“At the celebration at the Shiite shrine, a cleric gave a scathing speech in the mosque's courtyard. He lashed out at the first Muslim caliphs, the founding fathers of Islam in Sunni eyes, and usurpers of power in Shiite eyes. Though he couched his attacks in the context and vocabulary of early Islamic history, it was clear that he had much more contemporary targets in his metaphorical crosshairs.”
Correspondent Charles Levinson
“He's known for being a good negotiator and less confrontational. And you won't see him issuing any scathing public statements.”
Alex Koppelman
“If someone really wanted a scathing parody of the administration, they're probably going to be disappointed, because the movie has a fantasy element of that character being awakened. He doesn't magically become extremely intelligent, but he does start trying to come to terms with the real world.”
Paul Weitz
“It's too hot to handle. He was scathing toward Bush and it was absolutely devastating. They don't know how to handle such a pointed and aggressive criticism.”
Todd Gitlin
“Their kitchen is their shrine, the cook their priest, the table their altar, and their belly their god”
Charles Buck
“A little saint best fits a little shrine, / A little prop best fits a little vine, / As my small cruse best fits my little wine.”
Robert Herrick
“After their death, where will they be sent? The sixty-eight sacred shrines of pilgrimage give them no place of protection, and no Brahmin will eat their food. They remain polluted forever, day and night; they do not apply the ceremonial tilak mark to their foreheads. They sit together in silence, as if in mourning; they do not go to the Lord's Court.”
Sri Guru Granth Sahib
