Bosco Quotes

#1. I was the only kid at Camp Don Bosco who would admit he was an alter boy back home, so I served two masses a day all summer. But I loved the cassock and surplice, ringing the bells, lighting the candles - it was like being a glamrock roadie for God.

Rob Sheffield

#2. I used to work at a health food store. I got fired for drinking straight Bosco on the job.

Steven Wright

#3. I joined Khalsa College just opposite Don Bosco in class XI, but soon I quit studies and was sent to Bangkok by my father to learn martial arts, as that is the only place we could afford given that I would also work there to support my training.

Akshay Kumar

#4. The album's called A to B, right?" Bosco said. "And that's the question I want to hit straight on: how did I go from being a rock star to being a fat fuck no one cares about? Let's not pretend it didn't happen.

Jennifer Egan

#5. The altimeter had been damaged along the way, but the few bottles that we brought along to wash down the ordinary expedition rations were fine. True, a bottle gives only a vague indication of altitude, but can you drink an altimeter?

Erhard Loretan

#6. If we don't forgive, we stay emotionally handcuffed to the person who hurt us ...

Antoinette Bosco

#7. We do not go to Holy Communion because we are good; we go to become good.

John Bosco

#8. Even for the very clever it can be like breaking bones to stand back from something that's been in front of you all your life.

Paul Hoffman

#9. Enjoy yourself as much as you like - if only you keep from sin.

John Bosco

#10. Ask your angel to console and assist you in your last moments.

John Bosco

#11. The principle trap that the devil sets for young people is idleness.

John Bosco

#12. The pain of losing a loved one by the horrible act of murder is not lessened by the horrible murder of another, not even when it is cloaked as 'justice' and state-sanctioned. It is only a delusion to believe that one's pain is ended by making someone else feel pain.

Antoinette Bosco

#13. THE LAW OF THE GENERIC: One of the fastest routes to failure is giving a brand a generic name.

Al Ries

#14. Whatever you do, think of the Glory of God as your main goal.

John Bosco

#15. Fly from bad companions as from the bite of a poisonous snake.

John Bosco

#16. Never read books you aren't sure about . . . even supposing that these bad books are very well written from a literary point of view. Let me ask you this: Would you drink something you knew was poisoned just because it was offered to you in a golden cup?

John Bosco

#17. No study has brought out any solid evidence that the death penalty deters crime. In fact, Amnesty reports that 'the murder rate in states which use the death penalty is twice that of states which do not, according to FBI statistics.

Antoinette Bosco

#18. Do not try to excuse your faults; try to correct them

John Bosco

#19. I wonder if these death penalty proponents would still hold that it's worth some risk of error if it were their loved one who was murdered by the state, though innocent.

Antoinette Bosco

#20. Israel has the best engineers in the world ... I view Israel as a tremendous source of technologies

Douglas H. Bosco

#21. Be good. This will make your angel happy. When sorrows and misfortunes, physical or spiritual, afflict you, turn to your guardian angel with strong trust and he will help you.

John Bosco

#22. The law ... dictated by God Himself is, of course, superior in obligation to any other. It is binding over all the globe, in all countries, and at all times. No human laws are of any validity if contrary to this.

Alexander Hamilton

#23. The power of evil men lives on the cowardice of the good.

John Bosco

#24. People make mistakes. Get over it. You thought he was Mr Right but you were wrong. He thought you were his angel but he was wrong. Dwelling on the past will get you nowhere.

Holly Chamberlin

#25. Run, jump, shout, but do not sin.

John Bosco

#26. Ninety countries still hold on to capital punishment, and, sadly, one of these is the United States, the only Western industrialized country to practice this barbaric punishment.

Antoinette Bosco

#27. My big philosophy is: Try and work with good people, because the process is your life. That's going to be really, really hard. I'm glad I learned the lesson, 'Failure is OK.'

Dana Fox

#28. In case you've never thought about it, a woman's body changes much more rapidly than her character does.

Gary L. Thomas

#29. Many are called, few are chosen.

Paul Hoffman

#30. Time isn't a commodity, something you pass around like cake. Time is the substance of life. When anyone asks you to give your time, they're really asking for a chunk of your life.

Antoinette Bosco

#31. There's more people that like me than there are who hate me, so I kind of brush it off.

Justin Bieber

#32. Only God knows the good that can come about by reading one good Catholic book.

John Bosco

#33. Hypocrites,' replied Cale, 'I've come across a lot of them recently. I mean by that I understand now how many of them there are.

Paul Hoffman

#34. Boredom, Timothy Duane assured me, is nothing more than anger without passion.

Isabel Allende