Quotes about home
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Willis Allan Ramsey photo
Alicia Garza photo

“I was impacted in a way that I didn’t expect...We see black death all the time, and I don’t know what it was about this, but I know I went home and then I woke up in the middle of the night crying.”

Alicia Garza (1981) Co-founder of the Black Lives Matter International movement

How the movement that’s changing America was built and where it goes next, By Jamil Smith, Rolling Stone https://www.rollingstone.com/culture/culture-features/black-lives-matter-jamil-smith-1014442/ (16 June 2020)

Bonar Law photo
Thelma Schoonmaker photo

“Editing is a lot about patience and discipline and just banging away at something, turning off the machine and going home at night because you're frustrated and depressed, and then coming back in the morning to try again.”

Thelma Schoonmaker (1940) American film editor

Oscar-winning editor arrives with 'Departed', July 30, 2007, Debruge, Peter, Variety http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117969221.html?categoryId=2160&cs=1,

Jon Ossoff photo
Michael Haneke photo

“Pornography, it seems to me, is no different from war films or propaganda films in that it tries to make the visceral, horrific, or transgressive elements of life consumable. Propaganda is far more pornographic than a home video of two people fucking.”

Michael Haneke (1942) Austrian film director and screenwriter

[Christopher Sharrett, http://www.kinoeye.org/04/01/interview01.php, Austrian film: Michael Haneke interviewed, Kinoeye, 20 September 2011]

Greg McKeown (author) photo
Chiang Kai-shek photo

“If when I die, I am still a dictator, I will certainly go down into the oblivion of all dictators. If, on the other hand, I succeed in establishing a truly stable foundation for a democratic government, I will live forever in every home in China.”

Chiang Kai-shek (1887–1975) Chinese politician and military leader

Taiwan's Modernization: Americanization and Modernizing Confucian Manifestations, Wei-Bin Zhang, 2003, World Scientific, 2003, 177, 9814486132, 23 May 2021 https://books.google.com/books?id=J3BpDQAAQBAJ&pg=PA177,

William Ewart Gladstone photo
Doug Ford photo
Honoré de Balzac photo

“Crime and madness have some similarity. Seeing the prisoners of the Conciergerie in the courtyard, or seeing the mad in the garden of a nursing home, it's the same thing. Both walk around, avoiding each other, glancing at each other at least singularly, atrociously, according to their thoughts of the moment, never cheerful or serious; because they know each other or they fear each other. The expectation of a condemnation, remorse, anxieties give walkers in the courtyard a worried and a haggard look of madmen. Consummate criminals alone have an assurance which resembles the tranquility of an honest life, the sincerity of a pure conscience.”

et Misères des courtisanes (The Splendors and Miseries of Courtesans) (1837-1847), part IV. La dernière Incarnation de Vautrin (The Last Incarnation of Vautrin) https://books.google.ca/books?id=ajtOAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA1&dq=Splendeurs+et+Mis%C3%A8res+des+Coutisanes+Sc%C3%A8nes+de+la+Vie+parisienne&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiq69XJuJTvAhXrMlkFHcxvDVgQ6AEwCHoECAEQAg#v=onepage&f=falseSplendeurs, "Le Préau de la Conciergerie" ("The Courtyard of the Conciergerie") (chapter title).
Original: (fr) Le crime et la folie ont quelque similitude. Voir les prisonniers de la Conciergerie au préau, ou voir des fous dans le jardin d'une maison de santé, c'est une même chose. Les uns et les autres se promènent en s'évitant, se jettent des regards au moins siguliers, atroces, selon leurs pensées du moment, jamais gais ni sérieux ; car ils se connaissent ou ils se craignent. L'attente d'une condamnation, les remords, les anxiétés donnent aux promeneurs du préau l'air inquiet et hagard des fous. Les criminels consommés ont seuls une assurance qui ressemble à la tranquillité d'une vie honnête, à la sincérité d'une conscience pure.

Mary Ruwart photo

“Those too poor to own their own home pay no property taxes, but their rent reflects the taxes that the landlord must pay. The poor pay higher rents to subsidize inefficiency and waste.”

