Famous quotes containing the words mother of, mother, john and/or mark:
“Indifference is commonly the mother of discretion.”
—Philip Dormer Stanhope, 4th Earl Chesterfield (1694–1773)
“From the moment of birth, when the stone-age baby confronts the twentieth-century mother, the baby is subjected to these forces of violence, called love, as its mother and father have been, and their parents and their parents before them. These forces are mainly concerned with destroying most of its potentialities. This enterprise is on the whole successful.”
—R.D. (Ronald David)
“Think of what our Nation stands for,
Books from Boots’ and country lanes,
Free speech, free passes, class distinction,
Democracy and proper drains.”
—Sir John Betjeman (1906–1984)
““Who can forgive sins but God alone?””
—Bible: New Testament, Mark 2:7.
Asked after Jesus had forgiven the paralytic’s sins.