“ The Second Amendment is very important, but we have to have commonsense gun safety. Deborah K. Ross
“ Flag-burning is plain wrong, and I'll stand up for free speech - even speech I don't like. Deborah K. Ross
“ I have a lot of favorite songs. One of them is Lyle Lovett's version of 'If I Needed You.' Deborah K. Ross
“ We need to have law enforcement and the African-American community work together for the safety of everybody. Deborah K. Ross
“ Christmas and Easter can be subjects for poetry, but Good Friday, like Auschwitz, cannot. The reality is so horrible it is not surprising that people should have found it a stumbling block to faith. W. H. Auden Poet
“ Without Easter, Good Friday would have no meaning. Without Easter, there would be no hope that suffering and abandonment might be tolerable. But with Easter, a way out becomes visible for human sorrows, an absolute future: more than a hope, a divine expectation. Hans Urs Von Balthasar Theologian
“ I don't know what rituals my kids will carry into adulthood, whether they'll grow up attached to homemade pizza on Friday nights, or the scent of peppers roasting over a fire, or what. I do know that flavors work their own ways under the skin, into the heart of longing. Where my kids are concerned I find myself hoping for the simplest things: that if someday they crave orchards where their kids can climb into the branches and steal apples, the world will have trees enough with arms to receive them. Barbara Kingsolver Novelist
“ I play tennis five hours a week, from Monday to Friday, for one hour every day. I like to be fit. If I can't exercise, I feel bad - I need to sweat and run to feel like I'm in good shape. Bjorn Borg Tennis Player
“ Apart from the cross, condemnation is normal. Without Jesus, we all deserve to be condemned and punished for sin. But here's the good news: 'There is therefore now no condemnation for those who are in Christ Jesus'. C. J. Mahaney
“ Humanity is fickle. They may dress for a morning coronation and never feel the need to change clothes for an execution in the afternoon. So Triumphal Sundays and Good Fridays always fit comfortably into the same April week. Calvin Miller Author