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I had a million questions to ask God: but when I met Him, they all fled my mind; and it didn't seem to matter.


Christopher Morley

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MORLEY SAFER Pilgrims who are looking for a cure are soon looking for a curio.
MORLEY SAFER The BBC is a perfect example of uncontrolled growth, [occupying] old churches and manor houses, the ...
MORLEY SAFER BBC Radio is a never-never land of broadcasting, a safe haven from commercial considerations, a hone...
MORLEY SAFER Kids' views are often just as valid as the teachers'. The best teachers are the ones that know that.
MORLEY SAFER Labels are devices for saving talkative persons the trouble of thinking
JOHN MORLEY The great business of life is to be, to do, to do without, and to depart
JOHN MORLEY All religions die of one disease - that of being found out
JOHN MORLEY It is a great help for a man to be in love with himself. For an actor, however, it is absolutely ess...
ROBERT MORLEY I have little patience with anyone who is not self-satisfied. I am always pleased to see my friends,...
ROBERT MORLEY Who knows who will be on board? A couple of spies, for sure. At least one grand duke; a few beautifu...
MORLEY SAFER As the kind of movie star that you were, certainly you could be a dictator, ... You could say, 'I wa...
MORLEY SAFER The British tourist is always happy abroad as long as the natives are waiters.
ROBERT MORLEY The French are a logical people, which is one reason the English dislike them so intensely. The othe...
ROBERT MORLEY When I grow up, I want to have an exhibit called 'American Motel.'
MORLEY SAFER Everything they said she has to be she's contradicted. She's small and has a tough look, her face is...
PAUL MORLEY It was just a bang and then I heard sirens.
JOHN MORLEY You can be a great president and be ridden with flaws. Of course we know that.
MORLEY SAFER McNamara's plea was that he had no idea that Vietnam had a history of longing for self-determina...
MORLEY SAFER The market appeared at first sight to take some heed from the Reserve Bank's recent warnings, with a...
HOWARD MORLEY People coming from Lakeview Drive have trouble getting out at that intersection. I just came from th...
DENNIS MORLEY It should help slow things down through the rest of town.
DENNIS MORLEY