--- title: "1 Takes Seriously Quotes By Robert Farrar Capon" description: "1 Takes Seriously quotes by Robert Farrar Capon. Plus more from Robert Farrar Capon and more Takes Seriously sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/936/robert-farrar-capon-4404_economics_economy-is-not-one-of-the-necessary-prin_2193604.png" --- > [“Economy is not one of the necessary principles of the universe; it is one of the jokes which God indulges in precisely because he can afford it. If a man takes it seriously, however, he is doomed forever to a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/economy-is-not-one-of-the-necessary-principles-of-the-universe-it-is/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/936/robert-farrar-capon-4404_economics_economy-is-not-one-of-the-necessary-prin_2193604.png) ## More by Robert Farrar Capon > [“The Gospel of grace must not be turned into a bait-and-switch offer. It is not one of those airline supersavers in which you read…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/the-gospel-of-grace-must-not-be-turned-into-a-bait-and-switch-offer/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [“Because the creative Word is the eternal contemporary of every moment of the world's existence, the kingdom is catholic in time as well as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/because-the-creative-word-is-the-eternal-contemporary-of-every-moment/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [“Jesus not only revealed himself, he hid himself at the same time.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/jesus-not-only-revealed-himself-he-hid-himself-at-the-same-time/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [Salvation is not some felicitous state to which we can lift ourselves by our own bootstraps after the contemplation of sufficiently good examples. It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/salvation-is-not-some-felicitous-state-to-which-we-can-lift-ourselves/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [Preachers are stewards whom the Lord has ‘set over his household servants to provide them with food at the proper time.’ After all the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/preachers-are-stewards-whom-the-lord-has-set-over-his-household/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [“Both the ferial and the festal cuisine, therefore, must be seen as styles of unabashed eating. Neither attempts to do anything to food other…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/both-the-ferial-and-the-festal-cuisine-therefore-must-be-seen-as/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [The shock of unemployment becomes a pathology in its own right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/the-shock-of-unemployment-becomes-a-pathology-in-its-own-right/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [Give us this day our daily taste. Restore to us soups that spoons will not sink in and sauces which are never the same…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/give-us-this-day-our-daily-taste-restore-to-us-soups-that-spoons-will/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [Older women are like aging strudels - the crust may not be so lovely, but the filling has come at last into its own.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/older-women-are-like-aging-strudels-the-crust-may-not-be-so-lovely/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [A good time occurs precisely when we lose track of what time it is.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/a-good-time-occurs-precisely-when-we-lose-track-of-what-time-it-is/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [“The secular, for all its goodness, does not defend itself very well against mindless and perpetual consumption. It cries out to be offered by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/the-secular-for-all-its-goodness-does-not-defend-itself-very-well/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [The reason for not going out and sinning all you like is the same as the reason for not going out and putting your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/the-reason-for-not-going-out-and-sinning-all-you-like-is-the-same-as/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [“We were never told that it would not hurt, only that nothing would ever finally go wrong; not that it would not often go…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/we-were-never-told-that-it-would-not-hurt-only-that-nothing-would/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [The world exists, not for what it means but for what it is. The purpose of mushrooms is to be mushrooms, wine is in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/the-world-exists-not-for-what-it-means-but-for-what-it-is-the-purpose/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) > [It is precisely because no one needs soup, fish, meat, salad, cheese, and dessert at one meal that we so badly need to sit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-farrar-capon/it-is-precisely-because-no-one-needs-soup-fish-meat-salad-cheese-and/) [Robert Farrar Capon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-farrar-capon/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/takes-seriously/robert-farrar-capon/#itemlist", "name": "1 Takes Seriously Quotes By Robert Farrar Capon", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Economy is not one of the necessary principles of the universe; it is one of the jokes which God indulges in precisely because he can afford it. 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