"People may spend their whole lives climbing the ladder of success only to find, once they reach the top, that the ladder is leaning against the wrong wall."

“There's a lot of regrets about last year - maybe turning up was the biggest regret about it”

“Buggery was invented to fill that awkward hour between evensong and cocktails.”

Source : Cecil Maurice Bowra (2005). “New Bats in Old Belfries: Or Some Loose Tiles”

“Sabbath, in the first instance, is not about worship. It is about work stoppage. It is about withdrawal from the anxiety system of Pharaoh, the refusal to let one’s life be defined by production and consumption and the endless pursuit of private well-being.”

Source : Walter Brueggemann (2010). “Journey to the Common Good”, p.26, Westminster John Knox Press

“The essence of life is in remembering God.”

“Unfair trade agreements, passed by both Republicans and Democrats, have sent millions of jobs to other countries. We need to stop this hemorrhaging and find ways for American workers to compete in the new market.”

“...I know all about myself now, I know. You've told me so often. You haven't left me one rag of illusion to clothe myself in.”

“The prevarication and white lies which a mind that keeps itself ambitiously pure is as uneasy under as a great artist under the false touches that no eye detects but his own, are worn as lightly as mere trimmings when once the actions have become a lie.”

“One morning I shot an elephant in my pajamas. How he got into my pajamas I'll never know.”