The world survived the fall of the Roman empire and will no doubt outlast our own so much more splendid civilisation.
Do I have a small movie in me? Yeah, probably, when I'm 60. But I'm not Hal Ashby, I'm not Roman Polanski. I'm true to myself. Whether you like it or not.
It was luxuries like air conditioning that brought down the Roman Empire. With air conditioning their windows were shut, they couldn't hear the barbarians coming.
Perhaps Western civilization is in a post-decline phase, or maybe the decline is just taking a really long time, like the Roman Empire's did. The Romans had gladiators and Christian-hungry lions and that sort of thing. We have MTV.
Roman Castevet: Rosemary... Rosemary Woodhouse: Shut up. Roman Castevet: Rosemary... Rosemary Woodhouse: Shut up. You're in Dubrovnik, I don't hear you.
When you strip it of everything else, Pentecost stands for power and life. That's what came into the church when the Holy Spirit came down on the day of Pentecost.
Nope, you stick out like a fart in a church.
the church should just stay out of people's pants.
...you're either gonna spend your life fucking pussy, or taking it to church.
Every one who has a heart, however ignorant of architecture he may be, feels the transcendent beauty and poetry of the mediaeval churches.
The press was ruthless, but then so was the church. Flavia de Luce
Dysfunction comes when we intertwine the church and God and view them as one.
The Church is looking for better methods; God is looking for better men.
In the Church of Scotland, Episcopalian, you don't have to believe in Heaven, but you definitely have to believe in Hell.
I do not use profanity in my novels. My characters all go to church.
I'd like to do my first record I ever made, A Church, a Courtroom, and Then Goodbye.
The world looks at preachers out of church to know what they mean in it.
As long as the house of The Holy Spirit remains a haven for criminals the reputation of the church will remain in ruins.
And I found both literature and the church very dramatic presences in the world of the 1950s.
Let's be clear, I'm one of the thicker bishops in the Church of England.
Too many in the Church today are likes babies in the nursery,they put everything in their mouth.
