Sydney Carter (1915–2004) British musician and poet
The Times [London] (29 August 1996)
“…But I saw today there was one thing unforgivable - like things in the school-room, so bad they were unpunishable, that only mummy could deal with - the bad thing I was on the point of doing, that I'm not quite bad enough to do; to set up a rival good to God's.”
— Evelyn Waugh, book Brideshead Revisited
Part 3, near end of chapter 5
Brideshead Revisited (1945)
Help us to complete the source, original and additional information
Do you have more details about the quote "…But I saw today there was one thing unforgivable - like things in the school-room, so bad they were unpunishable, that…" by Evelyn Waugh?
Evelyn Waugh123
British writer 1903–1966Related quotes
“I do not say whether it is a good or bad thing. To do so would be meaningless and arrogant.”
Marshall McLuhan (1911–1980) Canadian educator, philosopher, and scholar-- a professor of English literature, a literary critic, and a …
Letter to Robert Fulford, 1964. Letters of Marshall McLuhan (1987), p. 300
1960s
Context: My main theme is the extension of the nervous system in the electric age, and thus, the complete break with five thousand years of mechanical technology. This I state over and over again. I do not say whether it is a good or bad thing. To do so would be meaningless and arrogant.
“Sometimes there are good reasons to do bad things.”
Gena Showalter (1975) American writer
Source: Blacklisted
Richard Dawkins book The Magic of Reality
Source: The Magic of Reality: How We Know What's Really True
“Just because I don't do bad things doesn't mean I don't have bad thoughts.”
Kristin Kreuk (1982) Canadian actress
Biography at IMDB http://us.imdb.com/name/nm0471036/bio
“The world is full of good people who do bad things!”
Agatha Christie (1890–1976) English mystery and detective writer