"You see, my father was a Catholic priest, Greek Orthodox, but I think he started out as a Jew, then he became a Catholic priest."

-- Walter Matthau

#Father Quotes #Thinking Quotes #Catholic Quotes

“No, I donâ€™t have to tell a soul about this, I promised myself. When you are a kid, you donâ€™t know yet that a secret, like an animal, can evolve. Like an animal, a secret can develop a self-preserving intelligence. Shaglike, mute and thick, a knowledge with a fur: your secret.”
“Life is a mess. And theology must be lived out in the midst of that mess.”
“So confident am I that the number of deaths from violent storms will continue to decline that I challenge Mr. McKibben - or Al Gore, Paul Krugman, or any other climate-change doomsayer - to put his wealth where his words are. I'll bet $10,000 that the average annual number of Americans killed by tornadoes, floods and hurricanes will fall over the next 20 years. Specifically, I'll bet that the average annual number of Americans killed by these violent weather events from 2011 through 2030 will be lower than it was from 1991 through 2010.”

Source : "More Weather Deaths? Wanna Bet?". www.wsj.com. May 28, 2011.
“I have often been asked why I am so fond of playing male parts. As a matter of fact, it is not male parts, but male brains that I prefer.”

Source : Sarah Bernhardt (1924). “The Art of the Theatre”
“I've never fancied that footballer lifestyle. I suppose I could live that kind of flash life. People stereotype child actors and kind of expect you to go off the rails a bit, be a bit crazy, but that's not really happened yet. I've got a big family so that helps, and they live really close to the studios so it's just so much easier.”
“I pray for a more friendly, more caring, and more understanding human family on this planet. To all who dislike suffering, who cherish lasting happiness, this is my heartfelt appeal.”
“The enemy is stupid: he believes that the enemy is us, even though it's him!”
“Something may have been lost in translation, but it certainly wasn't love”

Source : Erich Segal (2014). “The Class”, p.198, Bantam

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