"The arrogance of some of those who are……" — Jerry Pournelle
"The arrogance of some of those who are so damned sure they are right is just astounding. Scientific witch hunts are often the worst kind, and have been since the secular authorities stopped enforcing the local bishop's decrees of anathema."
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The idea that anyone can use drugs and escape a horrible fate is anathema to these idiots. I predict in…
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If anyone in word and mind does not properly and truly confess according to the holy Fathers all even to…
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The concept of paying one-hundred-and-something times earnings for any company for me is just anathema. Having said that, at the…
— Paul Tudor Jones
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If anyone says that it is possible that at some time, given the advancement of knowledge, a sense may be…
— Pope Pius IX
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I have come to realize that Jesse Helms stands for everything in politics that is anathema to me.
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If anyone says that the one Jesus Christ who is both true Son of God and true Son of man…
— Pope Vigilius
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In time, Mr Hall, one gets to recognize that sneer, that hardness, for fornication extends far beyond the actual deed.…
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