C S Lewis 1942 Quotes & Sayings

A date like that makes a guy wish they would drop the bomb. Right over his house. — Cath Crowley

She loved him for his own sake, and therefore she would rather have suffered his absence if he flourished than to have enjoyed his presence if he languished; her sorrow over his avoidable languishing would overshadow her delight in his presence. For a lover, it is more blessed to give than to receive, even when giving pierces the lover's heart. — Miroslav Volf

No institutional arrangement will ever contain all that they church is. Don't look for it institutionally; look for it relationally. Certainly the New Testament talks about the priorities of that church
Jesus as its sole head and focus, daily encouragement among believers, plural and lateral leadership, open participation, and an environment of freedom so people can grow in him. — Wayne Jacobsen And Dave Coleman

For me, the only ego that needs serving in putting together a film is the story's, the ego of the story and it's the piece itself that you want to bring out the voice of the piece. You're really serving that and that's the thing that you have a basic understanding of. — Julia Ormond

For all the casual slurs about 'cultural imperialism', British imperialists were more interested in other cultures than anybody before or since, and, if they hadn't dug it up and taken care of it, we'd know hardly anything about the ancient world. What's important about a nation's past is not what it keeps walled up in the museum but what it keeps outside, living and breathing as every citizen's inheritance. — Mark Steyn

If someone can prove me wrong and show me my mistake in any thought or action, I shall gladly change. I seek the truth, which never harmed anyone: the harm is to persist in one's own self-deception and ignorance. — Marcus Aurelius

I play piano and guitar and I do write my own stuff so to a certain extent I know what I want to do in regards to music. But I'm still finding out what kind of music is my favourite kind to listen to, never mind do myself so I've got a lot of time to find out myself and develop myself as an artist. — Richard Fleeshman

Last days? Don't they know? These are the traits of all days, every day, everywhere. — Paul Theroux

At all events, thanks to the work of Clair Patterson, by 1953 the Earth at last had an age everyone could agree on. — Bill Bryson

lower tacit-knowledge depreciation when we have less work-in-progress, resulting in higher quality. — David J. Anderson

Human life is every where a state in which much is to be endured, and little to be enjoyed. — Samuel Johnson

Afrikander cattle. — Justin Cartwright

There is no pathos more bitter than that of parting from someone we have never met. — P.G. Wodehouse

You want to leave the queen's employ?" He nodded with an uncompromising stare. "Complicated. Unprecedented. Perfectly insane ... I'm in! — Mimi Jean Pamfiloff