Brockley Rob Quotes & Sayings

Nobody knows that in reading we are re-living our temptations to be a poet. All readers who have a certain passion for reading, nurture and repress, through reading, the desire to become a writer. — Gaston Bachelard

Hope is nothing but a deceitful flatterer accepted by reason only because it is often in need of palliatives. — Giacomo Casanova

Colleges do not merely offer preparation for the future; they occupy four years of a student's life, and an institution should do what it can to make these years absorbing and enjoyable. — Derek Bok

[Believers] are but triflers who, when they cannot explain a thing, run back to the will of God; this is, truly, a ridiculous way of expressing ignorance. — Baruch Spinoza

I try to limit my time with Michael Davies to as little as possible per week, and he is pretty good with that, since he has a bazillion things to do. When I do see him, I try not to talk about dental work or anything like that because I know the Brits get very sensitive. — Katie Nolan

I will search for the lost and bring back the strays. I will bind up the injured and strengthen the weak. (Ezek. 34:16) — Lisa Bevere