Babylonish Quotes

#1. I must confess the language of symbols is to me
A Babylonish dialect
Which learned chemists much affect;
It is a party-coloured dress
Of patch'd and piebald languages:
'T is English cut on Greek and Latin,
Like fustian heretofore on satin.

Sir Richard Phillips

#2. Ambition begat simony; simony begat the pope and his brethren, about the time of the Babylonish captivity

Martin Luther

#3. "The Church of England," I said, seeing that Mr. Inglesant paused, "is no doubt a compromise."

Joseph Henry Shorthouse

#4. Last year, Americans spent $450 billion on Christmas. Clean water for the whole world, including every poor person on the planet would cost about $20 billion. Let's just call that what it is: A material blasphemy of the Christmas season.

Jim Wallis

#5. Running allows me to set my mind free. Nothing seems impossible, nothing unattainable.

Kara Goucher

#6. Her dog Custard is a Pomeranian. He looks like a golden dandelion fluff with cat feet. Mrs.

Laurell K. Hamilton

#7. The idea that bigger haystacks have more needles in them is dumb on its face

Cory Doctorow

#8. Superman told me ... that we needed to make a double ... type of record ... and so I answered: 'Okay, Superman. We will make ... a double type of record but it won't be a double album because ... Batman ... didn't want a double album'

Daron Malakian