Engines Quote by Ronald Knox Download Open image “He who travels in the Barque of Peter had better not look too closely into the engine room.” — Ronald Knox ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Barque Peter Closely Engine Engine Room Engines Inspirational Look Closely Looks Peter Rooms Travels Barque
“Maybe the answer to all of his problems was nothing more than a darkened sky and a glittering city, a lofty perch above the… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
Peter did not feel very brave; indeed, he felt he was going to be sick. But that made no difference to what he had… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Second to the right, and straight on till morning.' That, Peter had told Wendy, was the way to the Neverland; but even birds, carrying… — James M. Barrie Copy Share Image
Peter was not with them for the moment, and they felt rather lonely up there by themselves. He could go so much faster than… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As you may have guessed already, Peter had a soul that was always telling itself lies. When he was frightened, his soul told itself,… — Jodi Lynn Anderson Copy Share Image
“Between them was fifteen or so feet of frozen space, bounded by his window and hers, but it was as if the windows had… — Anthony Doerr Copy Share Image
“He might have run off then, and thus avoided a great many adventures to come, but the girl cried, “Wait!” and he turned to… — Christopher Daniel Mechling Copy Share Image
“Lord Peter was hampered in his career as a private detective by a public school education. Despite Parker's admonitions, he was not always able… — Dorothy L. Sayers Copy Share Image
“And for the first time in his life Peter understood what the opposite of lost was: that it had nothing to do with maps… — Jennifer E. Smith Copy Share Image
“After the funeral Peter couldn’t find a way back out of himself—the pain became too great for him to move at all.” — Fredrik Backman Copy Share Image
A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other. — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
The prevailing attitude of the speakers was one of heavy disagreement with a number of things which the reader had not said. — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'. — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
Only those of us, I think, who were born under Queen Victoria know what it feels like to assume, without questioning, that England is… — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
The great argument used now against any theological proposition is not, that it is untrue, or unthinkable, or unedifying, or unscriptural, or unorthodox, but… — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
Knox was engaged in a theological discussion with scientist John Scott Haldane. 'In a universe containing millions of planets,' reasoned Haldane, 'is it not… — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
It is so stupid of modern civilization to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it. — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
“Hope is something that is demanded of us; it is not, then, a mere reasoned calculation of our chances. Nor is it merely the… — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
The difference between the Old and the New Testament is the difference between a man who said "There is nothing new under the sun"… — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
“It is possible to argue that the true business of faith is not to produce emotional conviction in us, but to teach us to… — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
Comparative religion is an admirable recipe for making people comparatively religious. — Ronald Knox Copy Share Image
I am alive. Up here with the song of the engine and the air whispering on my face as the sunlight and shadows play… — Stephen Coonts Copy Share Image
I never wanted to do away with my intensity because I felt it was a gift that helped put fuel in my engine, giving… — Paul J. Meyer Copy Share Image
As American productivity, once the exuberant engine of national wealth, has dipped to an embarrassingly uncompetitive low, Americans have shaken their heads: the country's… — Lance Morrow Copy Share Image
I look at Starbucks, Howard Schultz has made many brilliant decisions, and one of the things that they did was they invented the third… — Seth Godin Copy Share Image
Brian Mulroney, myself, [and] Rajiv Gandhi; I think that was the real core [of the Commonwealth ]. That was the engine room, I reckon. — Bob Hawke Copy Share Image
Splutter, splutter. Yes - we're off - we're rising. But why start off with an engine like that? But it smooths out now, like… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh Copy Share Image
Social and cultural change, however desirable, should not be effected by the engines of national power. Let us, through persuasion and education, seek to… — Barry Goldwater Copy Share Image
The whole of the developments and operations of analysis are now capable of being executed by machinery ... As soon as an Analytical Engine… — Charles Babbage Copy Share Image
You've got to do everything, everything's got to be pointing in the same direction and you've got to really turn this whole economic engine… — Elizabeth Kolbert Copy Share Image
Many people bypass search engines altogether and still find what they're looking for online. These Internet surfers are using direct navigation. — Marc Ostrofsky Copy Share Image