Neighbour Quotes - Page 9

• The great end of all religionis to purify our hearts--and conquer our passions--and in a word, to make us wiser and better men--better neighbours--better citizens--and better servants of GOD.

  Laurence Sterne

  Passion, Heart, Character

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• The innocence of those who grind the faces of the poor, but refrain from pinching the bottoms of their neighbour's wives! The innocence of Ford, the innocence of Rockefeller! The nineteenth century was the Age of Innocence--that sort of innocence. With the result that we're now almost ready to say that a man is seldom more innocently employed than when making love.

  Aldous Huxley

  Men, Wife, Greed

  Aldous Huxley (1955). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley”

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• What drivel it all is!... A string of words called religion. Another string of words called philosophy. Half a dozen other stringscalled political ideals. And all the words either ambiguous or meaningless. And people getting so excited about them they'll murder their neighbours for using a word they don't happen to like. A word that probably doesn't mean as much as a good belch. Just a noise without even the excuse of gas on the stomach.

  Aldous Huxley

  Philosophy, Mean, People

  Aldous Huxley (2015). “After Many a Summer”, p.54, Random House

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• He who believes in God and the Last Day should honour his guest; he who believes in God and the Last Day should not annoy his neighbours; and he who believes in God and the Last Day should say what is good or keep silent.

  Elijah Muhammad

  Believe, Silence, Guests

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• The way is an ill neighbour.

  George Herbert

  Way, Ill

  George Herbert, Izaak Walton, Barnabas Oley (1848). “The Remains of that Sweet Singer of The Temple, George Herbert ...”, p.283

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• There is a religious principle: Love thy neighbour as thyself. But it's also an economic asset. If you've got a neighbour, you've got help, and this implies another limit. If you want to have neighbours, you can't have a limitless growth economy. You have to prefer to have a neighbour rather than to own your neighbour farm.

  Wendell Berry

  Religious, Growth, Want

  "Nature as an Ally: An Interview with Wendell Berry". Interview with Sarah Leonard, ourworld.unu.edu. July 5, 2012.

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• Obviously, you would give your life for your children, or give them the last biscuit on the plate. But to me, the trick in life is to take that sense of generosity between kin, make it apply to the extended family and to your neighbour, your village and beyond.

  Tom Stoppard

  Children, Generosity, Giving

  "Writer and fighter" by Tim Adams, www.theguardian.com. September 20, 2008.

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• The US is our trading partner, our neighbour, our ally and our friend... and sometimes we'd like to give them such a smack!

  Rick Mercer

  Giving, Allies, Canada

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• Canadians have an abiding interest in surprising those Americans who have historically made little effort to learn about their neighbour to the North.

  Peter Jennings

  Effort, Abiding, Littles

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• I will content myself, Mr. Speaker, with those principal motives to union; first, that we are in the rapids and must go on; next that our neighbours will not, on their side, let us rest supinely, even if we could do so from other causes; and thirdly, that by making the united colonies more valuable as an ally to Great Britain, we shall strengthen rather than weaken the imperial connection. (Cheers.

  Thomas D'Arcy McGee

  Cheer, Goes On, Unions

  Thomas D'Arcy McGee (1865). “Speeches and Addresses Chiefly on the Subject of British-American Union”, p.282, London : Chapman and Hall

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• You want to be free and break new ground, speak your mind, fear no man, have the neighbours acknowledge that you're a good man; and at the same time you want to be a success, make money, join the country club, get the votes and kick the other man in the teeth and off the ladder.

  Christina Stead

  Success, Country, Ambition

  Christina Stead (2012). “I'm Dying Laughing: The Humourist”, p.39, Open Road Media

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• Mrs. Boffin, insisting that Bella should make tomorrow's expedition in the chariot, she went home in great grandeur. Mrs. Wilfer and Miss Lavinia had speculated much on the probabilities and improbabilities of her coming in this gorgeous state, and, on beholding the chariot from the window at which they were secreted to look out for it, agreed that it must be detained at the door as long as possible, for the mortification and confusion of the neighbours.

