I have for some time now been deeply troubled by the growing difficulties faced by Christian communities in various parts of the Middle East. It seems to me that we cannot ignore the fact that Christians in the Middle East are increasingly being deli...
Originally I wanted somewhere to set my short stories about the sort of people I recognise having grown up with. Carnbeg was staring me in the face all the time, only I had somehow failed to see that. Not seeing the wood for the trees, I suppose.
My father taught me, in boxing, that when you - particularly when you get hit in the face for the first time - you're going to panic. That instead of panicking, just accept it. Stay calm. And any time anybody hits you, they always leave themselves op...
Though the euphoria surrounding Barack Obama's election last week as President-elect has not yet begun to subside, it is already time to recognise that the most important challenge facing the next U.S. president is to restore America's standing in th...
Black America surely faces an existential crisis, but not the one imagined in the condescending news media - of somehow getting non-black America to be more just and generous. The truth is, we've already been through that, and there is nothing left t...
Clark: [realizes his bonus is a jelly-club membership] If this isn't the biggest bag-over-the-head, punch-in-the-face I ever got, GOD DAMN IT! [kicks widly at the presents under the tree]
Liquor Store Owner: [noticing Scorpio's battered face] What the hell happened to you? The Killer: My wife's brother. I hit her, so he hit me... several times.
Det. Ramirez: [regarding CCTV photos of The Joker's bank heist] He can't resist showing us his face. Lt. James Gordon: What's he hiding under that make-up?
Two-Face: [while being transferred in an armored car while joker shoots at him] These things are built for that right? Armored Car SWAT: He's going to need something a lot bigger to get through this
Frank Costello: When I was growing up, they would say you could become cops or criminals. But what I'm saying is this. When you're facing a loaded gun, what's the difference?
Andre: It's the dumb class cuz. It means you too dumb. Jamal: Man, say it to my face cuz. Andre: I just did. See what I mean? Dumb?
Jep Gambardella: We're all on the brink of despair, all we can do is look each other in the face, keep each other company, joke a little... Don't you agree?
Stef: You know your voice is kind of nice when your mouth isn't screwing it up. Mouth: Yeah and you looks are kind of pretty. When your face isn't screwing it up.
Vincent: I can't go anywhere without seeing my own face. They'll recognize me. Jerome: They won't recognize you. Vincent: They'll recognize me. Jerome: I don't recognize you.
Voldemort: [looking at Cedric's body] Awww, tsk, tsk, tsk... [nudges Cedric's face with his foot] Voldemort: Such a handsome boy. Harry: Don't touch him!
Hermione Granger: [about the mass breakout from Azkaban] Dumbledore warned Fudge this would happen. He's going to get us all killed because he can't face the truth.
Draco Malfoy: [picks up Neville's Rememberall] Did you see his face? Maybe if the fat lump had given this a squeeze, he'd have remembered to fall on his fat ass.
Mike Wallace: Did I get you up? Lowell Bergman: No, I usually sit around my hotel room dressed like this at 5:30 in the morning, sleepy look on my face.
Esteban Vihaio: Bill shot you in the head, no? The Bride: Yes. Esteban Vihaio: I would've been much nicer. I would've just cut your face.
Carl Denham: Holy mackrel, do you think I want to take a woman along? Charles Weston: Then why? Carl Denham: Because the public - bless 'em - must have a pretty face.
[Natalie runs up to the Prime Minister at Heathrow airport and leaps into his arms] Prime Minister: God, you weigh a lot! Natalie: Oh, shut your face!
