Quotes by Pillars In Santiago, the capital of the kingdom of Chile, at the moment of the great earthquake of 1647 in which many thousands lost their lives, a young Spaniard called Jeronimo Rugera was standing beside one of the pillars in the prison to which he had been committed on a criminal charge, and he was about to hang himself. Heinrich von Kleist pillars criminals earthquakes Do you know what we are those of us who count as pillars of society? We are society's tools, neither more nor less. Henrik Ibsen pillars tools literature We have learned from none others the plan of our salvation, than from those through whom the Gospel has come down to us, which they did at one time proclaim in public, and, at a later period, by the will of God, handed down to us in the Scriptures, to be the ground and pillar of our faith Irenaeus of Lyons pillars scripture salvation A novelist who ranks with Proust , Kafka , Musil and his friend James Joyce as one of the enduring pillars of Modernism. Italo Svevo pillars proust novelists A lot of pubs in London are now faceless, expensive yuppy bars. Not like when I was growing up. The pub used to be, and should be, the pillar of community. Jason Flemyng pillars growing-up community Acceptable rules of conduct were suspended when it came to the spoon shortage. The deficit had gotten so bad that prices were all but unaffordable, and dynastic spoon succession had become a matter of considerable interest. Spoons were even postcode engraved and carried on one's person to eliminate theft, and good table manners, one of the eight pillars upon which the Collective was built, had been relaxed to allow tea to be stirred - shockingly - with the handle of a fork. Jasper Fforde pillars eight tea The Luxembourg financial centre is based on several pillars, we are characterised by the breadth of our product range, we are an active participant in the international credit business. Jean-Claude Juncker pillars credit financial Soil mapping is one of the pillars to the challenge of sustainable development Jeffrey Sachs pillars soil challenges There is a very special place in the Australian psyche for sport. It is one of the pillars of the Australian way of life. You don't really understand what makes the Australian nation tick unless you understand the great affection Australians have for sport. John Howard pillars special sports The throat: how strange, that there is not more erotic emphasis upon it. For here, through this compound pulsing pillar, our life makes its leap into spirit, and in the other direction gulps down what it needs of the material world. John Updike pillars erotic world If this fail, The pillar'd firmament is rottenness, And earth's base built on stubble. John Milton pillars failure earth Devotion, fervor, longing! Those are my pillars. We have to be the bridge to the future. Joseph Goebbels pillars longing bridges It is a wretched thing to rest upon the fame of others, lest, the supporting pillar being removed, the superstructure should collapse in ruin. Juvenal pillars ruins fame When you hear a word from God it resonates in the pillars of your soul. Karen Wheaton pillars your-soul soul Marriage is like a temple resting on two pillars. If they come too close to each other the temple will collapse. Khalil Gibran pillars relationship two Now stiff on a pillar with a phallic air nelson stylites in Trafalgar square reminds the British what once they were. Lawrence Durrell pillars squares air The pillars of Hercules of the United States are vulgarity and stupidity. Leon Trotsky pillars united-states stupidity Everybody is different. Some comedy is more musical like Steven Wright. His is a pillar of comedy to me. He invented a whole form and all his jokes are poems. So it's different. I wanted to do it like George Carlin. Now I do it like me. Louis C. K. pillars musical different Our partnership has been built on four pillars The first pillar is peace. The second pillar is freedom. The third pillar is respect. The fourth pillar is cooperation. Lyndon B. Johnson pillars presidential four The tow pillars of democratic government are the primacy of the law and the budget. Ludwig von Mises pillars government law «1234»