"Italianate Englishmen are incarnate devils ... for they first lustfully condemn God, then scornfully mock his word, and also spitefully hate and hurt all the well wishers thereof.... They count as fables the holy mysteries of religion."

-- Roger Ascham

#Hurt Quotes #Hate Quotes #Scary Quotes

“When someone gives me three reasons instead of one, I'm inclined not to believe any of them.”

Source : Margaret Millar (2016). “The Fiend”, p.218, Soho Press
“Once harm has been done, even a fool understands it.”
“One thing I never want to be accused of is not working.”

Source : Don Shula (1995). “Everyone's a Coach: You Can Inspire Anyone to be a Winner”, Zondervan
“So, is there an afterlife, and if so, what will it be like? I don't have a clue. But I am confident that the one who has buoyed us up in life will also buoy us up through death. We die into God. What more that means, I do not know. But that is all I need to know.”

Source : Marcus Borg (2012). “Speaking Christian: Recovering the lost meaning of Christian words”, p.107, SPCK
“If you delve into and a part of the political wars, the - as I would call it, the arguing ad infinitum. It never ends, and very few people I've noticed ever change their mind.”
“Win or lose, we go shopping after the election.”

Source : "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“The only reason I'm acting in films I direct is to get the money to make them, quite frankly, it's not what I'm interested in doing.”
“The more we can encourage entrepreneurship, particularly for young people, the more they have hope. That requires some reforms in these [African] governments: rooting out corruption, increased transparency and how government operates, making sure that regulations are not designed just to advantage elites, but are allowing people who have a good idea to get out there and get things done.”

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