"The British civil service ... is a beautifully designed and effective braking mechanism."

-- Shirley Williams

#British Quotes

“Christians and non-Christians have something in common. Were both uptight about evangelism.”

Source : Rebecca Manley Pippert (1979). “Out of the Saltshaker & Into the World: Evangelism as a Way of Life”
“It is the timber of poetry that wears most surely, and there is no timber that has not strong roots among the clay and worms.”

Source : John Millington Synge (2008). “The Complete Works of J. M. Synge”, p.433, Wordsworth Editions
“A painting has its own existence and reality, and I make changes freely to meet the painting's needs. This sometimes takes me in another direction.”
“Is God a man with two arms and legs like me? Does He have eyes, a head? Does He have bowels? Well I do, and that makes me more wonderful than He is!”
“They call me the trippy king.”
“I have no intention of watching undersized Englishmen perched on horses with matchstick legs race along courses planned to amuse Nell Gwynn.”
“If a good mother is one who loves her child more than anyone else in the world, I am not a good mother. I am in fact a bad mother. I love my husband more than I love my children.”
“How much do I owe you?”

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