Alec Gilroy Quotes & Sayings

The magnitude of the punishment matches the magnitude of the sin. Now a sin that is against God is infinite; the higher the person against whom it is committed, the graver the sin-it is more criminal to strike a head of state than a private citizen-and God is of infinite greatness. Therefore an infinite punishment is deserved for a sin committed against Him. — Thomas Aquinas

I own that I am disposed to say grace upon twenty other occasions in the course of the day besides my dinner. I want a form for setting out upon a pleasant walk, for a moonlight ramble, for a friendly meeting, or a solved problem. Why have we none for books, these spiritual repasts-a grace before Milton-a grace before Shakespeare-a devotional exercise proper to be said before reading The Fairie Queene? — Charles Lamb

We're short on wisdom; we're high on technology. Where's it going to lead? — Paul MacCready

They were philanthropists, helping out with charitable and cultural causes, but when it came to anything progressive like a new belt-line around Buffalo, or moving toll-barriers, or raising taxes to support a crumbling school system, they drew the lines around what could be done, not what should be done, to protect their insular world of being the best kept secret in the northeast as far as cost of living went. — Patricia Butler

It's only pain, it will not hurt you. — Bas Rutten

Many a man may thank his talent for his rank, but no man has ever been able to return the compliment by thanking his rank for his talent. — Charles Caleb Colton

I think all governments engage in intelligence gathering vis-a-vis other governments. — Henry Paulson

I say to Floyd Mayweather Jr., don't be a coward and face me in the ring, mano a mano, and shut your big, pretty mouth so we can show the world who is the true king of the ring, — Manny Pacquiao

Love has a hem to her garment that reaches to the very dust. It sweeps the stains from the streets and lanes, and because it can, it must. — Mother Teresa

Tell God how you feel, and don't be afraid to ask for a miracle. — Shirley Corder

You can't have the family farm without the family. — Gilbert K. Chesterton

When you see something every day, it gets into your brain. — Elizabeth Neel

I love shopping. I don't go on crazy 'I'm going shopping' sprees; I shop as I go along. — Eliza Doolittle

I got shocked really bad at a show once. We do this big intro to a cover of the Smiths' "Panic on the Streets of London" and I got a huge shock and went, 'Ohhhh!' We had to stop the show for 15 minutes. — Pete Yorn