Retrospective Review Quotes & Sayings

When we recall the great influence which Spenser's poetry has exerted on English poets who have lived and written since his day, we can clearly see how the two kinds of Platonism - a direct Platonism, and a Platonism long ago transmuted and worked right down into the emotions of common people by the passionate Christianity of the Dark and Middle Ages - combined to beget the infinite suggestiveness which is now contained in such words as 'love' and 'beauty'. Let us remember, then, that every time we abuse these terms, or use them too lightly, we are draining them of their power; every time a society journalist or a film producer exploits this vast suggestiveness to tickle a vanity or dignify a lust, he is squandering a great pile of spiritual capital which has been laid up by centuries of weary effort. — Owen Barfield

Jem, see if you can stand in Bob Ewell's shoes a minute. I destroyed his last shred of credibility at that trial, if he had any to begin with. The man had to have some kind of comeback, his kind always does. — Harper Lee

My first tour sold out in Glasgow, and they were one of the loudest. I couldn't hear myself. — Rita Ora

Most fishing rods work better if you grasp them at the thick end. If you grasp a fisherman at the thick end, you may get a thumb bit off. — Ed Zern

Never miss a good chance to shut up. — Brenda Novak

In the beginning, God ...' (Genesis 1:1).
God comes first. Before anyone else is mentioned, He is there. — Charles Cameron

Resource efficiency - it's about only taking what we need — Hilary Benn