Mary Ruwart (1949) American scientist and libertarian activist

Source: Healing Our World: In An Age of Aggression, (2003), p. 123

Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston photo

“Sir, a wise Government in its home policy considers the reasonable wants of the people; in its foreign policy, it is prepared to resist the unjust demands and the unreasonable views of foreign powers.”

Henry Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston (1784–1865) British politician

Speech https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/commons/1843/jul/28/state-of-the-nation#column_1462 in the House of Commons (28 July 1843)
1840s

Robert Menzies photo

“The material home represents the concrete expression of the habits of frugality and saving "for a home of our own."”

Robert Menzies (1894–1978) Australian politician, 12th Prime Minister of Australia

Your advanced socialist may rave against private property even while he acquires it; but one of the best instincts in us is that which induces us to have one little piece of earth with a house and a garden which is ours; to which we can withdraw, in which we can be among our friends, into which no stranger may come against our will.
Radio talk, 22 May, 1942
Wilderness Years (1941-1949)

Robert Menzies photo
Trevor Noah photo
Jamie Chung photo

“We'd only speak Korean at home. They [parents] wouldn't let us have sleepovers and sent us away to Korean church camp during the summers. We had weird food concoctions, too, so instead of spaghetti bolognese, we had rice bolognese with kimchi.”

Jamie Chung (1983) American actress

On her childhood memories in "Jamie Chung, Star of ‘Premium Rush, On Her Road from The Real World to Hollywood" in The Daily Beast (25 August 2012) https://www.thedailybeast.com/jamie-chung-star-of-premium-rush-on-her-road-from-the-real-world-to-hollywood

Georg Forster photo
Thomas Carlyle photo
Noreen Nash photo

“It was difficult to be an actress and have a home and children. My family always came first, and that is something I don’t regret.”

Noreen Nash (1924–2023) American film and television actress

Encountering the Phantom Beyond Space https://books.google.com/books?id=MllCLkc3Q_EC&q=Noreen+Nash#v=onepage&q=Noreen%20Nash&f=true (2000)

Samuel Johnson photo
Mooji photo
Bowinn Ma photo

“Campaigns are normally very, very social. Politics is absolutely a team sport. And doing all of these campaign activities from separate homes and not being able to gather … it’s far more challenging to feed off each other's energy, even on the Zoom call.”

Bowinn Ma (1985) Canadian politician

North Shore News https://www.nsnews.com/news/north-van-lonsdale-incumbent-ma-not-making-any-predictions-1.24226696, North Shore News: North Van-Lonsdale incumbent Ma not making any predictions, October 24, 2020

Charles Wesley photo
Wong Kar-wai photo

“It takes less effort to stream a film at home these days. However, streaming should not fundamentally affect how a film is made, as long as the pleasure of watching films doesn’t change, and we as filmmakers continue to serve that purpose.”

Wong Kar-wai (1958) Hong Kong screenwriter, film producer and film director

"5 Questions for Wong Kar Wai" in Notebook Feature (19 March 2021) https://mubi.com/notebook/posts/5-questions-for-wong-kar-wai

Guðmundur Benediktsson photo

“You can go home. You can go out of Europe. You can go wherever the hell you want.”

Guðmundur Benediktsson (1974) Icelandic footballer and sportscaster

Original Icelandic quote: Þið getið farið heim. Þið getið farið úr Evrópu. Þið getið farið bara hvert sem þið viljið.
A reference to Brexit following Iceland's 2-1 win against England in the last-16 of the 2016 UEFA European Football Championship on 27 June 2016.
Source: [Eiríkur Stefán Ásgeirsson, Verð að vera ég sjálfur, https://timarit.is/page/6731435, 4 July 2020, Fréttablaðið, 2 July 2016, 22, Icelandic]
Source: [Ed Aarons, ‘You can go out of Europe’: Iceland commentator savours win over England, https://www.theguardian.com/football/2016/jun/27/you-can-go-out-of-europe-iceland-commentator-england-euro-2016, 4 July 2020, The Guardian, 27 June 2016]
Source: [England Has Left Europe Twice in a Week and That Icelandic Commentator Is Ecstatic, https://time.com/4384954/iceland-england-euro-2016-brexit-soccer-football/, 4 July 2020, Time, 27 June 2016]
Source: [Mark Critchley, England vs Iceland: Icelandic commentator goes wild again after historic Euro 2016 win, https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/international/england-vs-iceland-icelandic-commentator-goes-wild-again-after-brilliant-win-a7106841.html, 4 July 2020, The Independent, 28 June 2016]

