Parson Quotes

17 quotes by 15 authors

Is there a parson much bemused in beer, a maudlin poetess, a rhyming peer, a clerk foredoom'd his father's soul to cross, who pens a… — Alexander Pope
A good parson once said that where mystery begins religion ends. Cannot I say, as truly at least, of human laws, that where mystery begins… — Edmund Burke
The Church worked hard at it night and day during nine centuries and imprisoned, tortured, hanged, and burned whole hordes and armies of witches, and… — Mark Twain
Poor human nature, what horrible crimes have been committed in thy name! Every fool, from king to policeman, from the flatheaded parson to the visionless… — Emma Goldman
In arguing too, the parson own'd his skill, For e'en though vanquish'd he could argue still; While words of learned length and thundering sound Amaz'd… — Oliver Goldsmith
The parson knows enough who knows a Duke. — William Cowper
I know a parson who frightened his congregation terribly by telling them the second coming was very imminent indeed, but they were much consoled when… — Bertrand Russell
Life, not the parson, teaches conduct. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
There goes the parson, oh illustrious spark! And there, scarce less illustrious, goes the clerk. — William Cowper
Have you ever noticed that when your mind is awakened or drawn to someone new, that person's name suddenly pops up everywhere you go? My… — Mary Ann Shaffer
Chuck Parson did not participate in organized sports, because to do so would distract from his larger goal of his life: to one day be… — John Green
In the end, I had to call myself a faggot, which really annoyed me, because 1. I don't think that word should ever be used… — John Green
Nat Parson says it's the devil's mark." "Nat Parson's a gobshite." Maddy was torn between a natural feeling of sacrilege and a deep admiration of… — Joanne Harris
I ran to the children's room: their door was ajar, I saw they had never laid down, though it was past midnight; but they were… — Emily Bronte
Oh, Herbert," she said pleadingly to her silent husband, "you must make him marry her! Call for the parson immediately! Look at them... they are...,"… — Gail Carriger
I'm as religious as the next man - which is to say I'll keep in with the local parson for form's sake and read the… — George MacDonald Fraser
HOMILETICS, n. The science of adapting sermons to the spiritual needs, capacities and conditions of the congregation. So skilled the parson was in homiletics That… — Ambrose Bierce

Who Wrote These Parson Quotes

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