Vicar Of Dibley Wedding Quotes & Sayings

Great theories are expansive; failures mire us in dogmatism and tunnel vision. — Stephen Jay Gould

It had indeed been a failure of faith and courage not to wander on through the forest, not to search faithfully for his true mate, not to believe and endure. — Iris Murdoch

To my mind that literature is best and most enduring which is characterized by a noble simplicity. — Mark Twain

Don't confuse hypothesis and theory. The former is a possible explanation; the latter, the correct one. The establishment of theory is the very purpose of science. — Martin H. Fischer

My obligation, if I become president, is to give another direction to Europe than the one that is being forced upon us today. — Francois Hollande

I was a very spastic kid who loved to see how high he could climb a tree. That's just the way I've always been. — Stephen Colletti

Propaganda in the ordinary sense of the term plays a less important part in a consumer society, where people greet all official pronouncements with suspicion. — Christopher Lasch

The praise that comes of love does not make us vain, but humble rather. Knowing what we are, the pride that shines in our mother's eyes as she looks at us is about the most pathetic thing a man has to face, but he would be a devil altogether if it did not burn some of the sin out of him. — James M. Barrie

I've lived through such terrible times and there are people who live through much worse. But you see them living anyway. When they're more spirit than body, more sores than skin, when they're burned and in agony, when flies lay eggs in the corners of the eyes of their children - they live. Death usually has to take life away. I don't know if that's just the animal. I don't know if it's not braver to die, but I recognize the habit; the addiction to being alive. So we live past hope. If I can find hope anywhere, that's it, that's the best I can do. It's so much not enough. It's so inadequate. But still bless me anyway. I want more life. — Tony Kushner

The generous way of putting it is that we were not ready for this. The less generous way is to say: How was it possible to return to the politics of appeasement of the 1930s? — Paddy Ashdown

The obvious matters are more imperceptible today. — Pawan Mishra

I am all the days that you choose to ignore. — Thom Yorke

If she drinks beer, she's a keeper. — Granger Smith