Bovingdon Academy Quotes & Sayings

The business of the church is to tell and embody a story — Lesslie Newbigin

A consecrated space experientially reminds you that there is much more to life than you think. — Jaggi Vasudev

Unless technology itself is drastically repressed, the idea of the dystopian monoculture like Orwell's 1984 gets harder to believe. But the danger of a solipsistic society will grow, of a disconnected society of mirror-watchers and navel-gazers. — Tad Williams

I need the thing that happens when your brain shuts off and your heart turns on. — Elizabeth Wurtzel

Public concern for the environment cannot be addressed by placing the blame on growth without spelling out the causes of growth. Nor can an explanation be exhausted by citing "consumerism" while ignoring the sinister role played by rival producers in shaping public taste and guiding public purchasing power. Aside from the costs involved, most people quite rightly do not want to "live simply." They do not want to diminish their freedom to travel or their access to culture, or to scale down needs that often serve to enrich human personality and sensitivity. — Murray Bookchin

Past age fifty-five, I experienced the advancement of exquisite fabric choices, paint distinctions that were celestial in scope, yet so many other man-made objects, such as people, became drab, redundant and boring. — Carol A. Elliott

Avoid context and specifics; generalize and keep repeating the generalization. — Jack Schwartz

Humans have a great capacity for declaring something good or evil, without truly knowing. — Wm. Paul Young

Before the monopoly should be permitted, there must be reason to believe it will do some good - for society, and not just for monopoly holders. — Lawrence Lessig

If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion. — Friedrich Hayek

To really have that awareness, to be as open as possible, all the time, to beauty and cruelty and stupid human fallibility and unexpected grace. — Joel Lovell

He lives not long who battles with the immortals, nor do his children prattle about his knees when he has come back from battle and the dread fray. — Homer

Maybe you bought this book because you love Sarah Palin and you want to find reasons to hate me. We've got that! I use all kinds of elitist words like "impervious" and "torpor," and I think gay people are just as good at watching their kids play hockey as straight people. Maybe — Tina Fey