“It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church.”
Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation
Some famous people owe their fame to controversy.
Attributed
“It is better to think of church in the ale-house than to think of the ale-house in church.”
Martin Luther (1483–1546) seminal figure in Protestant Reformation
“He is not deserving of the name of Englishman who speaketh against ale, that is, good ale.”
George Borrow book Lavengro
Source: Lavengro (1851), Ch. 68
Ahmad Jannati (1927) Iranian ayatollah
Terror in London (9) - Ayatollah Ahmad Jannati in Tehran Friday Sermon: The English Government May Have Caused the London Bombings Like the US Government May Have Caused 9/11 http://www.memritv.org/clip_transcript/en/758.htm July 2005. <br class="br">Al Qaeda
“Well aunt (quoth Ales) all is well that endes well.
Ye Ales, of a good begynnyng comth a good end.”
John Heywood (1497–1580) English writer known for plays, poems and a collection of proverbs
Well aunt, said Ales, all is well that ends well.
Yes Ales, of a good beginning comes a good end.
Part I, chapter 10.
Proverbs (1546)
“Then to the spicy nut-brown ale.”
John Milton (1608–1674) English epic poet
Source: L'Allegro (1631), Line 100
“I was not a member of Al Qaeda.”
Sulaiman Abu Ghaith (1965) One of Al-Qaeda's official spokesmen
Kronos US v Sulaiman Abu Ghayth Statement https://kronosadvisory.com/Kronos_US_v_Sulaiman_Abu_Ghayth_Statement.1.pdf (1st March 2013)
Ahmad Sirhindi (1564–1624) Indian philosopher
Maktubat-i-Imam Rabbani translated into Urdu by Maulana Muhammad Sa’id Ahmad Naqshbandi, Deoband, 1988, Volume I, p.211. This letter was written to the Khan-i-Azam of that time.
From his letters
John McCain (1936–2018) politician from the United States
During an official visit in Amman, Jordon, making a statement and then being corrected by Senator Joe Lieberman http://web.archive.org/web/20080324115205/http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gtqD_x9yYIuq_7S2dimSjMV5qRmg (18 March 2008) <br class="br">2000s, 2008