The Wasp Factory Key Quotes & Sayings

The Christian life from start to finish is based upon this principle of utter dependence upon the Lord Jesus. — Watchman Nee

Waiting for the right people isn't going to get us where we want; we need to go out and find ... " She groped for the right word. A mission? A project? A job?
"Trouble?" Sicarius suggested.
"An endeavor that will help the city and prove to the emperor that we're undeserving of the bounties on our heads and we're invaluable resources to his regime."
"Trouble," Sicarius said. — Lindsay Buroker

There was never a war on poverty. Maybe there was a skirmish on poverty. — Andrew Cuomo

People like him think you can apologize things away, that you can confess over and over until you are free to repeat your crime. — Philipp Meyer

The man of genius inspires us with a boundless confidence in our own powers. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

Mr. Lincoln had no hope, and no faith, in the usual acceptation of those words. — Mary Todd Lincoln

As many as six out of ten American adults have never read a book of any kind, and the bulletins from the nation's educational frontiers read like the casualty reports from a lost war. — Lewis H. Lapham

His body was sin, his cock was sin, and I was a sinner." ~ Delilah — K.I. Lynn

The Jews generally give value. They make you pay; but they deliver the goods. In my experience the men who want something for nothing are invariably Christians. — George Bernard Shaw

Many lessons can be learned from the history of Western civilization, but one of them is especially clear. Lack of involvement in the affairs of one's society can lead to a sense of powerlessness. In an age that is often crisis-laden and chaotic, an understanding of our Western heritage and its lessons can be instrumental in helping us create new models for the future. For we are all creators of history, and the future of Western and indeed world civilization depends on us. — Jackson J. Spielvogel