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Sunday, 17 September 2017

Quotes 18 Sep 17

What is a king? a man condemn'd to bear
The public burthen of the nation's care.-Matthew Prior, Solomon, Book III, line 275.

North Korea's continued nuclear testing calls for a much stronger response. . . .I'll be adding extra exclamation points to all of my tweets! -"U.S. President Donald Trump" (1946-    ) (In Bob Gorrell's comic strip; September 4, 2017) 

[Peter Piper's parents reviewing his report card filled with "F" grades:] 
Father: You didn't pass pepper picking?  Probably preoccupied with partying! 
Mother: Or perhaps pot-puffing peer pressure put you in this predicament? 
Narration: Peter Piper's poor pupillary performance predictably put his preferred pastimes in peril. -Scott Hilburn _Argyle Sweater_ [September 4, 2017] (comic strip)

“I feel that we in the EU are now committing ritual suicide and were just looking on” – the Left Wing Slovakian Prime Minister, Robert Fico Douglas Murray – The Strange Death of Europe. (Page 228

“A time of trouble is a time of the special exercise of faith in Christ.”John Owen, The Glory of Christ (P114)

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