Royle School Quotes & Sayings

Facts replaced understanding; and knowledge, split into a thousand isolated fragments, no longer generated wisdom. — Will Durant

At the end of the day, philanthropy can only ever be an adjunct to what governments provide. And government coffers need to be replenished. — Noreena Hertz

When the long awaited solution to the UFO problem comes, I believe that it will prove to be not merely the next small step in the march of science but a mighty and totally unexpected quantum jump. — J. Allen Hynek

People do whatever the hell they want to do at any age they fancy. Last month you were thirty-five. That means you're five years from forty. Do you think that the day you reach forty you will be any different than you were at thirty-nine or forty-one for that matter? People create little ideas about ages so they can write silly self-help books, stick stupid comments in birthday cards, create names for internet chat rooms and look for excuses for crisis that are happening in their life. — Cecelia Ahern

In all "benedictions", be they expressing plea or thanksgiving, we affirm that God is the "source" of every bounty we enjoy and of every favour we seek. — Immanuel Jakobovits, Baron Jakobovits

There's an ocean of music out there and there's absolutely no curation for it. — Jimmy Iovine

You're only as good as the people you hire. — Ray Kroc

why are we so monumentally slow? — Naomi Shihab Nye

If you say that there was no first cause (a Creator), then you are stuck with the unscientific and thoughtless belief that nothing created everything. So, what is it that you believe? Is it that something created everything? Then you are not an atheist, because you believe in a Creator. — Ray Comfort

He was happy for other people's success. — Anne Perry

Evolutionary learning calls upon our creative potentials as it empowers us to envision images of the future and bring those images to life by design. — Bela H. Banathy

I move on feeling and have learned to distrust those who don't. — Nikki Giovanni

All I ever want to do is what I am: a singer. — Crystal Gayle