[Evelyn Waugh] was an antique in search of a period, a snob in search of a class. |
A pornography of the will |
An orgy looks particularly alluring seen through the mists of righteous indignation. |
Bad humor is an evasion of reality; good humor is an acceptance of it. |
Civilization -- a heap of rubble scavenged by scrawny English Lit. vultures. |
Every happening, great and small, is a parable whereby God speaks to us, and the art of life is to get the message. |
Few men of action have been able to make a graceful exit at the appropriate time |
For as we abolish the ills and pains of the flesh we multiply those of the mind, so by the time mankind are finally delivered from disease and decay - all pasteurised, their genes counted and re-arranged, filled with new replaceable plastic organs, a |
Good taste and humor are a contradiction in terms, like a chaste whore. |
He [Sir Anthony Eden] is not only a bore but he bores for England. |
He was not only a bore; he bored for England. |
History will see advertising as one of the real evil things of our time. It is stimulating people constantly to want things, want this, want that. |
How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me |
How do I know pornography depraves and corrupts? It depraves and corrupts me |
I can say that I never knew what joy was like until I gave up pursuing happiness, or cared to live until I chose to die. For these two discoveries I am beholden to Jesus. |