Lecky School Quotes & Sayings

It is a wicked sophistry to justify the worldliness of the Church by the cross of Christ. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

And so it goes, thought Clay. Life was funny, and fickle, and often cruel. Sometimes the unworthy went on living, while those who deserved better was lost.

Or not lost, he considered, since they lingered on in the hearts of those who loved them, who love them still, their memory nurtured like a sprig of green in an otherwise desolate soul. Which was, he supposed, a kind of immortality, after all. — Nicholas Eames

Mozart is waiting for me. Pablo is waiting for me. — Hermann Hesse

'Never change' is the thing that probably high school students have written in each other's yearbooks for time immemorial. They think that command is possible! — Jane Hamilton

I don't believe in gutter politics. I don't believe in gutter journalism. — Maria Shriver

I work until beer o'clock. — Stephen King

The smart thing in the art world is to have one good idea and never have another. — Brian Eno

The culture and civilization of the White man are essentially material; his measure of success is, "How much property have I acquired for myself?" The culture of the Red man is fundamentally spiritual; his measure of success is, "How much service have I rendered to my people? — Ernest Thompson Seton

Even a billion people is too much. There's no way back to the simplicity we once knew, but there may be a way forward to the simplicity that we once knew. — Terence McKenna

Do not despair.........For Johnny-head-in-air;

He sleeps as sound.....As Johnny underground.

Fetch out no shroud....For Johnny-in-the-cloud;

And keep your tears....For him in after years.

Better by far..........For Johnny-the-bright-star,

To keep your head......And see his children fed. — John Pudney

I take my children everywhere, but they always find their way back home. — Robert Orben

Flattery is the infantry of negotiation. — Oliver Lyttelton, 1st Viscount Chandos

All men [are] of one metal, but not in one mold. — John Lyly