(53 quotes found)
“The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principles of resistance: it is the dissidence of dissent, and the Protestantism of the Protestant religion”
Edmund Burke
“The rational mind of man is a shallow thing, a shore upon a continent of the irrational, wherein thin colonies of reason have settled amid a savage world.”
Wilford O. Cross
“I was just thinking, if it is really religion with these nudist colonies, they sure must turn atheists in the wintertime.”
Will Rogers
“I feel that this life is sort of a penal colony. People have goofed or we wouldn't be here.”
William S. Burroughs
“At night, the parents came to the Colonial museum to hear the students presentations. It was quite a culmination of our Colonial unit. I loved seeing their enthusiasm and excitement about their presentations. They were just bubbling over with excitement and pride.”
Carolyn Wetzler
“Our state's honey industry has suffered on several fronts in recent years, ... In addition to the destruction of honeybee colonies caused by mites and hurricanes, the flood of cheap imported honey has pushed our state's honey producers and packers to the brink of economic disaster.”
Charles Bronson
“Being thrown out of this place is significantly better than being thrown out of a leper colony.”
Blake Edwards
“[Whittington] would be first team in the Colonial League. She is tough. She made some good moves. They're small, but they really spread the floor, and the did a nice job attacking us. I know they're a No. 3 seed, but they do a lot of good things.”
Chris Deutsch
“The students took on the identity with a name, clothing and characteristics of this Colonial figure. They were surprised at how much information they really learned about the era and how much they enjoyed presenting to the other classes. They dressed, spoke and presented their reports as if they were living in the Colonial times.”
“In many cases, captive colonies will be our only short-term way of avoiding extinction.”
Claude Gascon
