Quotes of: Good-news Keyword

A final word should be said concerning the status of free blacks. Before the American Revolution this status had been ambiguous, and the number of free blacks was insignificant. <...> A rash of new laws, similar to the later Black Codes of Reconstruc...

Inhuman Bondage: The Rise and Fall of Slavery in the New World

I knew he was unreliable, but he was fun to be with. He was a child’s ideal companion, full of surprises and happy animal energy. He enjoyed food and drink. He liked to try new things. He brought home coconuts, papayas, mangoes, and urged them on o...

World's Fair

Christianity revitalized life in Greco-Roman cities by providing new norms and new kinds of social relationships able to cope with many urgent urban problems. To cities filled with the homeless and the impoverished, Christianity offered charity as we...

Rodney Stark

Good men are a bit like border collies: we're happiest when we're useful. That's why the life of a good man involves constant striving for direction and meaning.

The Woman's Guide to How Men Think: Love, Commitment, and the Male Mind

Sickness comes with a waning moon; a new moon cures disease.

Basotho

Don't build a new ship out of old wood.

Chinese

Boast during the day; be humble at night.

New Zealander

Let someone else sing your praise.

New Zealander

Old canoes can be restored, but youth and beauty cannot.

New Zealander

Who lives in a quiet house has plenty.

New Zealander

An old loan repaid is like finding something new.

Russian

To every answer you can find a new question.

Yiddish

In college, educated women (I found out) were frigid; active women (I knew) were neurotic; women (we all knew) were timid, incapable, dependent, nurturing, passive, intuitive, emotional, unintelligent, obedient, and beautiful. You can always get dres...

The Female Man

Death If he is a good man, death will be a release; If he is a bad one, it will release others from him.

The Dermis Probe

The problem, of course, is that there's no way of knowing that your last good day is your Last Good Day. At the time, it's just another good day.

The Fault in Our Stars

The gods hate those who plan badly, and help those with good friends, good swords, and good sense.

Half the World

How you perceive yourself is how others will see you.

It's Not How Good You Are, It's How Good You Want To Be

But are there really good people? Good people, through and through? Or are we all just varying versions of bad people, some trying harder to be good?

Joyride

The best way to guard your heart was to trust a good man to take care of it for you.

Rock Chick Revenge

But goodness alone is never enough. A hard, cold wisdom is required for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom always accomplishes evil.

Stranger in a Strange Land

If a good man can't sleep after hurting people, then he should learn much more to be a leader.

My Ancestor Was an Ancient Astronaut