Quotes tagged ‘Prophecy’

(5 total)

“Throughout ancient mythology, the stars and constellations were viewed as sources of power and prophecy. From the prophets of ancient Greece to the astrologers of Babylon, civilizations have long believed that the zodiac holds the key to hidden potential and sources of power.”

— Samantha Newman, Collective World, collective.world

“Abie Quintanilla: What’s Dad gonna say? Selena Quintanilla: [imitating Abraham] I don’t believe this, son! What were you thinking? [scene switches] Abraham Quintanilla: I don’t believe this, son! What were you thinking of? Who’s that laughing? Is that Selena? Listen, where are you?”

— Gregory Nava, Abraham Quintanilla, Edward James Olmos, imdb.com

“Now I am aware of no people, however refined and learned or however savage and ignorant, which does not think that signs are given of future events, and that certain persons can recognize those signs and foretell events before they occur.”

— Marcus Tullius Cicero, perseus.tufts.edu

“Fate doesn’t guarantee us a happy ending. We’re not promised to be together no matter what. But in dimension after dimension, world after world, fate gives us a chance. Our destiny isn’t some kind of mystical prophecy. Our destiny is what we do with that chance.”

— Claudia Gray, amazon.com

“In the case of a mirage, we can study heat, radiation, light, and even people's sense that they are perceiving water, but there is no water. Similarly, for Spinoza, there is no prophecy in the Hebrew Bible. It is also a phantom. The study of 'real' prophecy as he defines it is epistemology, the scie…”

— Rick Strassman , amazon.com