"The Roman Catholic Church and its rituals were so much part of life that, although my parents would often question a small matter of dogma and none of us seemed more religious than anyone else, no one ever questioned the rituals or the basic tenets of belief."

-- Colm Toibin

#Religious Quotes #Parent Quotes #Catholic Quotes

“Teamwork makes the dream work, but a vision becomes a nightmare when the leader has a big dream and a bad team.”
“I've refined my mechanics, refined my pitches. I've gotten more confidence, and I've gotten more determination. I've got a better idea what I'm doing out there.”
“Fashion is about two things: the evolution and the opposite.”
“Most couples have not had hundreds of arguments; they've had the same argument hundreds of times.”
“I mean the only thing us dead soldiers got in common is that none of us was good enough or lucky enough to survive the fight. We're a host of failures.”
“Fair is the kingcup that in meadow blows, Fair is the daisy that beside her grows.”

Source : John Gay, Thomas Park (1808). “The Poetical Works of John Gay: In Three Volumes. Collated with the Best Editions:”
“I need not print a line, nor conjure with the painter's tools to prove myself an artist ... Whilst in other spheres of labor the greater part of our life's toil and moil will of a surety end, as the wise man predicted, in vanity and vexation of spirit, here is instant physical refreshment in the work the garden entails, and, in the end, our labor will be crowned with flowers.”
“The missiles come first, and the justifications come second.”

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