Fanthorpes Quotes & Sayings

The religion which treats its flock as a credulous plaything offers one of the cruelest spectacles that can be imagined: a human being in fear and doubt who is openly exploited to believe in the impossible — Christopher Hitchens

Procedure follows this law: It doesn't matter how much damage there is. If the right part fails, expect collapse. — Lindsey Drager

Turn your failure into a fairy tale of success and triumph. — Debasish Mridha

Good nature is stronger than tomahawks. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Inigo was in despair.
Hard to find on the map (this was after maps) not because cartographers didn't know of its existence, but because when they visited to measure its precise dimensions, they became so depressed they began to drink and question everything, most notably why anyone would want to be something as stupid as a cartographer. It required constant travel, no one ever knew your name, and, most of all, why bother? There grew up, then, a gentleman's agreement among mapmakers of the period to keep the place as secret as possible, lest tourists flock there and die. (Should you insist on paying a visit, it's closer to the Baltic States than most places.) — William Goldman