Carlo Rovelli photo
Michelle Yeoh photo

“I have been filming a lot away from home this year. So the minute I finish, I will dash home to be with my family and be surrounded by Christmas trees and Christmas cheer.”

Michelle Yeoh (1962) Malaysian-born actress of Chinese ethnicity

"Under No Circumstances Will Michelle Yeoh Be Serving a Christmas Turkey" in Vogue (19 November 2019) https://www.vogue.com/article/michelle-yeoh-interview-last-christmas

Alessia Cara photo
Natalie Goldberg photo

“All my journey, I help children, building school, building hospital, orphanage home. It’s about relationship. Now I’m working, not because of my duty, not because of my mission, but because of my love.”

Phan Thi Kim Phuc (1963) Child depicted in the Pulitzer Prize-winning photograph taken during the Vietnam War on June 8, 1972

"Kim Phuc Phan Thi: Vietnam War Survivor" in PBS https://www.pbs.org/newshour/brief/329035/kim-phuc-phan-thi

Opal Tometi photo

“When you're sitting at home or living at a slower pace and you see that Black folks in your community are attacked, killed, murdered by vigilantes and by the police, you wake up, you rise to action, and you rise quickly.”

Opal Tometi (1984) Nigerian–American writer, strategist and community organizer

Black Lives Matter Was Always Designed to Be a Global Movement, Vice] (7 July 2020)

“It was very difficult not to want to go into acting because it is in my blood and I still feel to this day that a dressing room is like another home.”

Sabina Franklyn (1954) British actress

Sabina Franklyn Table Manners Interview https://theatresoutheast.com/sabina-franklyn-interview/ (June 22, 2015)

Simone Biles photo

“I am going back home in one piece, which I was a little bit nervous about. It's not how I wanted it to go, but I think we've opened bigger doors and bigger conversations.”

Simone Biles (1997) American gymnast

"Olympics 2021 - Simone Biles discusses her mental health, challenges after winning bronze on beam" in ESPN (3 August 2021) https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/31953744/olympics-2021-simone-biles-explains-challenges-balance-beam-final

Soong Mei-ling photo

“I came to school in the United States, and I will always consider America my second home.”

Soong Mei-ling (1897–2003) Chiang Kai-shek's wife, First Lady of the Republic of China

As quoted in "Congress honors Madame Chiang" in UPI https://www.upi.com/Archives/1995/07/26/Congress-honors-Madame-Chiang/9153806731200/ (July 26, 1995)

Example (musician) photo

“A song in my head and it won't leave me alone,
I should have followed my friends,
by now they're probably at home
all warm and tucked up in bed
Instead I'm stumbling home on my own
with no charge on my phone
in the east end of London”

Example (musician) (1982) English rapper and singer

"Wrong in the Head" (song)
("Wrong in the Head" on YouTube (with lyrics)) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wvZSPl7QYto
Studio albums, Playing in the Shadows (2011)

Alex Jones photo

“The lights are home but nobody’s home.”

Alex Jones (1974) American radio host, author, conspiracy theorist and filmmaker

#576: July 9, 2021 https://knowledgefight.libsyn.com/576-july-9-2021(Knowledge Fight, July 9th 2021)
2021

Joseph Kasa-Vubu photo

“I wanted to study the enemy on his home grounds.”

