Hayton White Wine Quotes & Sayings

The Christian faith enables, or should enable, a man to stand back from society and its institutions and realize that they all stand under the inscrutable judgment of God and that, therefore, we can never give an unreserved assent to the policies, the programs and the organizations of men, or to "official" interpretations of the historic process. To do so is idolatry, the same kind of idolatry that was refused by the early martyrs who would not burn incense to the emperor. The policies of men contain within themselves the judgment and doom of God upon their society, and when the Church identifies her policies with theirs, she too is judged with them - for she has in this been unfaithful and is not truly "the Church." The power of "the Church" (who is not "the Church" if she is rich and powerful) contains the judgment that "begins at the house of God. — Thomas Merton

I turned to find him grinning. "You need a shower, I need a shower, let's save water by taking one together."
"When did you turn into such a conservationist?" I snapped.
"Two point two seconds ago," he said and his white teeth were startling against his caramel colored skin.

Siva and Sloane — Micalea Smeltzer

These are four pairs of opposites - four things that we like and become attached to and four things that we don't like and try to avoid. The basic message is that when we are caught up in the eight worldly dharmas, we suffer. First, we like pleasure; we are attached to it. Conversely, we don't like pain. Second, we like and are attached to praise. We try to avoid criticism and blame. Third, we like and are attached to fame. We dislike and try to avoid disgrace. Finally, we are attached to gain, to getting what we want. We don't like losing what we have. — Pema Chodron

One of Scotland's most important cultural exports - stories. — Sara Sheridan

My opinion is a view I hold until ... well, until I find something that changes it. — Luigi Pirandello

The violations of these diesel motors by our company go against everything that Volkswagen stands for ... at this time, I don't yet have the answers to all the questions. I'm utterly sorry that we have damaged trust in this way. I offer my deepest apologies to our customers, the authorities, and to the public at large for our misconduct. — Martin Winterkorn

Being the firstborn gives you great patience. But you reach a point where after trying and trying you say, Patience be damned. Let them suffer their distorted worldview. Your job is to preserve yourself, not to descend into their hole. It's a relief when you arrive at this place, the point of absurdity, because then you are free, you know you owe them nothing. — Abraham Verghese

The middle man governs, however extreme may seem to be the men who sit on the Front Bench, in their reactionary or revolutionary opinions. — Beatrice Webb

Interestingly enough, Aurthur C. Clarke once autographed a copy of his book "Rendezvous with Rama" for me. — Frederick Lenz

It's a pretty intuitive process, picking the projects that I want to get involved with. — Joseph Gordon-Levitt

Don't worry about a style. It will creep up on you and eventually you will have to undo it in order to go further. — Gary Panter

The girls pick snouts from the pack as though they're chocolates and it matters which they select. — Howard Jacobson

True life is elsewhere. We are not in the world. — Arthur Rimbaud

But sometimes, and don't you forget this, boy, you can get fooled, there's more gators lying around than you figured on. You can get yourself trapped, like in one of them box canyons. Most of the time you've got to turn around, fight your way out. But sometimes, boy, you get lucky. You find a crack just big enough to slip through, you're out the other side. That's where I am, boy, I'm out the other side. — Cruce Stark