Brownrigg Malta Quotes & Sayings

The pastoral labours of the archbishop of Constantinople provoked and gradually united against him two sorts of enemies; the aspiring clergy, who envied his success, and the obstinate sinners, who were offended by his reproofs. When Chrysostom thundered from the pulpit of St. Sophia against the degeneracy of the Christians, his shafts were spent among the crowd, without wounding or even marking the character of any individual. — Edward Gibbon

Almost nobody gives thanks to God at Thanksgiving, unless there's a short prayer before we eat. — Rick Warren

It is the task of the scenarist to invent little pieces of business that are so characteristic and give so deep an insight into his creatures, that their personalities clearly and organically unfold before the eyes of the audience so that the latter feel that the actions of these people are contingent upon their characters, that there exists some kind of a logical fate, and that nothing is left to mere accident or coincidence. — Ernst Lubitsch

The Fourteenth Book is entitled, "What can a Thoughtful Man Hope for Mankind on Earth, Given the Experience of the Past Million Years?"
It doesn't take long to read The Fourteenth Book. It consists of one word and a period.
This is it: "Nothing. — Kurt Vonnegut

Have a care, Sir Tucker, lest you find yourself in the stockades."
He scoffs and looks at Mr. Erikson. "She can't do that, can she? She's not the ruler of this class. Brady is."
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"You could strip him of his title," suggests Brady, apparently not minding at all that I have usurped his throne. "Make him a serf."
"Yeah," says Christian. "Make him a serf. Being a serf blows."
As a serf, poor Christian has already been killed several times in our class. Aside from dying of the Black Plague on the first day, he's starved to death, had his hands cut off for stealing a loaf of bread, and been run down by his master's horse just for kicks. He's like Christian the fifth now. — Cynthia Hand

The quest for the truth, in and of itself,
Is a story that's filled with insights. — Carolyn Porco

Books that talk about 'contemplation' often seem to have been written on Jupiter. This one is a sterling exception. — Martin Laird

I LOVE my job. Having a front row seat to watch lives change because of others generosity is amazing! So thankful. — Pete Wilson

Art is the expression that the soul makes without having to explain itself, nor regard the criticism of others.

Reed Abbitt Moore — Reed Abbitt Moore

I want to show an all of us. And I want the story to hold and keep our separate strangeness and the broken pieces of all the human beings that do not fit. — Anna Smaill

Too much of anything is dangerous unless it's God's Love. — Reign

It is not sex that gives the pleasure, but the lover. — Marge Piercy

I feel optimistic about how heterogeneous societies pull together. We just have to keep on with the struggle. — Gael Garcia Bernal