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The tragedy of life is that people do not change. — Agatha Christie

There is no external operation of the divine nature which is the work of one Person as distinct from the Others. — Frank Sheed

Don't try to change Doofus, let Doofus change you. — Neil Peart

Now when a man is as right as that in his forecasts, there is some reason to think he may be right in his premises. — Frank Sheed

Every writer is a writer of the generation before. — Wilfrid Sheed

How does one make a movie about decadence these days? Now that we're allowed to do it, it's too late. — Wilfrid Sheed

Sin, for instance, is an effort to gain something against the will of God; but the will of God is all that holds us in existence; — Frank Sheed

As you approach the presidency, no one seems worthy of it, since it wasn't designed for a human in the first place. — Wilfrid Sheed

If the French were really intelligent, they'd speak English. — Wilfrid Sheed

I've won every debate I've had with an atheist, and never converted even a single one. — Francis Joseph Sheed

Eternity is not time at all. It is God's total possession of Himself. — Frank Sheed

Courage is what is needed now, courage and stealth, for there is much to fight for and much to let go. — Lisa O'Donnell

We can never attain a maximum love of God with only a minimum knowledge of God — Frank Sheed

Only drunks stare at statues .... I never liked the statues keeping vigil, primarily because they were too close to life. — Amit Chaudhuri

The hard part about getting much attention is that people start dissecting what you do. — Judd Apatow

The worse we treat people in this country, the more delicately we talk about them. — Wilfrid Sheed

Suicide is about life, being in fact the sincerest form of criticism life gets. — Wilfrid Sheed

Every year Steve Kaufman supports the charity "Love Ride" by donating a painting to this cause. — Jay Leno

I don't remember killing anyone, I could have done it without knowing it. I am not sure if I did it. — John Wayne Gacy

You will only find the happiness you seek when you drop your negative attitude towards life, embrace life and be happy. — Leon Brown

Even the God of Calvin never judged anyone as harshly as married couples judge each other. — Wilfrid Sheed

I picked up the writing on the very day he died. It was the only consolation I could find. — Wilfrid Sheed

All theology consists in finding out what is meant by the words "He is." Let us begin. — Frank Sheed

Whether or not Big Brother is watching us, we certainly have to watch him, which may be even worse. — Wilfrid Sheed

Beware the fictionist writing his own life. Even candor becomes a strategy. — Wilfrid Sheed

One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it gets so much of its wisdom from writers. — Wilfrid Sheed

Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire. — William Godwin

Emily Dickinson sublimely unnames even the blanks. — Harold Bloom

The man who knows of the universe of spirit walks upright, the materialist hugs the earth. — Frank Sheed

The American male doesn't mature until he has exhausted all other possibilities. — Wilfrid Sheed

Unnecessary customs live a brutally short life in America. — Wilfrid Sheed

Let us be elegant or die! — Louisa May Alcott

The actual Irish weather report is really a recording made in 1922, which no one has had occasion to change. "Scattered showers, periods of sunshine." — Wilfrid Sheed

Mankind has always made too much of its saints and heroes, and how the latter handle the fuss might be called their final test. — Wilfrid Sheed

Sanity, remember, does not mean living in the same world as everyone else; it means living in the real world. — Frank Sheed

One way to prevent conversation from being boring is to say the wrong thing. — Francis Joseph Sheed