The Puritans removed organs and paintings from churches, but bought them for private use in their homes. — Leland Ryken Copy Share Image
The Drab Age is over. Color is coming into its own again. Until very recently people were literally scared out of their… — Dorothy Draper Copy Share Image
We have the reverse of the Puritan work ethic in America now. No one ever becomes a star by plugging along year… — Judith Martin Copy Share Image
It never frightened a Puritan when you bade him stand still and listen to the speech of God. His closet and his… — Phillips Brooks Copy Share Image
And my father, being a good Swiss puritan, always really insisted that if I was going to be an actor, I shouldn't… — Rene Auberjonois Copy Share Image
When the last Puritan has disappeared from the earth, the man of science will take his place as a killjoy, and we… — Robert Staughton Lynd Copy Share Image
By all means read the Puritans, they are worth more than all the modern stuff put together. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Our Puritan forefathers, though bitterly denouncing all forms and ceremonies, were great respecters of persons; and in nothing was the regard for… — Alice Morse Earle Copy Share Image
Only Puritans think of the Devil as the most fascinating figure in the universe. — Heywood Broun Copy Share Image
In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries,… — Umberto Eco Copy Share Image
The law sends us to Christ to be justified, and Christ sends us to the law to be regulated. — John Flavel Copy Share Image
Did Christ finish His work for us? Then there can be no doubt but He will also finish His work in us. — John Flavel Copy Share Image
The truth is . . . that the great artists of the world are never puritans, and seldom ever ordinarily respectable. No… — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
When we believe that we should be satisfied rather than God glorified in our worship, then we put God below ourselves as… — Stephen Charnock Copy Share Image
Ease and luxury, such as our affluence brings today, do not make for maturity; hardship and struggle however do. — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
America was first colonized by Puritans. Most of our earliest immigrants, and many since, have come here in order to practice their… — James Frey Copy Share Image
“He had sprung from a rigid Puritan stock, and had been brought up to think much more intently of the duties of… — Henry James Copy Share Image
I was raised in a typical Puritan Midwestern Methodist home and there was a lot of hurt and hypocrisy in those times.… — Hugh Hefner Copy Share Image
The carnal person fears man, not God. The strong Christian fears God, not man. The weak Christian fears man too much, and… — John Flavel Copy Share Image
A Puritan is someone who is desperately afraid that, somewhere, someone might be having a good time. — H. L. Mencken Copy Share Image
The Woman had once been supreme; in France she still seemed potent, not merely as a sentiment but as a force; why… — Henry Adams Copy Share Image
What cultural DNA remains from those first Puritan forays onto American soil may be our love of a fresh start. — Nancy Gibbs Copy Share Image
One of the most persistent images in American urbanism is that of the proverbial city on a hill, as first envisioned on… — Martin Filler Copy Share Image
