Pardoners Tale Quotes & Sayings

Nothing rectifies out-of-control market failures like a healthy dose of
government intervention and mountains of bureaucracy. — George Carlin

There's a short circuit between my brain and my tongue, thus "Leave me the fuck alone" comes out as "Well, maybe. Sure. I guess I can see your point. — David Sedaris

Maybe we benefit from the providence of others more often than we know. — Elizabeth Enright

The jewel has facets," said the Chinese, "and it is possible that many religions are moderately true. — James Hilton

Eventually, there is one principle, and one principle alone on which the world is hinged: things will work out the way they should, provided we do what we should. — Manreet Sodhi Someshwar

Focusing solely on what you can potentially do better than any other organization is the only path to greatness. — James C. Collins

at best, religion generates comforting noises to mask the fact that someone is starving to death, or is dying of cholera, or has had a crusader stick a sword in his or her chest. — P.Z. Myers

Debbie truly had Tess's best interest at heart with the promoting of romanticized contemplation, and she hoped that such contemplation would make transparent a roses and chocolate candy theme that would ignite a passionate desire in her friend for deep intimate companionship that would make lengthy modifications until it became a candlelight connection that would light up brightly and cause a common smile to take form in the lives of two singles. But the detailed scene of Tess's grander purview on the overall picture placed her friend's intent in a corner of stagnant nothingness that had no realistic chance of ever modifying into the romantic reality that she advocated. — Calvin W. Allison

For the son of man shall come in the glory of His Father, with His angels; and then shall He reward every man according to his works. — Alexander Balmain Bruce

For my own part, I commonly attend more to nature than to man, but any affecting human event may blind our eyes to natural objects. I was so absorbed in him as to be surprised whenever I detected the routine of the natural world surviving still, or met persons going about their affairs indifferent. — Henry David Thoreau

No one can know how long this dumbing-down of American religion will persist. But so long as it does, citizens should probably be more vigilant about policing the public square, not less so ... [Y]ou cannot sustain liberal democracy without cultivating liberal habits of mind among religious believers. That remains true today, both in Baghdad and in Baton Rouge. — Mark Lilla