Bigs Quote by John Marsden

Then I knew that the sign I had asked for was not a little thing, not a passing nod of recognition, and a phrase…

— Evelyn Waugh

There's more than one mosque in the world that used to be a church and before that was a temple. Because it's a lot…

— Bill Maher

In Alexandria, my birthplace and my home, all streets bearing Jewish names have been renamed.

— Andre Aciman

“Myth # 2: The unchurched are turned off by denominational names in the church name.”

— Thom S. Rainer

The synagogues of late antiquity and the early medieval period were built around imagery: imagery of remembering the Temple, but also of the celestial…

— Simon Schama

I found that through my life, living in the city of Toronto, I look above the Pizza Pizza sign, and I look above the…

— Michael Redhill

“This has got to be the most poorly named town I've ever visited. There is absolutely no sign of anything even remotely enchanting about…

— Alyson Noel

Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from…

— Umberto Eco

Even on the poorest streets people could be heard laughing. Some of these streets were completely dark, like black holes, and the laughter that…

— Roberto Bolano

“pushed away in the past are too hesitant to enter synagogues to see what’s changed. While the Public Space Judaism model is based on…

— Kerry M. Olitzky

People are strange: They want the front of the bus, the back of the church and the center of attention.

— Anonymous

Cities force us to interact with strangers and with the strange. They pry the mind open. And that is why they are the idea…

— Jonah Lehrer