R.S. Thomas Quotes
Those among them that have not received our religion do not fright any from it, and use none ill that goes over to it, so that all the while I was there one man was only punished on this occasion.
Without a knowledge of mythology much of the elegant literature of our own language cannot be understood and appreciated.
I'm more interested in the meaning of funerals and the mourning that people do. It's not a retail experience. It's an existential one.
Obama has been attacked repeatedly for not wearing a flag pin, with Republicans claiming that his patriotism is in question. It's all a bit silly.
It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of making people happy, whereas we can almost always be certain of making them unhappy.
Even if the government spends itself into bankruptcy and the economy still does not recover, Keynesians can always say that it would have worked if only the government had spent more.
Thirteen thousand dollars a year is not enough to raise a family. That's not enough to pay your bills and save for their future. That's barely enough to provide for even the most basic needs.
In science, as in art, and, as I believe, in every other sphere of human activity, there may be wisdom in a multitude of counsellors, but it is only in one or two of them.
Population, when unchecked, goes on doubling itself every 25 years or increases in a geometrical ratio.
To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not.
Food binds us to our roots as strongly as any song or poem. Many of us have learned more about our ancestors in the kitchen than we ever will from a book.
When there is very little else left to believe in, one can still believe in an honest loaf of fragrant, home-baked bread.
Cooking is mythology - a story told over and over, passed on again and again, always with the same meaning but expressed in endlessly different ways.
My father was a classical singer of baroque music, and my older sister was in musical theatre, and I thought about doing the same thing but then realised straight acting was for me.
Count each affliction, whether light or grave, God's messenger sent down to thee.
If I could go back in time to change stuff? Oh yeah, there's a few movies I would not have done.
It is easier to drive a stake through the heart of a blood-sucking vampire than to kill off a money-sucking and useless government program.
As with most things governmental, failure does not mean having to try something else. It means spending more money.
Sometimes people need a kick in the pants to get them to do what they would be doing if government weren't there as a perpetual parent.
Freedom is a lonely battle, but if the United States doesn't lead it - sometimes imperfectly, but mostly with honor - who will?
I think the philosophy in our public schools, and many other institutions today, is that a dose of God is more hazardous to your health than a dose of herpes or drugs.
Government has a legitimate function, but the private sector has one too, and it is superior. In other words, people are better than institutions.
The difference between the more traditional sports clubs and Congress is that Congress doesn't really compete against another team.
The subject-matter of Archaeology is threefold-the Oral, the Written and the Monumental.
If Congress can regulate this under the Commerce Clause, then it can regulate virtually anything-and the Federal Government is no longer one of limited and enumerated powers.
I was sympathetic to virtually all groups that wanted to get away from the old system.
I have to admit that I'm one of those people that thinks the dishwasher is a miracle.
But I know that the vote of 9 out of 10 black Americans for the Democratic Party or for leftist kinds of policies just is not reflective of their opinions.
If you trust your nerve as well as your skill, you're capable of a lot more than you can imagine.
My skating is a very emotional thing that comes from the heart, never doing it for the medal.
Too many of the artists of Wales spend too much time talking about the position of theartists of Wales.There is only one position for an artist anywhere: and that is, upright.
I used to think that once a writer became a man of letters, if only for a half hour, he was done for. And here I am now, at the very moment of such an odious, though respectable, danger.
Sleeping as quiet as death, side by wrinkled side, toothless, salt and brown, like two old kippers in a box.