  Charles Dickens

  Funny, Humorous, Home

  Charles Dickens (2006). “Our Mutual Friend: Easyread Edition”, p.26, ReadHowYouWant.com

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• Every man has a bag hanging before him, in which he puts his neighbour's faults, and another behind him in which he stows his own.

  William Shakespeare

  Men, Bags, Faults

  William Shakespeare (1969). “Coriolanus”, p.172, CUP Archive

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• Owe no man any thing, but to love one another: for he that loveth another hath fulfilled the law. For this, Thou shalt not commit adultery, Thou shalt not kill, Thou shalt not steal, Thou shalt not bear false witness, Thou shalt not covet; and if there be any other commandment, it is briefly comprehended in this saying, namely, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself.

  Paul the Apostle

  Men, Law, Bears

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• A neighbour put his budgerigar in the mincing machine and invented shredded tweet.

  Chic Murray

  Funny, Humor, Machines

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• World talks GDP but in Bhutan its about National Happiness. Am sure having India as a neighbour would be 1 of the reasons for the happiness.

  Narendra Modi

  Gdp, Bhutan, World

  Twitter post from Jun 15, 2014

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• I am a true 80s girl. I loved Kylie, Madonna, The Bangles and Human League. I fancied a couple of the Neighbours kids too and I loved Bros. God, I had terrible music taste. I’m getting a taste of my own medicine now, as my daughter’s been asking for some quite scary albums.

  Donna Air

  Girl, Daughter, Couple

  "Donna Air: ‘Since my split, I've proved I'm a good single mum'". The Daily Mirror Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. August 15, 2008.

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• You'd phone or knock on the door of your friend or neighbour if they hadn't appeared at your local pub or bar for a few days, just to make sure they weren't dead in the cellar.

  Jason Flemyng

  Phones, Doors, Bars

  Source: www.mirror.co.uk

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• I'm not a showbiz person. I just enjoy talking nonsense on the radio. I'm not bothered about going to clubs or the paparazzi, I genuinely prefer my neighbours. Spending time with my family and watching Coronation Street are what I love best. People are just people, aren't they?

  Tony Blackburn

  Love Is, Talking, People

  The MIRROR Interview, www.mirror.co.uk. November 25, 2007.

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• If positive Christianity means love of one's neighbour, i.e. the tending of the sick, the clothing of the poor, the feeding of the hungry, the giving of drink to those who are thirsty, then it is we who are the more positive Christians. For in these spheres the community of the people of National Socialist Germany has accomplished a prodigious work.

  Adolf Hitler

  Christian, Mean, People

  Adolf Hitler (1942). “The Speeches of Adolf Hitler: April 1922-August 1939”

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• We, in our Province, are beginning to realize and appreciate that our slowness in keeping up with our North American neighbours may well have been a blessing in disguise.

  Alex Campbell

  Blessing, Appreciate, May

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• One of the principal rules of religion is, to lose no occasion of serving God. And, since he is invisible to our eyes, we are to serve him in our neighbour; which he receives as if done to himself in person, standing visibly before us.

  John Wesley

  Eye, Done, Invisible

  John Wesley (1872). “The Works of the Rev. John Wesley: With the Last Corrections of the Author”, p.440

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• You see my next door neighbour worships exhaust pipes, he's a catholic converter.

  Tim Vine

  Funny, Humor, Doors

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• Tolerance is the only thing that will enable persons belonging to different religions to live as good neighbours and friends.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Tolerance, Different, Persons

  Mahatma Gandhi, U. R. Rao (1963). “The Way to Communal Harmony”, Ahmedabad, [India] : Navajivan Publishing House

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• I must not serve a distant neighbour at the expense of the nearest.

  Mahatma Gandhi

  Expenses

  Mahatma Gandhi (1967). “The Mind of Mahatma Gandhi”, p.431, Rajpal & Sons

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