The difference between a GOP convention and Comic-Con is that the people at Comic-Con have a much firmer grasp of reality.
There are no faster or firmer friendships than those formed between people who love the same books.
I would argue that if you understand how the cells of the brain are organized into circuits, almost computational circuits if you will, and we see how information flows through those circuits and how it's transformed, we might have a much firmer grasp on why our brains make decisions the way that they do. If we get a handle on that, maybe we can overcome some of our limitations and at the very least we'll understand why we do what we do.
All of the wisdom of this world is but a tiny raft upon which we must set sail when we leave this earth. If only there was a firmer foundation upon which to sail, perhaps some divine word.
If only I may grow: firmer, simpler, quieter, warmer.
Few names have left a firmer imprint upon the pages of the history of American times than has that of Ty Cobb. . . he seems to have understood that in the competition of baseball, just as in war, defensive strategy never has produced ultimate victory.
Thus you can throw yourself flat on the ground, stretched out upon Mother Earth, with the certain conviction that you are one with her and she with you. You are as firmly established, as invulnerable as she, indeed a thousand times firmer and more invulnerable. As surely as she will engulf you tomorrow, so surely will she bring you forth anew to the new striving and suffering. And not merely "some day. " Now, today, every day she is bringing you forth, not once but thousands upon thousands of times, just as every day she engulfs you a thousand times over.
I may add that the result of my 45 years of study of the Bible has led me all the time to a firmer faith that in the Old Testament, we have a true historical account of the history of the Israelite people.
The tired ox treads with a firmer step.
I really got consumed with the idea of how people who are deemed crazy or insane often have a firmer grasp on reality than normal people. The average person goes through life thinking it will go on forever.
Because of what America is and what America has done, a firmer courage, a higher hope, inspires the heart of all humanity.
My nonviolence is made of stern stuff. It is firmer than the firmest metal known to scientists.
As countries grapple with modernization, people who are left behind tend to hold firmer and firmer to their view of the evil of modernity.
Our faith is stronger than death, our philosophy is firmer than flesh, and the spread of the Kingdom of God upon the earth is more sublime and more compelling.
Well, we've been lucky devils both And there is no need for a pledge or oath To bind our lovely friendship fast, By firmer stuff Close bound enough.
Let not adversity oppress thee: be rather like unto the nail; the farther 'tis hammered, the firmer it holds.
