All Quotes

"I have decided first to consider the majority of the authors who up to now have written about [algebra], so that I can fill in what they have missed out. They are very many, and among them Mohammed ibn Musa [Al-Khwarizmi], an Arab, is believed to be the first [...] I believe that the word “algebra” came from him, because some years ago, Brother Luca [Pacioli] of Borgo San Sepolcro of the Minorite order, having set himself the task of writing on this science, as much in Latin as in Italian, said that the word “algebra” was Arabic [...] and that the science came from the Arabs. Many who have written after him have believed and said likewise, but in recent years, a Greek work on this discipline has been discovered in the Library of our Lord in the Vatican, composed by a certain Diophantus of Alexandria, a Greek author [...] Antonio Maria Pazzi and I have translated five books (of the seven) [...] In this work we have found that he cites the Indian authors many times, and thus I have been made aware that this discipline belonged to the Indians before the Arabs."

"[al-Khwārizmī] not having taken algebra from the Greeks,. . . must have either invented it himself, or taken it from the Indians. Of the two, the second appears to me the most probable."

"“Beauty, especially Filipina beauty, is not a performance—it’s a presence.""

"“Being a morena woman in a culture long obsessed with fair skin already taught me that nonconformity is power.”"

"“What I try to sustain is authenticity. I’ve never chased trends that erase who I am. I’ve embraced my skin tone, my age, my values. That’s what people connect with.""

"“When you’re grounded in who you are, you don’t feel pressured to meet anyone else’s standard. You end up quietly redefining it.”"

"“I’ve learned that aging is not something to fight—it’s something to honor. And in that honoring, beauty becomes more powerful, more meaningful, and more real.""

"“Every line holds a story—of laughter, resilience, motherhood, heartbreak, joy, and growth.”"

"“Aging has taught me compassion toward myself. I no longer look in the mirror to look for perfection; I look for vitality, light, and alignment.""

"“Beauty deepens when it’s no longer just skin-deep—it becomes quieter, stronger, and more intentional.”"

"“When we’re younger, we think we’re invincible, but beauty thrives when we honor balance.”"

"“Well, it's mainly because it's my passion. I really love what I do.""

"“If you love yourself and if you want to stay, ako (me), I want to stay in this business for a longer time because I'm a single mom.""

"“I think it's the business of food and the business of, you know, that encourages us to eat more and more. Always more.""

"“Our hearts don't just beat for ourselves. They beat for our families, our children, and the people we work with.""

"“I wanna have my own business. I don't know yet what line of business. We're still figuring it out. But, yeah, I wanna be able to to do that. Create my own business. So that, eventually, my daughters can take care of that. If they want.""

"“But (I also want) to be in the international scene, really. Not just festivals. Because now it's more possible because the business is more open to all ethnicities. So, hopefully there will be more avenues for Iana, and not just for her, but for, you know, the Filipino talent to be in the international scene.”"

"“It’s fulfilling because it pushes me, but at the same time, it’s a job. I’m my own person at the end of the day. I go home and kick off my shoes, and I’m Kylie again.""

""It takes a lot of emotional and mental strength — but I like it. It’s fun, it’s work, and I wouldn’t do anything else. It took so much for me to get here, and for me to stay here.”"

"I wanted to talk about depression and suicide, and how mental illness is affecting the youth, and how suicide rates are increasing."

"“I wanted to take on mental health because it was something I went through. I know what it’s like to be depressed.”"

"“I was lucky to have a strong support group.""

"I kept my surroundings clean."

"It’s possible to heal depression naturally, but it’s important to seek your doctor’s advice first."

"“I just wanted to talk about mental health because no one was doing it at the time — no one was doing it when I was going through it.”"

"So I just said what I felt like saying. I didn’t know it was going to grow into this huge thing."

"It is with developing in each of us sensitivity to other cultures that we expand our horizons, tolerate differences, and appreciate diversity."

"This is for all my fellowmen who have lost their jobs in the middle of the pandemic. To the youth, we are now more than ever capable of speaking up. Use your voice, stand for what you believe in."

"“At least your traffic is still comfy… w/ aircon, with music, with snacks inside your vehicle… while the ordinary commuter has to make do with all the discomforts. Be grateful, kahit trapik eh nakakotse ka.""

"(Offering money to the apostles) Give me this power also, that anyone on whom I lay hands may receive the Holy Spirit."

"But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery in the city and astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great, to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the great power of God.” And they heeded him because he had astonished them with his sorceries for a long time. But when they believed Philip as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized. Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs which were done."

"But Peter said to him, “Your money perish with you, because you thought that the gift of God could be purchased with money! You have neither part nor portion in this matter, for your heart is not right in the sight of God. Repent therefore of this your wickedness, and pray God if perhaps the thought of your heart may be forgiven you. For I see that you are poisoned by bitterness and bound by iniquity.”"

"Jackie-Light: Yoo-hoo! Mr. Spring Heel Jack? Excuse me! I must ask you to return to the museum."

