Quotes About Place

We always hit the bookstores & libraries in every city and small town, and I learned to tell a lot about a place by the kinds of books that were carried, or the attention given a library. The best I had ever seen was in NYC. The worst in Paoli, Indiana.

change of pace + change of place = change of perspective.

In working through nonreligious language to explain that journey, the idea of place became very important. Jesus says, "Here's the deal! I'll leave My place. I'll come to your place. I'll take your place. And then we'll go to My place." This simplicity captured me. Everyone understands places. We all have them. It's where we live our lives day to day. Then Jesus walks into our place and redirects us.

Here's the bottom line: where you are geographically affects where you are spiritually. A few years ago I came up with a simple formula: change of place + change of pace = change of perspective.

Emotion had no place in the virtual world, where logical, ruthless intellect prevailed.

a nerd in a soldier's world—now, finally, the world belonged to the nerds. Little Johnny Brice had found his place in this world.

We often blame things that happen to us on Satan, but we must remember that Satan can only be one place at a time

Living "biblically," I would suggest, means recognizing our place in God's story and living in such a way that we reflect his nature and purpose in the world.

We see here the commitment to employ what terrorizes and repels, and does so powerfully, in order to have an effect of keeping certain groups in place or moving them from one realm to another. All of this is to commit those with governing powers to a show, a spectacle that displays power and creates motivating terror.

We must abandon the goals of perfect obedience and untainted innocence and begin to equip our children to see their place in God's family, their need for his grace, and their opportunity to embrace his mission.

How could you ever feel comfortable if no matter where you went you felt like you belonged someplace else?

And into the close and mirrored catacombs of sleep We'll fall, and there in the faded light discover the bones, The dust, the bitter remains of someone who might have been                     Had we not taken his place.

There's a pizza place near where I live that sells only slices. In the back, you can see a guy tossing a triangle in the air.

I really haven't seen this many people in one place since they took group photographs of all the criminals and lawbreakers in the Ronald Reagan administration.

Sadly, I can't say the same for my Father, who is probably in a different place - Hell.

Scotland is a soggy sort it place, where birds and animals walk around uncooked

California is a fine place to live - if you happen to be an orange.

Don't do drugs kids. There's a time and place for everything. It's called college.

The heartland lies where the heart longs to be. Sometimes it takes a lifetime to find the true place to plant it.

There is never a time or place for true love. It happens accidentally, in a heartbeat, in a single flashing, throbbing moment.the way I m in truly love with you when I thought I will never love anyone again

This place was creepy. I reminded myself that the terrible thing that had most likely happened here was me. Somehow that didn't help.

My human parts were experiencing a cold prickling that wasn't comfortable. This place was creepy. I reminded myself that the terrible thing that had most likely happened here was me. Somehow that didn't help.

I had options, and I didn't have to decide right away. Which was good, because I still didn't know what I wanted. But maybe I had a place to be while I figured it out.

Do you believe a place can have its own distinct rhythm? I do. Just as surely as the pulling of tides. Just as meaningful as a beating heart. And just as mysterious as the throaty purr of a well-stroked cat. I believe every place has its own unique rhythm. And I believe we are either in or out of sync with it.