“Young man—Young man—Your arm’s too short to box with God.”
James Weldon Johnson (1871–1938) writer and activist
The Prodigal Son.
God's Trombones: Seven Negro Sermons in Verse (1927)
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Joseph Joubert (1754–1824) French moralist and essayist
Mahathir bin Mohamad (1925) Prime Minister of Malaysia
Clearly Islam the religion is not the cause of terrorism. Islam, as I said, is a religion of peace. However through the centuries, deviations from the true teachings of Islam take place. And so [people who call themselves] "Muslims" kill despite the injunction of their religion against killing especially of innocent people.
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“Boxing is my life, but my life is not only boxing.”
Vitali Klitschko (1971) Ukrainian boxer and politician
Source: [Афоризми відомих українців, Folio, 2009, 978-966-03-4817-2, Kharkiv, 86, uk]
“Let go of my arm, or I will scream for God.”
Mervyn Peake book Titus Alone
“He never helped you. Have you forgotten?”
Source: Titus Alone (1959), Chapter 56 (p. 910)
“Life's too short to be bitter, I'm too short to be bitter.”
Madonna (1958) American singer, songwriter, and actress
http://www.last.fm/user/helena_wanje.
Roberto Clemente (1934–1972) Puerto Rican baseball player
As quoted in “Clouter Clemente: Popular Buc; Rifle-Armed Flyhawk Aims At Second Bat Crown”
Baseball-related, <big><big>1960s</big></big>, <big>1964</big>
“God's joy moved from unmarked box to unmarked box,
from cell to cell.”
Rumi (1207–1273) Iranian poet
Disputed, The Essential Rumi (1995)