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Letter "P" » prophet
«I'm not a prophet or a stone aged man, just a mortal with potential of a superman. I'm living on.»
Author: David Bowie
(Singer, Song Writer)
| About:
Inspirational,
Potential
| Keywords:
aged, prophet, superman, supermen
«A historian is a prophet in reverse»
«If you keep saying things are going to be bad, you have a good chance of being a prophet.»
«It is by no means improbable that some future textbook, for the use of generations yet unborn, will contain a question something like this: What historical American of the nineteenth century has exerted the most powerful influence upon the destinies of his countrymen? And it is by no means impossible that the answer to that interrogatory may be thus written: Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet. And the reply, absurd as it doubtless seems to most men now living, may be an obvious commonplace to their descendants»
Author: Josiah Quincy
| About:
History
| Keywords:
by no means, commonplace, contain, countryman, countrymen, descendant, descendants, destinies, doubtless, exerted, exerting, exerts, generations, historical, improbable, interrogatory, Joseph, Joseph I, Joseph Smith, like this, Mormon, Mormons, nineteenth, nineteenth century, prophet, reply, smith, smiths, textbook, textbooks, The Descendants, unborn
«He brings a gust of acrid provincial air to the ancient office. He is an angry young prophet rather than a smooth courtier. His verse is angular, savage, robust and very good.»
«Atheism is a non-prophet organization»
Author: George Carlin
(Actor, Author, Comedian)
| About:
Atheism
| Keywords:
atheism, non, organization, prophet
«And the devil that deceived them was cast into the lake of fire and brimstone, where the beast and the false prophet are, and shall be tormented day and night for ever and ever.»
Author: Bible
| Keywords:
beast, brimstone, day-and-night, deceived, False Prophet, fire and brimstone, lake, Lake of, prophet, The Beast, the lake of fire, tormented
«Death most resembles a prophet who is without honor in his own land or a poet who is a stranger among his people.»
Author: Kahlil Gibran
(Essayist, Novelist, Poet)
| About:
Death and dying
| Keywords:
prophet, resembles, Strange Land
«A prophet is not recognized in his own land»
«A hopeful disposition is not the sole qualification to be a prophet.»
Author: Winston Churchill
(Author, Orator, Prime Minister)
| Keywords:
disposition, hopeful, prophet, qualification, sole
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