Joseph Kasa-Vubu (1910–1969) President of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (1910-1969)

The new leaders of Africa https://archive.org/details/newleadersofafri0000unse/page/150/mode/2up Rolf Italiaander, Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall 1690, p 147. Kasa-Vubu explains why in 1942 Leopoldville, he became a clerk at the Belgian financial administration.

Glacier Kwong photo

“I really love the city and would always love to go home. I do fear coming home and do not feel safe coming back. It’s just not the same place that I grew up in.”

Glacier Kwong (1996) Hong Kong human rights activist

‘I fear coming home,’ says Hong Kong activist Glacier Kwong after pro-democracy lobbying effort in Germany https://hongkongfp.com/2020/10/09/i-fear-coming-home-says-hong-kong-activist-glacier-kwong-after-pro-democracy-lobbying-effort-in-germany/ (9 October 2020)

Garry Davis photo

“Why am I killing people in their homes... schools and factories..? Why wasn't I arrested for killing people? Whey weren't they?”

Garry Davis (1921–2013) American actor turned peace activist (1921-2013)

Upon bombing the city of Brandenburg (1945), as quoted by Arthur Kanegis, The Life of Garry Davis - World Citizen #1 (May 13, 2021) discussing the documentary film, The World is My Country that he directed.

Brigitte Lin photo

“I almost got no sleep, shooting eight hours in one film, followed by eight hours in another and eight hours in a third film. But whenever we were done at the end of the day, I never thought of packing up. I always couldn’t bear to go home.”

Brigitte Lin (1954) Taiwanese actress

As quoted in "Brigitte Lin, a timeless national treasure" in Taipei Times (15 May 2018) https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2018/05/15/2003693091

Brigitte Lin photo

“There were no agents, no companies and as actors we had to do everything by ourselves. I would do my own make-up, prepare my own outfits from home and bring them to set the next day.”

Brigitte Lin (1954) Taiwanese actress

On her filmmaking environment within the emerging Taiwanese cinema industry in "Brigitte Lin, a timeless national treasure" in Taipei Times (15 May 2018) https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/feat/archives/2018/05/15/2003693091

“I was sure it wouldn't be here because it was my home parish, I received all my sacraments here and I expect I will be buried here. This is a densely populated archdiocese and the work is staggering.”

Christie Macaluso (1945) Catholic bishop

NATIVE SON NAMED AUXILIARY BISHOP IN CITY https://web.archive.org/web/20181021021710/https://www.courant.com/news/connecticut/hc-xpm-1997-03-19-9703190284-story.html (March 19, 1997)

Bong Joon-ho photo

“I grew up in a middle-class family. Even in terms of real estate, the house that I grew up in is in the middle – between the semi-basement home and the rich house you see in the film. I was really close with friends and relatives from both classes.”

Bong Joon-ho (1969) South Korean film director and screenwriter

As quoted in "Parasite director Bong Joon-ho: 'Korea seems glamorous, but the young are in despair" in The Guardian (31 January 2020) https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/jan/31/parasite-director-bong-joon-ho-korea-seems-glamorous-but-the-young-are-in-despair

Sri Sri Ravi Shankar photo
Angie Thomas photo

“Teenagers give me hope. We write them off so often. But I'm seeing a lot of things in this generation that’s coming up that gives me a lot of hope for the future. So I tell them when I'm in the old folks home, I think I can relax because I think you guys are going to do a great job.”

Angie Thomas (1988) American author

On looking to the next generation for hope in “Author Angie Thomas: Burn It All Down Or Use Those Emotions In My Art” https://www.ttbook.org/interview/author-angie-thomas-burn-it-all-down-or-use-those-emotions-my-art in To the Best of Our Knowledge (2019 Jan 14)

Henry James photo
Stephen Crane photo

“Unwind my riddle.
Cruel as hawks the hours fly;
Wounded men seldom come home to die;
The hard waves see an arm flung high;
Scorn hits strong because of a lie;
Yet there exists a mystic tie.
Unwind my riddle.”

