Father Berrigan Quotes & Sayings

My father had very little formal education. — Daniel Berrigan

Only wear clothes that make you feel alive. — Valentino Garavani

We must recognize that if we feel helpless when facing the record of human depravity, there was always a point at which any particular scene of madness could have been stopped. — Robert H. Abzug

Twenty years ago at a conference I attended of theologians and professors of religion, an Indian Christian friend told the assembly, "We are going to hear about the beauties of several traditions, but that does not mean that we are going to make a fruit salad." When it came my turn to speak, I said, "Fruit salad can be delicious! I have shared the Eucharist with Father Daniel Berrigan, and our worship became possible because of the sufferings we Vietnamese and Americans shared over many years." Some of the Buddhists present were shocked to hear I had participated in the Eucharist, and many Christians seemed truly horrified. To me, religious life is life. I do not see any reason to spend one's whole life tasting just one kind of fruit. We human beings can be nourished by the best values of many traditions. — Thich Nhat Hanh

But the worst of it was, all the third-rate poets emerged unscathed; being third-rate, they didn't know good poetry from bad and consequently had no inkling of their crushing defeat. — Stanislaw Lem

Sweetheart, I know you. You didn't put up that wall to keep him out. You put it up to watch him break it down to get to you. — Vi Keeland

I wanted to be a stuntman. I didn't really want to be an actor. I took classes when I was younger, but I really sucked. — Osric Chau

Studies show that intelligent girls are more depressed because they know the world. — Emilie Autumn

Please, by all the blessed saints and their bladders, tell me you two didn't ... Have you lost all semblance of intelligence? (Syn) — Sherrilyn Kenyon

The sharper the arrow the quicker the hunt. — Matshona Dhliwayo

Together, Ben and Chon make up a collective pacifist. Ben is the paci Chon is the fist. — Don Winslow

Pliable human nature is relentlessly pressed upon by its physical environment. — Jane Addams

Songwriting is too mysterious and uncontrolled a process for me to direct it towards any one thing. — James Taylor