Viking Funeral Quotes

#1. The priesthood is not dying, but the clerical state is dead. It needs to be buried, preferably with a Viking funeral in Boston Harbor so nobody can miss the spectacle of its passing.

Eugene Kennedy

#2. No men can act with effect who do not act in concert; no men can act in concert who do not act with confidence; no men can act with confidence who are not bound together with common opinions, common affections, and common interests.

Edmund Burke

#3. Any jackass can kick down a barn, but it takes a good carpenter to build one.

Sam Rayburn

#4. Nine-year-old boys usually turn ten at some point. It's the nineteen-year-olds who have difficulty turning twenty.

John Boyne

#5. Complete freedom debilitates art but reveals much about character.

Walter Darby Bannard

#6. Some people tried to hurt us to protect themselves, their family and communities ... This was one of the consequences of civil war. People stopped trusting each other, and every stranger became an enemy. Even people who knew you became extremely careful about how they related or spoke to you.

Ishmael Beah

#7. True success is not defined by how much money do I make, how well do I speak, how well do I deal with the subjects I deal with," he says. "But how great of a father I am.

Shane Snow

#8. and after saying good-by to him at the station, Babbitt returned to his office to realize that he faced a world which, without Paul, was meaningless.

Sinclair Lewis

#9. The basic building block of peace and security for all peoples is economic and social security, anchored in sustainable development. It is a key to all problems. Why? Because it allows us to address all the great issues-poverty, climate, environment and political stability-as parts of the whole.

Ban Ki-moon

#10. We translated each other's meanings and I seemed to hear less than what was said, while my mother heard more.

Amy Tan

#11. I never trusted good-looking boys.

Frances McDormand

#12. If you are truly fearless as a performer, than you don't fear kids or dogs.

Thomas Haden Church

#13. Entrance into Heaven is not at the hour of death, but at the moment of conversion.

Benjamin Whichcote