Stephen Crane (1871–1900) American novelist, short story writer, poet, and journalist

Source: Epigraph in " The Clan of No Name http://web.archive.org/20040803101258/www.geocities.com/stephen_crane_us/clannoname.html" (1899); published in the anthology Wounds in the Rain (1900)

Cheng Yen photo

“A happy person creates a happy home, and from that is able to contribute to his country and finally the world.”

Cheng Yen (1937) Taiwanese Buddhist nun

Source: Master of Love and Mercy: Cheng Yen, p. 18

“The church has always been the center of our our life for our family, it's our spiritual home and I thinks it's kept us balanced and helped us get through some tough times, I don't know where I'd be without my faith.”

Gary W. Janak (1962) American Catholic auxiliary bishop

Source: SBSL Original - Father Gary Janak https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MH0cm_Zvzzc (April 11, 2019)

Scott Adams photo
Michael McFaul photo

“We got to get our democracy in order at home, but we can walk and chew gum at the same time. Two wrongs do not make a right.”

Michael McFaul (1963) American academic and diplomat

"Former U.S. Ambassador To Russia On The Arrest Of Russian Opposition Leader" in NPR https://www.npr.org/2021/01/18/958120724/former-u-s-ambassador-to-russia-on-the-arrest-of-russian-opposition-leader (18 January 2021)

Alexis Karpouzos photo
Eitan Bernath photo

“For many kids, politics feel very distant. This might be the first time it hits home for a lot of kids.”

Eitan Bernath (2002) American entertainer and chef

Source: "TikTok Ban? Creators and Fans Are Big Mad" https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/02/style/tiktok-ban-threat-trump.html, The New York Times (2 August 2020).

Cary Grant photo

“I often think my life has been a failure. But whenever I drop into a theater and hear women laugh at one of my films, I think, well, if I brightened their day before they went home and did the dishes, maybe my life wasn't wasted, after all.”

Cary Grant (1904–1986) British-American film and stage actor

Source: As quoted in "They Changed Their Careers and Became Famous; Cary a Failure?" https://www.newspapers.com/clip/87358421/the-boston-globe/ by Jack Harrison Pollack, Parade (November 16, 1969), p. 7; and The Filmgoer's Book of Quotes (1978) by Leslie Halliwell, p.229

Kyle Rittenhouse photo

“Carrying a loaded gun into a community 20 miles from your home and shooting unarmed citizens is fundamentally wrong.”

Kyle Rittenhouse (2003) former suspect in the killing of two protesters in Kenosha, Wisconsin

Source: 19 November 2021 tweet https://twitter.com/GovPritzker/status/1461802665986465797 by Illinois Governor J. B. Pritzker

“Even in comparison to out sister world [Venus], our home planet is exceptional.”

Shawna Vogel science writer

Naked Earth: the New Geophysics (1995)

Wojciech Polak photo

“Patriotism, or our love for our country, obliges us to mutual good will, solidarity, honesty and concern in building our common home.”

Wojciech Polak (1964) Polish priest

Source: Polish independence centenary commemorated worldwide https://www.thefirstnews.com/article/polish-independence-centenary-commemorated-worldwide-3228 (11 November 2018)

Jonathan G. A. Johnson photo

“It is important that we continue to practice good hand hygiene and physical distancing when necessary (due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic). Remember, if experiencing symptoms, stay at home and contact the Saba Health Care Foundation at telephone number 416-3288 to receive further instructions.”

Jonathan G. A. Johnson (1976) Island Governor of Saba since 2008.

Source: Jonathan G. A. Johnson (2021) cited in: " New positive COVID-19 case registered in Saba https://www.thedailyherald.sx/islands/new-positive-covid-19-case-registered-in-saba" in The Daily Herald, 4 May 2021.

Gabriel Serville photo

“A lot of families (in French Guiana) live in makeshift homes where people don't have access to water. When people don't have running water and no money because they have to feed and clothe their children and pay their rent, buying hydroalcoholic gel (hand sanitizer) is not a priority.”

Gabriel Serville (1959) French politician

Source: Gabriel Serville (2021) cited in: " In French Guiana, virus exposes inequality, colonial legacy https://www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news/health/in-french-guiana-virus-exposes-inequality-colonial-legacy/" in The Seattle Times, 19 July 2020.

