Headington Institute Quotes & Sayings

A simple right or left can mean life or death,
Epic fail or nice success,
Days of pleasure or nights of stress. — Ka

The heart is forever making the head its fool. — Francois De La Rochefoucauld

There are no sweeter words in the English language (or any other) than husband and wife. — Lanier Ivester

A big part of dealing with depression is realizing that you are in control of your own happiness. — Brian Michael Good

A devil moon took me through the alley
Down by the Kardomah and the Centrale
To the mews running through the backstreets
Where the Blacks sell fire and sleep

The devil moon took me out of Soho
Up to Camden where the cold north winds blow
Sucked along by a winter shower
To stand beside your shining tower — Shane MacGowan

Best not to tiptoe around what you're yearning for, eyeing it, longing for it ... or you'll miss your life ahead, it read. — Beverly Lewis

Marx and Freud are the two great destroyers of Christian civilization, the first replacing the gospel of love by the gospel of hate, the other undermining the essential concept of human responsibility. — Malcolm Muggeridge

I know it's a lot. But she can handle it. I'd rather ruin her with the truth than ruin her with lies. — Maria Semple

Sweetheart. Are you trying to kill me? — Shelly Crane

as those old engravings of the 'Cenacolo,' or that painting by Gentile Bellini, in which one sees, in a state in which they no longer exist, the masterpiece of Leonardo and the portico of Saint Mark's. We — Marcel Proust

I have been a stranger in a strange land, Halleck quoted. Paul stared at him, recognizing the quotation from the O.C. Bible, wondering: Does Gurney, too, wish an end to devious plots? — Frank Herbert

This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think it's probably quite a worthwhile job. — Ian Hislop

The most interesting legal philosophy is German, so naturally I went to Germany, particularly to Berlin, quite a bit. — Philip Kerr