“Since by it we reach up groping fingers to touch the hem of the garment of the Most High.”

What has been done is little-scarcely a beginning; yet it is much in comparison with the total blank of a century past.

And our knowledge will, we are easily persuaded, appear in turn the merest ignorance to those who come after us. Yet it is not to be despised, since by it we reach up groping to touch the hem of the garment of the Most High.

Knowledge will appear in turn the merest ignorance to those who come after us. Yet it is not to be despised.

The nineteenth century lynching mob cuts off ears, toes, and fingers, strips off flesh, and distributes portions of the body as souvenirs among the crowd.

Money brings freedom-freedom to buy what you want , and freedom to do what you want with your time. Money allows you to enjoy the finer things in life as well as giving you the opportunity to help others have the necessities in life.

Tragedy is when I cut my finger. Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die.

I see them in my audience all the time, with the fur coat, a woman whose hand is always out front, or the two fingers are on the cheek to show her diamond. I don’t have anything against that.

I remember the time I was kidnapped and they sent a piece of my finger to my father. He said he wanted more proof.

George had taken off all ten of his fingers and tied them into a bundle with what appeared to be either his own small intestines.

A boy is Truth with dirt on its face, Beauty with a cut on its finger, Wisdom with bubble gum in its hair and the Hope of the future with a frog in its pocket.

Good books put a finger on emotions that are deeply our own – but that we could never have described on our own.