“your father, who was as sensible as he was wise – and the two things do not always go together…”
Jethro (to Chebron) in G.A. Henty Cat of Bubastes
“the religious worldview conforms to the most successful plot device ever conceived – namely, a happy ending that blossoms from difficulties necessarily confronted and overcome.”
Huston Smith Why Religion Matters
Neddie Seagoon: "Any revenues from it, I'll split in two and keep both."
Dennis Bloodnok: “Well, one doesn’t get an offer like that every day.”
The Goon Show "The Great Regent's Park Swim"
In my latest National Post column I challenge those prone to declaring policy debates “settled” to tell us on which subjects, if any, an intelligent, decent person might have a different view from theirs.
“The most basic form of human stupidity is forgetting what we are trying to accomplish.”
Friedrich Nietzsche (https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/7517225-the-most-basic-form-of-human-stupidity-is-forgetting-what) {BTW I have found this in various forms including “common” rather than “basic” - it’s apparently from Human, All Too Human but I couldn’t track down the German original]
“In the heart of the remotest mountains rises the little Kirk…”
Thomas Carlyle The French Revolution
Jim Hacker: “Was I good?” (about a TV interview) Sir Humphrey Appleby: “A most remarkable performance.”
Yes Minister, “Big Brother” episode