw it, sitting in a theater with my now ex and recognizing the similarities.

We spent our vacation time that next summer in the Virgin Islands. The romantic quality of that place kept us together another year, but the lines were written on the wall.

I cry whenever I hear it too.

“Of all the creatures that creep and breathe on earth, there is none more wretched than man.”
— Homer

Reading the words in the light of day, I do not think it would be fit for a baby shower card.  It was a nice memory, though.
Love,
Betty

Betty Fasig wrote:

Reading the words in the light of day, I do not think it would be fit for a baby shower card.

How about this?

Isn't she lovely? Isn't she wonderful?
Isn't she precious? Less than one minute old
I never thought through love
We'd be making one as lovely as she
But isn't she lovely made from love?

Isn't she pretty? Truly the Angel's best
Boy, I'm so happy, we have been Heaven blessed
I can't believe what God has done
Through us He's given life to one
But isn't she lovely made from love?

Isn't she lovely? Life and love are the same
Life is Aisha, the meaning of her name
Londie, it could have not been done
Without you who conceived the one
That's so very lovely, made from love

Songwriters
STEVIE WONDER

Published by
Lyrics © EMI Music Publishing

Selagh, do not ever listen to anyone who might suggest you are not the Internet's best moderator ever. Thank you for putting up with us.

Annie

"'The fool says in his heart there is no God' (Psalms 14:1). There is, however, another type of fool, more dangerous and sure of himself, who says in his heart and proclaims to all the world, 'There is no God but mine.'"

Joseph Campbell; Masks of God: Creative Mythology

alj wrote:

Selagh, do not ever listen to anyone who might suggest you are not the Internet's best moderator ever.  Thank you for putting up with us.

Annie

Someone has to do it.

Can't believe how far back I had to go to fine the last entry for this thread.

Just came across one that I had to share:

Quote :

"If there’s a book you really want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it." Toni Morrison, novelist

Gerson, Mark David (2014-09-24). Birthing Your Book: Even If You Don't Know What It's About (Kindle Locations 467-469).  . Kindle Edition.