I think that what went wrong with religion is the same thing that went wrong with politics. Is that it became too money based and too controlling. It's just a weakness that we human beings have for control - we want one thing and then we want more and then we want more.


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I think we are reasonably well positioned in the second half, we are moving along with confidence,
BOB DAVIES
It's a major concern, ... We've spent a year doing the legwork trying to get a title sponsor. This y...
BOB DAVIES
There's a lot of money out here (in San Diego), ... We've talked to casinos, beer guys ... it's one ...
BOB DAVIES
We have been told that Stephen is not for sale and we'll now have to look to make progress on other ...
BILLY DAVIES
He's just stupid, to be honest. He's got to learn. He's a young lad who's full of fun. That's the an...
BILLY DAVIES
It was a nice performance but a disappointing result. To come here and control the game the way we d...
BILLY DAVIES
For the majority of the second-half we controlled the game and we didn't get what we deserved,
BILLY DAVIES
As yet they are still doing tests and they are still trying to find out what it is.
BILLY DAVIES
I asked the referee to look at the video of the game and assess his own performance, because his dec...
BILLY DAVIES
We made the enquiry and now we've made the move. Maybe, with the appearances he's made for Celtic, t...
BILLY DAVIES
The second half was better. We looked more compact and controlled it.
BILLY DAVIES
Jones is a player we admire and like and we have been making lots of phone calls concerning him.
BILLY DAVIES
It's a great boost for Patrick to maybe get a chance to play in a World Cup.
BILLY DAVIES
Notoriously, in 1975, Murdoch abused his position as a newspaper owner to support a plot that ousted...
NICK DAVIES
The idea that historians write the definitive version of something that will last for all time is le...
NORMAN DAVIES
Fifty years would seem to be time enough to prepare a definitive history of the Second World War. In...
NORMAN DAVIES
In the 21st century, there will probably be a reflex against the disintegration of traditional Europ...
NORMAN DAVIES
A bad historian is even more dangerous than dead documentary wood.
NORMAN DAVIES
Most people...find a disorientating mismatch between the long-term nature of their liabilities and t...
HOWARD DAVIES
Should we find a second form of life right here on our doorstep, we could be confident that life is ...
PAUL DAVIES
I have - I have more than an interesting task in piloting Wales into our new democracy, without want...
RON DAVIES
It will be in the convergence of evolutionary biology, developmental biology and cancer biology that...
PAUL DAVIES
The most original thing a writer can do is write like himself. It is also his most difficult task.
ROBERTSON DAVIES
The way life manages information involves a logical structure that differs fundamentally from mere c...
PAUL DAVIES
Literary critics, however, frequently suffer from a curious belief that every author longs to extend...
ROBERTSON DAVIES
Poland in the 1990s saw a surge of unrestrained, American-style capitalism. With millions of Poles l...
NORMAN DAVIES
Tristan and Isolde were lucky to die when they did. They'd have been sick of all that rubbish in a y...
ROBERTSON DAVIES
Intolerance has been the curse of every age and state.
SAMUEL DAVIES
Inactivity and deprivation of all accustomed stimulus is not rest; it is a preparation for the tomb
ROBERTSON DAVIES
A happy childhood has spoiled many a promising life.
ROBERTSON DAVIES
You never see what you want to see, forever playing to the gallery.
ROBERTSON DAVIES
I object to being told that I am saving daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of ...
ROBERTSON DAVIES
To be a book-collector is to combine the worst characteristics of a dope fiend with those of a miser...
ROBERTSON DAVIES
The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the ideal...
ROBERTSON DAVIES
Never harbor grudges; they sour your stomach and do no harm to anyone else.
ROBERTSON DAVIES
Every man is wise when attacked by a mad dog; fewer when pursued by a mad woman; only the wisest sur...
ROBERTSON DAVIES
Wisdom is a variable possession. Every man is wise when pursued by a mad dog, fewer when pursued by ...
ROBERTSON DAVIES
Very often when I am introduced to women, I think, What is she really like behind the disguise which...
ROBERTSON DAVIES
It is better to have loved and lost, than to have paid for it and not liked it at all.
GRAHAM DAVIES