Down to the Puritan
Down to the Puritan marrow of my bones There’s something in this richness that I hate. I love the look, austere, immaculate, Of landscapes drawn in pearly monotones. Elinor Wylie
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It is the music
It is the music in our conscience, the dance in our spirit, to which Puritan litanies, moral sermons, and goody goodness won’t chime. Friedrich Nietzsche
If you have beautiful
If you have beautiful knees, show your knees. I’m not a puritan. I love skin. Francisco Costa
It [Thanksgiving] was founded
It [Thanksgiving] was founded by the Puritans to give thanks for bein’ preserved from the Indians, an’ we keep it to give thanks we are preserved from the Puritans. Finley Peter Dunne
Very well then, better
Very well then, better a sane crook than a mad puritan. F. Scott Fitzgerald
The Drab Age is
The Drab Age is over. Color is coming into its own again. Until very recently people were literally scared out of their wits by color. Perhaps this was a hangover from our Puritan ancestors. But whatever the reason, brown, grays and neutrals were the only shades considered ‘safe.’ Now we know that lovely, clear colors … Read more
That stern and rockbound
That stern and rockbound coast felt like an amateur when it saw how grim the puritans that landed on it were. Don Marquis
America was founded by
America was founded by puritans and like it or not the anti-pleasure dogma of those buckled-shoed killjoys still pervades our collective unconscious like an I-max shot of Dennis Franz’s naked hairy cop ass. Hence, anything enjoyable is automatically forbidden and bad and in our panic to avoid it at all cost we become obsessed with … Read more
Isn’t the essential pillar
Isn’t the essential pillar of Catholicism papal infallibility? Well, then how can the church ever change its mind about anything unless God gets confused one day? Not all religions claim the direct authority of God speaking to their leader. You know, I’m an atheist, but I’m a Puritan atheist. Dave Foley
In the end, there’s
In the end, there’s something of the puritan work ethic about me that roles really must sustain me on an intellectual level. Damian Lewis