"Hospitality, or flinging wide the door to friends and wayfarers alike, was once important, back in a world without motels or safety nets, where a friend might find his castle burnt down or a wayfarer find bandits on his trail."

-- Barbara Holland

#Doors Quotes #Safety Quotes #Important Quotes

“All those evil doctrines about God that work misery and madness have their origin in the brains of the wise and prudent, not in the hearts of children.”
“Never trust a skinny cook”
“When I was in the Army, I read a book by Adlai Stevenson. He said law was as noble as saving a person's life. So at one point, I felt that way too.”

Source : Interview with Noel Murray, www.avclub.com. June 11, 2009.
“Moscow has been helping the Northern Alliance because "the Taliban was openly supported by Pakistan... until last week, Pakistani servicemen had taken part in war operations on the Taliban side.”
“Initially I was very encouraged. Unfortunately, the mainstream media now seems far more interested in what I said when I was 17 or what my girlfriend looks like rather than, say, the largest program of suspicionless surveillance in human history.”
“I talk to people who go to rehab, and they get this AA book that they've got to read everyday - really thick book. They go through all these 12 steps and do all this and that. It's crazy how everybody can sit and talk about rehab but if I come to say Christ was my rehab, it's not cool to say that. ... For me that's my rehab. That's what happened with me and it's an amazing and powerful thing.”
“Your perception of racing needs to be fine-tuned”
“I'm not talking to anyone, I'm delivering a monologue. It's the inebriated man's prerogative.”

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