Norman Lindsay photo
Winston S. Churchill photo
Edgar Guest photo
Jose Romeo Lazo photo

“Allow our common home to rest from our throw-away culture, our addiction to consumption, to unlimited economic growth, and to the dirty and deadly fossil fuels. Let us open ourselves to the new normal of interconnectedness and interrelatedness. We are in this together.”

Jose Romeo Lazo (1949) Filipino Roman Catholic archbishop

Source: Philippine Church flags off Season of Creation https://www.vaticannews.va/en/church/news/2020-09/philippines-church-society-celebrate-season-creation.html (3 September 2020)

Hans Kluge photo

“If you don't feel well, stay home, take a self-test. If you're positive (of COVID-19), isolate.”

Hans Kluge (1968) Belgian doctor, senior official of the WHO

Source: Hans Kluge (2022) cited in: " COVID-19: Europe and US could be headed toward pandemic ‘endgame,’ WHO official says https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/front/archives/2022/01/25/2003772017" in Taipei Times, 25 January 2022.

Gilbert O'Sullivan photo
Gilbert O'Sullivan photo
Alfred de Zayas photo

“Patriotism means different things to different people. For me it entails citizen solidarity in promoting justice at home and resisting official lies, apologetics, euphemisms, crime and tyranny. Love of country requires a commitment to truth and readiness to counter «fake news » and skewed political «narratives.»”

Alfred de Zayas (1947) American United Nations official

Internationally, patriotism means averting harm from one’s country by pro-actively seeking dialogue and compromise, so as to contribute to peace and justice – pax et iustitia.
2021

George III of the United Kingdom photo

“[I]t is by bold and manly efforts Nations have been preserved not pursueing alone the line of home defence.”

George III of the United Kingdom (1738–1820) King of Great Britain and King of Ireland

Source: Letter to Lord Sandwich (5 September 1779), quoted in The Correspondence of King George the Third from 1760 to December 1783, Volume IV: 1778–1779, ed. Sir John William Forstecue (1927), p. 435

Nitin Pujari photo

“Locking yourself in homes due to pandemic is the biggest challenge in life to keep yourself positive and motivated”

Nitin Pujari (1990) Indian spiritual leader , Pujari at Salasar Bala ji Rajasthan

During the pandemic in India
Source: https://www.deccanherald.com/brandspot/pr-spot/how-to-stay-motivated-during -the-tough-times-nitin-pujari-1016851.html

Vera Stanley Alder photo

“The importance of the goodwill of every single human being in this respect would be brought home to them. Not merely the service of their hands but that of their hearts and minds would be held in esteem as the riches of the community.”

Vera Stanley Alder (1898–1984) British artist

Source: Humanity Comes of Age, A study of Individual and World Fulfillment (1950), Chapter VII The Council for Agriculture and Industry

Vera Stanley Alder photo

“The terrible exploitation of native labor and destruction of native home life and the degenerating living conditions which have often been the result of private enterprise will no longer be possible.”

Vera Stanley Alder (1898–1984) British artist

Source: Humanity Comes of Age, A study of Individual and World Fulfillment (1950), Chapter VII The Council for Economics

Amantle Montsho photo

“It was always exciting to represent my country on the international stage. Imagine the adrenaline rush when I step on the track knowing that all eyes are on me. That made it extra special. I had fans from all over the world but the support back home was the best”

Amantle Montsho (1983) Motswana sprinter

https://www.mmegi.bw/sports/thank-you-amantle/news Thank You Amantle, Mmegi Online, Friday 15 October 2021, Retrieved 16 November 2021
"Simply the Greatest" (2020)

Stella Wolfe Murray photo

“I do not advocate neglecting your parents: honour and succour them, especially in their old age, but don’t stay at home and do housework when you long, body and soul, to fly to the uttermost ends of the earth, there to find your mission in life and your gift to the world.”

