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Donald Coggan

Donald Coggan quotes

last updated: November 28, 2023

“My ignorance of science is such that if anyone mentioned copper nitrate I should think he was talking about policemen's overtime.”
-- Donald Coggan

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“I go through life as a transient on his way to eternity, made in the image of God but with that image debased, needing to be taught how to meditate, to worship, to think.”
-- Donald Coggan

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“Mostly I make lists for projects. This can be daunting. Breaking something big into its constituent parts will help you organize your thoughts, but it can also force you to confront the depth of your ignorance and the hugeness of the task. That's OK. The project may be the lion, but the list is your whip.”
“This is one of those cases in which the imagination is baffled by the facts.”
“On this shrunken globe, men can no longer live as strangers.”
“Before one can walk as Christ walked, and talk as He talked, he must first begin to think as Christ thought.”
“Like most parents, I've been stumped by homework, the big questions, such as: 'What is the point of geography - the pilot always knows where we are going?'. Answer: 'If you didn't know any geography, people would think you were an American, and you wouldn't be able to put them right because you wouldn't know where they live.'”

Source : A.A. Gill (2010). “Paper View: The Best of The Sunday Times Television Columns”, p.127, Hachette UK
“A quotation is a handy thing to have about, saving one the trouble of thinking for oneself, always a laborious business.”

Source : A. A. Milne (2013). “The Red House Mystery and Other Novels”, p.1247, eBookIt.com
“Think it over, think it under.”
“Talking to Yogi Berra about baseball is like talking to Homer about the Gods.”
“I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.”
“My life isn't necessarily more important than anyone else's: I'm just better in talking about it.”

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