This opening-exposition orgy obfuscates rather than edifies. ❋ Nathan Rabin (2010)
By constructing this matrix, or model, of the mind's workings within the mind itself — the kernel of Augustine's wonder and bewilderment84 — one edifies oneself as the container of the universe of one's experience. ❋ Unknown (2008)
And sometimes it is not doing things that edifies a Communist Party boss and gives him a little bit of soul. ❋ Elena Gorokhova (2010)
People have, and will, construct elaborate intellectual edifies rationalizing their favored political philosophy but, in practice, the larger group of people who hold that philosophy will adopt beliefs and positions largely independent of that rationalization and, more to the point, they will be quite often inconsistent beliefs and positions. ❋ Tusar N Mohapatra (2009)
The Book of Judith (second or early first century b.c.e.) is an imaginative, highly fictionalized, romance that entertains as it edifies. ❋ Unknown (2009)
At Tin House, at the magazine and in the books division, we're looking for writing that edifies the reader, not something that distracts them Fox's programming has that pretty-well covered. ❋ Unknown (2009)
These images range from disturbing to heinous, but somehow the rhythmic beat of Jal's words lessens the impact and makes the footage bearable, while the meaning of the lyrics edifies and provokes thought. ❋ Unknown (2008)
My faith in humanity is shattered, O My Brothers, but luckily Mr. BikeSnobNYC, whose artful prose edifies and amuses, suggests I was wrong to have had it in the first place. ❋ BikeSnobNYC (2008)
Such camaraderie edifies Meetup. com's 33-year-old founder Scott Heiferman, a dot-com veteran who read Robert Putnam's lament for lost social groups, "Bowling Alone," and vowed to use the tools of tech to revive the "Happy Days" - ish spirit of bowling leagues and ladies 'auxiliaries. ❋ Unknown (2007)
He beats the air with words and edifies only those who are present, but does nothing for the absent and for posterity. ❋ Unknown (2007)
You can find literature in the unlikeliest of places and I have come to believe is not only a work of literature that is if you use my definition of the words which is to describe all work that edifies as literature. ❋ Shantanud (2007)
It's a picture that demonizes instead of edifies the plight of millions of human beings whose aspirations and concerns are not that different from the average citizen. ❋ Unknown (2006)
M. O'BRIEN: Pat D'Amuro, our CNN security analyst, helping us with the M.nday morning quarterbacking, which while some would say is unfair, is also helpful and edifies us all, God forbid there's a next time. ❋ Unknown (2005)
Maybe the interactions of different species from different worlds edifies them. ❋ Foster, Alan Dean (2004)
It is the church or community that proclaims the gospel, guides the neophyte into it, and supports, instructs, encourages, and edifies believers of all sorts and conditions. ❋ 1932- (2000)
History "demands meticulous study," Ms. Muchnik edifies. ❋ Navrozov, Lev (1975)
Pity edifies though terror crushes, and the two together perform the function of play — serious but harmless. ❋ JULIUS A. ELIAS (1968)
Love edifies; that is, it builds up perfectly the whole man, secures an entire and harmonious and proportionate development of his nature. ❋ W. Bion Adkins (N/A)
i am sure that,this [religious] [painting] will [surely] edify you. ❋ Sarja (2010)
[i heard that] [song] [on my] edifier ❋ Michelledhalsdkjfahk (2009)
