Merwick Cottage Quotes & Sayings

Our language and literature are without a doubt Britain's greatest contribution to the cultural heritage of the world. — Tessa Jowell

Neither a state nor a bank ever have had unrestricted power of issuing paper money without abusing that power. — David Ricardo

Why does everyone cling to the masculine imagery and pronouns even though they are a mere linguistic device that has never meant that God is male? — Carol P. Christ

Reference to eminent figures of the past serves to lend tone to what would otherwise be merely an honest search for the truth. — Bernard Suits

I cried to the Lord. He heard my tears of prayer, from His holy hill. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Free trade holds much of the blame for continued international conflict. Markets are said to possess wisdom that is somehow superior to man. Those of us in business who travel in the developing world see the results of such western wisdom and have a rumbling disquiet about much of what our economic institutions have bought into. — Anita Roddick

Why don't you go to bed for a bit, Glory?" suggested Robert. "It's been a hell of a war."
It's been a hell of a war, he said. I'll never forget it. — Suzanne Hayes

Constable N stepped away from the car, into the darkness where Darren could not see where his gun was pointing, and fired two rounds into the air. The gunshots cracked the roof of the night sky and echoed back at us. My first thought was that they could be heard all over Toekomsrus; I wondered how many imaginations had in that instant conjured a different story to explain the gunshots; a record of all those stories, I found myself thinking, would probably document every fear this place has of itself and its young men. — Jonny Steinberg

The aloo gobi is perhaps to North India what apple pie is to America. It is cheap and easy to make. Like most Indian dishes, you can make aloo gobi in as complex or rudimentary a fashion as you wish. You can eat it with rice, rotis, parathas or even with sliced white bread. A little leftover aloo gobi between two slices of white bread, toasted in one of those clamp sandwich-makers, and served with ketchup and mint chutney, is one of the greatest breakfast achievements of our species. — Sidin Vadukut