English Quotes

Like most things that happen with Sabbath, it happened all of a sudden. I was intending on doing some recording, but out of the blue, Sharon called up and said she wanted us to do these gigs with Ozzy. I said that if everybody else was up to it then I would love to do it.

How gently rock yon poplars high Against the reach of primrose sky With heaven's pale candles stored.

And bitter waxed the fray; Brother with brother spake no word When they met in the way.

When sparrows build and the leaves break forth My old sorrow wakes and cries.

It is not reason which makes faith hard, but life.

And old affront will stir the heart Through years of rankling pain.

Against her ankles as she trod The lucky buttercups did nod.

Her face betokened all things dear and good, The light of somewhat yet to come was there Asleep, and waiting for the opening day, When childish thoughts, like flowers would drift away.

Man is the miracle in nature. God Is the One Miracle to man.

I have lived to thank God that all my prayers have not been answered.

The moon looks upon many night flowers; the night flowers see but one moon.

A healthful hunger for a great idea is the beauty and blessedness of life.

To become a popular religion, it is only necessary for a superstition to enslave a philosophy.

The enemies of freedom do not argue; they shout and they shoot.

Many people believe that they are attracted by God, or by Nature, when they are only repelled by man.

In dealing with Englishmen you can be sure of one thing only, that the logical solution will not be adopted.

I have never understood why it should be considered derogatory to the Creator to suppose that he has a sense of humour.

A man may build himself a throne of bayonets, but he can't sit on it.

Public opinion, a vulgar, impertinent, anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for anyone who is not content to the average person.

Literature flourishes best when it is half a trade and half an art.

I think middle-age is the best time, if we can escape the fatty degeneration of the conscience which often sets in at about fifty.

Every institution not only carries within it the seeds of its own dissolution, but prepares the way for its most hated rival.

Consciousness is a phase of mental life which arises in connection with the formation of new habits. When habit is formed, consciousness only interferes to spoil our performance.

Events in the past may be roughly divided into those which probably never happened and those which do not matter.

No Christian can be a pessimist, for Christianity is a system of radical optimism.

Prayer gives a man the opportunity of getting to know a gentleman he hardly ever meets. I do not mean his maker, but himself.

It is astonishing with how little wisdom mankind can be governed, when that little wisdom is its own.

There are no rewards or punishments - only consequences.

Originality is undetected plagiarism.

Theater is, of course, a reflection of life. Maybe we have to improve life before we can hope to improve theater.