My books are elegiac in the sense that they're odes to a nation that even I sometimes think may not exist anymore except in my memory and my imagination. Use this quote
A taste for irony has kept more hearts from breaking than a sense of humor, for it takes irony to appreciate the joke which is on oneself. Use this quote
In Christ the original image of God is restored, by faith in this world and by sight in the world to come. Use this quote
My car and my adding machine understand nothing: they are not in that line of business. Use this quote
I don't have a very quick sense of humor. Use this quote
I certainly notice the vitality in Belfast, which wasn't there in the Seventies. There was a war going on then. Now there are cranes everywhere. There really is a sense of renewal and hope. Use this quote
A new sense of shared international responsibility is unmistakable in the voices of the United Nations and its agencies, and in the civil society of thousands of supra-national NGOs. Use this quote
I'm a pessimist because of intelligence, but an optimist because of will. Use this quote
Modernism released us from the constraints of everything that had gone before with a euphoric sense of freedom. Use this quote
Can a mortal ask questions which God finds unanswerable? Quite easily, I should think. All nonsense questions are unanswerable. Use this quote
One of the most destructive things that's happening in modern society is that we are losing our sense of the bonds that bind people together - which can lead to nightmares of social collapse. Use this quote
Ellis Peters's historical detail is very accurate and very minute, and therefore is not only interesting to read but good for an actor to acquire a sense of the period. And the other thing I think is that an actor lives in the land of imagination. Use this quote
Jazz can be so serious, no sense of humor. Use this quote
I know there is a Supreme Being who rules the affairs of men and whose goodness and mercy have always followed the American people, and I know He will not turn from us now if we humbly and reverently seek His powerful aid. Use this quote
If you're that hypersensitive about color and don't have a sense of humor, don't marry out of your race. Use this quote
There are a few directors around who I have some excitement about spending my $7 at the theatre watching their movies. Use this quote
A sense of humor is a major defense against minor troubles. Use this quote
The human being is in the most literal sense a political animal, not merely a gregarious animal, but an animal which can individuate itself only in the midst of society. Use this quote
I'm a big advocate of financial intelligence. Use this quote
The more I live, the more I think that humor is the saving sense. Use this quote