"Then Philip went down to the city of Samaria and preached Christ to them. And the multitudes with one accord heeded the things spoken by Philip, hearing and seeing the miracles which he did. For unclean spirits, crying with a loud voice, came out of many who were possessed; and many who were paralyzed and lame were healed. And there was great joy in that city."

"But there was a certain man called Simon, who previously practiced sorcery in the city and astonished the people of Samaria, claiming that he was someone great, to whom they all gave heed, from the least to the greatest, saying, “This man is the great power of God.” And they heeded him because he had astonished them with his sorceries for a long time. But when they believed Philip as he preached the things concerning the kingdom of God and the name of Jesus Christ, both men and women were baptized. Then Simon himself also believed; and when he was baptized he continued with Philip, and was amazed, seeing the miracles and signs which were done."

"Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is desert. So he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to worship, was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading Isaiah the prophet. Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go near and overtake this chariot.”"

"Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him. Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. And the eunuch said, “See, here is water. What hinders me from being baptized?”"

"On the next day we who were Paul’s companions departed and came to Caesarea, and entered the house of Philip the evangelist, who was one of the seven, and stayed with him. Now this man had four virgin daughters who prophesied."

"So Philip ran to him, and heard him reading the prophet Isaiah, and said, “Do you understand what you are reading?”"

"See, here is water. What hinders me from being baptized?"

"Now an angel of the Lord spoke to Philip, saying, “Arise and go toward the south along the road which goes down from Jerusalem to Gaza.” This is desert. So he arose and went. And behold, a man of Ethiopia, a eunuch of great authority under Candace the queen of the Ethiopians, who had charge of all her treasury, and had come to Jerusalem to worship, was returning. And sitting in his chariot, he was reading Isaiah the prophet. Then the Spirit said to Philip, “Go near and overtake this chariot.”"

"Then Philip opened his mouth, and beginning at this Scripture, preached Jesus to him. Now as they went down the road, they came to some water. [...] So he commanded the chariot to stand still. And both Philip and the eunuch went down into the water, and he baptized him. Now when they came up out of the water, the Spirit of the Lord caught Philip away, so that the eunuch saw him no more; and he went on his way rejoicing. But Philip was found at Azotus. And passing through, he preached in all the cities till he came to Caesarea."

"But he, being full of the Holy Spirit, gazed into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and said, “Look! I see the heavens opened and the Son of Man standing at the right hand of God!”"

"And they stoned Stephen as he was calling on God and saying, “Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.” Then he knelt down and cried out with a loud voice, “Lord, do not charge them with this sin.” And when he had said this, he fell asleep."

"Likewise deacons must be reverent, not double-tongued, not given to much wine, not greedy for money, holding the mystery of the faith with a pure conscience. But let these also first be tested; then let them serve as deacons, being found blameless. Likewise, their wives must be reverent, not slanderers, temperate, faithful in all things. Let deacons be the husbands of one wife, ruling their children and their own houses well. For those who have served well as deacons obtain for themselves a good standing and great boldness in the faith which is in Christ Jesus."

"We then call the diaconate and the priesthood sacred orders. In fact, we read that the early Church had only these; only in reference to these do we have a command from the Apostle."

"In the 1840s rival British and French teams began to uncover and document the remains of vast stone palaces near Mosul, now in northern Iraq but then part of the Ottoman Empire whose capital was Istanbul. The adventurers quickly identified the ruins they were digging as the ancient Assyrian city of Nineveh, known to them through the stories of the Old Testament and Classical authors. Thus they claimed it as part of their own, European heritage, and were little interested in its place in Middle Eastern history and tradition per se. Thus unwittingly the tone was set for interpreting ancient Assyrian – and, later, Babylonian and Sumerian – remains. […] The finds represented the ‘cradle of civilization,’ mankind’s first tottering steps toward European sophistication. [And] they were potential witnesses to events described in the Old Testament, appearing at a crucial juncture in Western European intellectual history […]. (Robson 2007: 59)."

"For many people, the attraction of Plimpton 322 has been exactly its status as a ‘first infantile step’ on the way to modern Western-style mathematics. (Robson 2001)."

"The acquisition of monuments and works of art that were shipped to London, Paris and Berlin in the mid-nineteenth century was thus not seen solely, or even primarily, as the appropriation of historical artifacts of Iraq but as the remains of a mythical pre-European past. Mesopotamian cultural remains unearthed in the first days of archaeological exploration then served to illustrate how the modern West had evolved from this stage of the evolution, and that Biblical accounts were true, thus that the Judeo-Christian God was the true God. (Bahrani 1999: 166)"

"Since human civilisation was thought to originate in Mesopotamia, and this civilisation was transferred from the East to the West, the two justifications for the archaeological expeditions were repeatedly stated as being the search for the ‘roots’ of Western culture and to locate the places referred to in the Old Testament. (Bahrani 1999: 166)"