Vestryman Quotes & Sayings

Words are things. A small drip of ink, falling like dew upon a thought, produces that which makes thousands, perhaps even millions. — Bryon

George Washington participated as a vestryman in his local congregation, but that didn't really imply any particular kind of religious belief. This was necessary in order to participate in the society. — Matthew Stewart

A high truth, indeed, fairly, finely, and skilfully wrought out, brightening at every step, and crowning the final development of a work of fiction, may add an artistic glory, but is never
any truer, and seldom any more evident, at the last page than at the first. — Nathaniel Hawthorne

I guess people can't be content without answers, even if they're wrong. We'd rather have a lie than a question that we can never know the answer to. — Stephanie Oakes

Logan, don't be an ass."
"I have been sleeping in mud. I'm covered in dirt and blood and these were my favorite pants before I landed in raccoon shit. — Alyxandra Harvey

Study hard; and you might grow up to be President. But let's face it: Even then, you'll never make as much money as your dog. — George H. W. Bush

Washington, like most scholarly Virginians of his time, was a Deist... Contemporary evidence shows that in mature life Washington was a Deist, and did not commune, which is quite consistent with his being a vestryman. In England, where vestries have secular functions, it is not unusual for Unitarians to vestrymen, there being no doctrinal subscription required for that office. Washington's letters during the Revolution occasionally indicate his recognition of the hand of Providence in notable public events, but in the thousands of his letters I have never been able to find the name of Christ or any reference to him.

{Conway was employed to edit Washington's letters} — Moncure D. Conway

In editing a volume of Washington's private letters for the Long Island Historical Society, I have been much impressed by indications that this great historic personality represented the Liberal religious tendency of his time. That tendency was to respect religious organizations as part of the social order, which required some minister to visit the sick, bury the dead, and perform marriages. It was considered in nowise inconsistent with disbelief of the clergyman's doctrines to contribute to his support, or even to be a vestryman in his church.
In his many letters to his adopted nephew and younger relatives, he admonishes them about their manners and morals, but in no case have I been able to discover any suggestion that they should read the Bible, keep the Sabbath, go to church, or any warning against Infidelity.
Washington had in his library the writings of Paine, Priestley, Voltaire, Frederick the Great, and other heretical works.
[The Religion of Washington] — Moncure D. Conway

I have permission to live off campus. She didn't say from whom, because it was primarily herself. — Rachel Caine

Art was carrying me a lot of the time. When you're accustomed to playing with Art, and you play with other drummers, it's as if the bottom dropped out. — Benny Green

Nila? Did he dare trust the security system? **** Nila hurried into the living room, "Lydia, where could I find the church newsletter from last month? Did you keep it?" Lydia lowered her knitting needles. "I think so. — Kathleen E. Friesen

They were too much to carry
so i left them behind
for a new life, in a new place
but no one forgot who i was
i didn't
and neither did the people who watch
they watched for years
they watch now — Ally Condie

People say all the time that they'd do anything for the people they love. But would you really? Would you do anything? Would you give everything? I don't know that a child knows that kind of selfless love. A mother, yes. A mother will clutch her children and jump from a moving car to keep them from harm. She will do it without thinking. But I don't think the child knows how to do that, not instinctively. It's something the child has to learn. — Trevor Noah

There is not a single crowned head in Europe whose talents or merit would entitle him to be elected a vestryman by the people of any parish in America. — Thomas Jefferson

The fact that they let me in a movie with Gene Hackman has left me with no faith in show buisness. — Ray Romano