Stella Wolfe Murray (1886–1935) British journalist and writer

Quoted in MILLWARD, L. (2007). Women in British Imperial Airspace: 1922-1937 https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt819g2. McGill-Queen’s University Press.

Ron English photo

“If the folks back home could see me now, they’d know the surveillance system works.”

Ron English (1959) American artist

Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)

Joe Biden photo

“I urge [the] Congress to move promptly on the COVID funding bill. This virus knows no borders; we must continue to save lives here at home and around the world.”

Joe Biden (1942) 47th Vice President of the United States (in office from 2009 to 2017)

2022, May 2022
Source: Statement by President Joe Biden on Funding for COVID-⁠19 and Ukraine https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2022/05/09/statement-by-president-joe-biden-on-funding-for-covid-19-and-ukraine/

Kevin Devine photo
Walt Disney photo

“Faith I have, in myself, in humanity, in the worthwhileness of the pursuits in entertainment for the masses. But wide awake, not blind faith, moves me. My operations are based on experience, thoughtful observation and warm fellowship with my neighbors at home and around the world.”

Walt Disney (1901–1966) American film producer and businessman

As quoted in The Gospel According to Disney : Faith, Trust, and Pixie Dust (2004) by Mark I. Pinsky, p. 20
Year unknown, published in 2004

J.C. Ryle photo

“It must not content us to take our bodies to church if we leave our hearts at home.”

J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop

Mark VII: 1–13, p. 136
Expository Thoughts on the Gospels: St. Mark (1857)

J.C. Ryle photo

“The Bible in the pulpit must never supersede the Bible at home.”

J.C. Ryle (1816–1900) Anglican bishop

Source: Holiness: Its Nature, Hindrances, Difficulties, and Roots (1877), Ch. 19: "Wants of the Times", p. 381

Neville Chamberlain photo

“I find war more hateful than ever, and I groan in spirit over every life lost and every home blasted.”

Neville Chamberlain (1869–1940) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

Letter to the Archbishop of Canterbury, Cosmo Gordon Lang (Christmas 1939), quoted in Keith Feiling, Neville Chamberlain (1946; 1970), p. 430
Prime Minister

Vitali Klitschko photo
Vitali Klitschko photo
Ernst Jünger photo
Joe Biden photo
Frank Lloyd Wright photo
Esha Deol photo

“I have been a vegetarian all my life, as has my family, including all my dogs. Even when my father, a nonvegetarian, comes home for dinner, he has to eat vegetarian fare.”

Esha Deol (1981) Indian actress

Quoted in "Sexiest Veggies" https://web.archive.org/web/20121001155636/http://www.ndtv.com/photos/entertainment/anupama-verma-sizzles-for-peta-574/slide/10, NDTV.com (1 October 2012).

Patrick Kavanagh photo
Emily Brontë photo
E.E. Cummings photo
Margaret Cho photo

“You will never make love, laugh, fight, eat, go to the movies, kiss, smile, dance, sing, run, skate, play the piano, buy candy for, argue jokingly, tell stories, look longingly at, jump on the bed with, pet the dogs with your faces, sing along with the song in the car and get the words wrong, share a secret, gossip, cop a feel, go hear a band that you both love, share a really good meal, carpool with people you don't like and make fun of them secretly later, cry, comfort, scratch backs, insist on pizza, catch them staring at you, put your arms around them, stay up too late, lean against warm bodies, feel safe with their feet sliding next to yours in bed, raise your children, go to boring dinner parties and get too drunk to drive home so you sleep in the car, spend alternate holidays with each others families, have uncontrollable lust with, followed by mind blowing fuck sessions lasting for hours and hours at a time, take a bath so hot one of you has to get out, all naked and wet and red and dizzy but not embarrassed because this is who you love and rarely are you shy with them, watch a TV show you both hate because the remote control is broken--merely happily, and maybe sometimes unhappily, share your life, and be with them, but you can't, because they're dead. Suddenly, unjustly, untimely, irretrievably--unconscionably dead.”

Margaret Cho (1968) American stand-up comedian

From Her Books, I Have Chosen To Stay And Fight, DEATH