"Why did the Apostrophe Protection Society not have a militant wing? Could I start one? Where do you get balaclavas?"

-- Lynne Truss

#Wings Quotes #Protection Quotes #Militant Quotes

“I don't feel nervous or fearful when I'm on stage.”
“One cannot comprehend Him through reason, even if one reasoned for ages.”
“If two people are at completely different stages in their spiritual life, that can present a real problem.”
“There appears to be but two grand master passions or movers in the human mind, namely, love and pride. And what constitutes the beauty or deformity of a man's character is the choice he makes under which banner he determines to enlist himself. But there is a strong distinction between different degress in the same thing and a mixture of two contraries.”
“'Nil By Mouth' was a bit autobiographical, but as I always pointed out at the time, that's not my dad.”
“Tomatoes and squash never fail to reach maturity. You can spray them with acid, beat them with sticks and burn them; they love it.”
“We civilians defend our own right to free speech. The military in Iraq does not defend our right to free speech.”
“The law, which restrains a man from doing mischief to his fellow citizens, though it diminishes the natural, increases the civil liberty of mankind.”

Source : Sir William Blackstone (1794). “Commentaries on the laws of England”, p.128

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