Begbie Quotes & Sayings

Begbie doesnae even notice; he's in his element, particularly good at funerals in the way a lot ay psychopaths tend tae be. Ah suppose if bringing death and despair is yir life's work, then being somewhere like this must feel like a result; the job's already done and you can just kick back and relax. — Irvine Welsh

One of the primary services the arts can render to theology is their integrative power, their ability to interrelate the intellect with the other facets of our human makeup. — Jeremy Begbie

Skyscraper National Park — Kurt Vonnegut Jr.

Begbie offers an additional valuable contribution by rejecting the traditional emphasis on beauty, in its Platonic sense, and instead suggesting that beauty be reconceived in Christological terms-as disorder redeemed. — John Walford

It is tragic-comic to see that all this knowledge and understanding exercises no power at all over men's lives, that their lives do not express in the remotest way what they have understood, but rather the opposite. — Soren Kierkegaard

But sons are a different matter to a man. More a duty than an indulgence. — Libba Bray

Whoever is capable of knowing when they have had enough will always be satisfied. — Laozi

Even evil bastards like Frank Begbie probabably attained an angelic innocence when they were out for the count. — Irvine Welsh

-Fiona, this is my mate, Frank Begbie. Or Franco. Or Beggars. Or the Beggar Boy. Or the Generalissmo. Or Psychotic Bullying Prick. — Irvine Welsh

I live in constant fear of being fired or dropped for that dark part of my work I can't control. — Lynda Barry

Spud has two expressions: totally-scoobied-as-to-what-the-fuck's-going-on and the constantly-on-the-verge-of-tears look he is currently deploying. Assailed with self pity and self loathing, regarding his folly in sitting next to Begbie, he glances around. - Aye ... it's bad, like say, he concedes, wondering how he can manoeuvre into another seat. — Irvine Welsh

Disnae matter if it's Mickey Platini or Franco Begbie, they will aw just have tae wait. — Irvine Welsh

If I so much as dare to intimately probe the reflection I see in the mirror, I am filled with the tormenting fear that I might be repulsed. God invites us to boldly probe the reflection in the mirror so that we might be released. — Craig D. Lounsbrough

Atheism is based upon a materialist philosophy, which holds that nothing exists but natural phenomena. There are no supernatural forces or entities, nor can there be any. Nature simply exists. — Madalyn Murray O'Hair

Christians are a polyphonic people. — Jeremy Begbie

When God wants to accomplish something, He calls dedicated men and women to challenge His people and lead the way — Warren W. Wiersbe

I have a feeling that wherever I may be in the future, I will be wondering whether there is rain at Ngong. — Isak Dinesen

May God save any country to remain in a position to choose between a genius of bad character and a stupid of good character, because both will bring disaster to that country! — Mehmet Murat Ildan

Art reminds us that in fact the world always exceeds our grasp and perception. — Jeremy Begbie

Monterey was the Maraschino cherry on top of the Sundae that was the '60s. It was totally unprecedented, and the audience was unprecedented in their joy. — Art Garfunkel

Man can no more leave God out of his philosophies than he can live without his heart or see without his eyes. — Edward Harold Begbie

It was Begbie who ensured he could never return. He had done what he wanted to do. He could now never go back to Leith, to Edinburgh, even to Scotland, ever again. There, he could not be anything other than he was. Now, free from them all, for good, he could be what he wanted to be. He'd stand or fall alone. This thought both terrified and excited him as he contemplated life in Amsterdam. — Irvine Welsh

Only with great care. For thousands, carols will be their only link with a church. At the same time, sentimentality is perhaps the single most dangerous feature of our Church and culture-and the sentimental air is never thicker than at Christmas. The Incarnation is messy, dirty, and resonates with the crucifixion. We need a new wave of carol writing that can gradually swill out the nonsense and catch the piercing, joy-through-pain refrains of the New Testament. — Jeremy Begbie

As one grows older one must try not to work oneself to death unnecessarily. At least that's how it is with me ... I can scarcely keep pace and must watch out that the creative forces do not chase me around the universe in a wallop. — Carl Jung

No fuckin way: cunt dies when ah fuckin well say eh dies.
(Jim Frances Begbie as he is trying to resuscitate a friend who's having a stroke.) — Irvine Welsh

This is music that will disturb your imagination and
delight your heart-a rare combination. — Jeremy Begbie

In much postmodern theatre ... the line between theatre and non-theatre is deliberately erased. — Jeremy Begbie