"Nothing more rapidly inclines a person to go into a monastery than reading a book on etiquette. There are so many trivial ways in which it is possible to commit some social sin."

-- Quentin Crisp

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“A menial task which must be mine, that shall I glorify and make an art of it.”
“I have come to know a God who has a soft spot for rebels, who recruits people like the adulterer David, the whiner Jeremiah, the traitor Peter, and the human-rights abuser Saul of Tarsus. I have come to know a God whose Son made prodigals the heroes of his stories and the trophies of his ministry.”

Source : Philip Yancey (2010). “What Good is God?: On the Road with Stories of Grace”, p.185, Hachette UK
“Listening to something is an act of surrender.”
“I think intelligence is totally subjective; it's like sexiness.”
“I am the King's Fool. He is the King-In-Wating. Let him wait.”
“Most musicians count at the beginning, and never count and talk to their musicians after that. They only talk to them at the end of the song. But I would count with them and talk.”
“Every decent man is ashamed of the government he lives under.”
“I think they (Thatcher protesters) ought to be grateful for the fact that the people who hold our (pro-Thatcher) views, and who are not mindless bigots, won't allow their behaviour to provoke us into words or behaviour which would could be seen as a breach of the peace. Hopefully, those of us who admire Margaret Thatcher are too well-mannered to fall for the bait.”

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