Sparknotes Alas Babylon Quotes & Sayings

Shunning the upstart shower, / The cold and cursory scrub, / I celebrate the power / That lies within the Tub. — Phyllis McGinley

The poverty of the incapable, the distresses that come upon the imprudent, the starvation of the idle, and those shoulderings aside of the weak by the strong, which leave so many "in shallows and in miseries," are the decrees of a large, far-seeing benevolence. — Herbert Spencer

I learn the lines and pray to God. — Claude Rains

We've seen how beautiful it can be to follow Jesus into this new way of being human. But one of the things I love most about Jesus is how much He loves humanity in its brokenness. If He was surrounded by fractured people then, why would we expect it to be any different now? I actually think it is a larger mistake when we Christians attempt to pretend that our lives are more together than they really are in order to "manage our image" before the broader culture. Come look at our perfect church and our perfect family. And if you join us, maybe one day you, too, can have a perfect life! That kind of spin is a breeding ground for disappointment. — Jonathan Martin

I'd been on all the television programs as an actor, as a writer, as a director, as a producer. — James Lipton