John Mercer Patton

Famous quotes containing the words john, mercer and/or patton:

    “The priesthood in many ways is the ultimate closet in Western civilization, where gay people particularly have hidden for the past two thousand years.”
    —Bishop John Spong (b. 1931)

    “A woman’s a two-face
    A worrisome thing who’ll lead ya t’ sing the blues in the night.”
    —Johnny Mercer (1909–1976)

    “A mechanism of some kind stands between us and almost every act of our lives.”
    —Sarah Patton Boyle, U.S. civil rights activist and author. The Desegregated Heart, part 3, ch. 2 (1962)