The imminent demise of the church has been predicted since the middle of the 18th century. This is the regular secular mantra if churchgoing declines. I could take you to plenty of churches that are full to bursting and new churches being built.
N. T. Wright
Since the 18th century, many Western intellectuals have predicted religion's imminent demise.
The imminent demise of the large record companies as gatekeepers of the world's popular music is a good thing, for the most part.
I have a wonderful family: My parents are churchgoing, salt-of-the-earth Southern people. They gave me a lot of love and are so unaffected by fame.
I'm always in a place that is sincere but conflicted about different things that come with being a Christian and being an active, churchgoing Christian.
Time goes by, reputation increases, ability declines.
Dag Hammarskjold
When Honor's sun declines, and Wealth takes wings, Then Learning shines, the best of precious things.
Declines in specific industries can never ignite a general depression. Shifts in data will cause increases in activity in one field, declines in another.
You get recessions, you have stock market declines. If you don't understand that's going to happen, then you're not ready, you won't do well in the markets.
Well, I certainly wouldn't want to live in the 18th century myself, or the 19th either, for that matter.
It's wrong to look at what we call 'Enlightenment values' as some fad of the 18th century. It's deeply rooted in ancient history.
Of course everyone dreams of living in the 17th or the 18th century because of the costumes, but there were so many incommodities.
This country is bursting.
Pim Fortuyn
But the single overwhelming reason why jails are bursting is longer sentences given for more crimes.
My father's work is rather mysterious, not much said, and my grandfather's is robust, bursting off the walls.
Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, learning as hard as he could.
Loud peace propaganda makes war seem imminent.
D. H. Lawrence
Personal disintegration remains always an imminent danger.
Christopher Lasch
There's something imminent in the work, but the circle is only completed by the viewer.
Iraq does not pose an imminent threat to the United States of any of its neighboring nations.
I don't take pleasure in anyone's demise, really.
Larry Wilmore
Often, when I became a consultant to a federal agency, that precipitated its demise.
The rumours of the demise of the U.S. manufacturing industry are greatly exaggerated.
President Obama deserves our unalloyed praise for hastening Osama bin Laden's demise.
I think I could take a job as an NFL scout.
Darius Rucker
When I entered politics, I took the only downward turn you could take from journalism.
I didn't have parents I could take a million dollars from. We were a lower-class family.
I took the hardest possible route that you could take, and I still overcame and succeeded.
Everyone has their own mantra.
Russell Brand
My mantra is 'healthy body, healthy mind.'
Ali Krieger
Remember my mantra: distinct... or extinct.
Tom Peters
Expertise is the mantra of modern medicine.
Our overriding mantra is to be customer champion.
We have a mantra. 'Facts get shares; opinions get shrugs'.
There are no small churches, just small people.
Edwin Louis Cole
A lot of churches have not moved with the times.
Joel Osteen
Let Catholics build their own churches and works.
Vladimir Zhirinovsky
Churches should not be directly involved in politics.
I sang with Anita Bryant in the Southern Baptist churches.
Wherever you've got a state church, you have empty churches.
Reading is the last act of secular prayer.
Richard Powers
The road to the sacred leads through the secular.
Abraham Joshua Heschel
The White House has a secular, humanistic agenda.
John Fleming
Politics in America is the binding secular religion.
I'm totally secular, but I'm scared like hell of God.
Nepal will be a secular state - there is no other way.
And plenty makes us poor.
John Dryden
I had plenty of vices growing up.
Orlando Bloom
Acting makes you live plenty of lives.
Emmanuelle Riva
We had plenty of clothes and no money.
Cesar Romero
I get plenty of credit out on the road.
I've written plenty of scripts that sucked.
I have plenty to look forward to, I'm sure.
I like regular girls.
Mike Posner
I'm just a regular Joe.
Katherine Dunn
I'm just a regular guy.
Stewart Rahr
I want a regular pay cheque.
Minnie Driver
I do have a regular childhood.
I'm just a pretty regular dad.
I just want to be more regular.
Home wasn't built in a day.
Jane Sherwood Ace
Washington is built on power.
Kellyanne Conway
We were built to be rhythmic.
Michael W. Young
Rome was not built in one day.
John Heywood
This town was built on nepotism.
Trust is built with consistency.
Our business was built on trust.
Any team can have a bad century.
Jack Brickhouse
I am a child of the 21st century.
John Shelby Spong
I am a person of the 18th century.
Cecilia Bartoli
Ragtime was a fanfare for the 20th century.
Russell Lynes
The young people today are the 21st century.
Without a song, each day would be a century.
This young century will be liberty's century.
Running is my church.
Joan Van Ark
I go to a great church.
Glen Campbell
I grew up in the church.
Samira Wiley
I like Church furniture.
Andres Serrano
I enjoy going to church.
My mind is my own church.
I was raised in the church.
I'm the middle child.
Chrissy Metz
I'm painfully middle class.
Valerie Harper
Drumming is my middle name.
Ringo Starr
I am hard-core middle class.
Jason Alexander
Mad science is my middle name.
I grew up in the middle class.
There's no sex in Middle Earth.
Life is a full meal.
Lisa Nicole Carson
I've got a full life.
Laura Schlessinger
I'm full of curiosity.
Sienna Miller
Life comes full circle.
Tracey Gold
An empty canvas is full.
A full beard looks cool.
I'm so full I can't hear.
I love New York.
Hillary Clinton
I like New York.
George Wendt
I love New York.
Alex Rodriguez
I love New York.
Kristaps Porzingis
I love New York.
Home is New York.
I'm from New York.