To so many people, the Lord is in danger of being no more than a patron saint of our systematic theology instead… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Men of real talents in Arms have commonly approved themselves patrons of the liberal arts and friends to the poets, of their… — George Washington Copy Share Image
“The rector of a parish has much to do.—In the first place, he must make such an agreement for tythes as may… — Jane Austen Copy Share Image
Tennyson seems to be the patron saint of the wishy washies, which is perhaps why I admire him so much, not only… — A. N. Wilson Copy Share Image
I am a regular, if not exactly enthusiastic, patron of my local bookshop. I try to buy at least some books there… — Will Self Copy Share Image
Heaven, Kiwi thought, would be the reading room of a great library. But it would be private. Cozy. You wouldn’t have to… — Karen Russell Copy Share Image
I am confident that for the foreseeable future (barring some catastrophic event affecting economic, energy, electrical, and communications systems), many subpopulations that… — Tom Peters Copy Share Image
What happens when we examine the claims made for Western liberalism as a universalizing ideology of tolerance, human dignity, equality, and compassion… — Pankaj Mishra Copy Share Image
Noah was this sort of patron saint in my life. When I finished Pi and I started to think about what was… — Darren Aronofsky Copy Share Image
Ergo, it is not St. George who is the patron saint of England, but Set of the Hyksos. In general terms whenever… — Michael Tsarion Copy Share Image
We would never call inexplicable little insights hunches, for fear of drawing the universe's attention. But they happened, and you knew you… — China Mieville Copy Share Image
It's tucked away in a quiet corner, shadowed and obscured, no part of the Nightside's usual bright gaudy neon noir. It doesn't… — Simon R. Green Copy Share Image
Movies are my religion and God is my patron. I'm lucky enough to be in the position where I don't make movies… — Quentin Tarantino Copy Share Image
If it takes you seven years to write each novel, you need a patron. And I would rather have my corporate self… — Mohsin Hamid Copy Share Image
Deign on the passing world to turn thine eyes, And pause a while from learning to be wise. There mark what ills… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Art forms of the past were really considered elitist. Bach did not compose for the masses, neither did Beethoven. It was always… — David Cronenberg Copy Share Image
We are born at the rise of the curtain and we die with its fall, and every night in the presence of… — Micheal Mac Liammoir Copy Share Image
Society is produced by our wants, and government by wickedness; the former promotes our happiness positively by uniting our affections, the latter… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
I like to think of my best moment on the job as quiet victories. Victories over what? Over the "system", over the… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It's too late. It was too late by the time I arrived in London to turn your notebook into a dove; there… — Erin Morgenstern Copy Share Image
The huge egos of great chess players are legendary. Psychologists have been amazed by their vanity, have studied it, and anecdotes concerning… — Israel Albert Horowitz Copy Share Image
The university is one of various funding structures by which people who want to do theoretical work stay alive, the same way… — Joshua Clover Copy Share Image
As every writer has his use, every writer ought to have his patrons; and since no man, however high he may now… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
Lindsay Lohan's collaboration was a disaster. I am furious but I can't do anything about it. That happens to a lot of… — Emanuel Ungaro Copy Share Image
