R. R. Reno famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

  • Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle.

  • History is a great deal closer to poetry than is generally realised: in truth, I think, it is in essence the same.

  • No state, upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union. Plainly, the central idea of secession, is the essence of anarchy.

  • A diary need not be a dreary chronicle of one's movements; it should aim rather at giving salient account of some particular episode, a walk, a book, a conversation.

  • I love it when the Bible gives Emily Post-like tips that are both wise and easy to follow.

  • Well, fancy giving money to the Government! Might as well have put it down the drain.

  • When we are aware of our inner-growth potential yet have no pretensions about ourselves, when we are vulnerable, then we can change.

  • Marriage makes a man more vulnerable by doubling the expanse of sail exposed to the tempests of social life.

  • Though I am still very vulnerable to audiences - and it happens all the time - where for some reason the energy doesn't connect and, since the film is very personal, obviously I am made to feel very vulnerable by that.

  • Acting is an uncomfortable business because you have to make yourself vulnerable.