#itani

He first made inquiry as to the religion of each of us and found Episcopalians, Roman Catholics and Presbyterians. The suggestion that we should say the Lord's Prayer together met with instant approval, and our voices with one accord burst forth in repeating that great appeal to the Creator and Preserver of all mankind, and the only prayer that everyone of us knew and could unite in, thereby manifesting that we were all sons of God and brothers to each other whatever our sphere in life or creed might be. ↗

— Archibald Gracie

#religion #titanic #life

Never be afraid to try something new. Remember that a lone amateur built the Ark. A large group of professionals built the Titanic. ↗

— Dave Barry

#noah #titanic #lonely

Life: I’ll never understand it. ↗

— Haruki Murakami

#short-story #tony-takitani #life

I would like to sing the theme tune of a big film - something like 'Titanic.' ↗

— Agnetha Faltskog

#film #i #like #sing #something

Don't you think you're just rearranging deck chairs on the Titanic? ↗

— William Vickrey

#deck #just #rearranging #think #titanic

Prostitution, although hounded, imprisoned, and chained, is nevertheless the greatest triumph of Puritanism. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#chained #greatest #hounded #imprisoned #nevertheless

Puritanism, in whatever expression, is a poisonous germ. On the surface everything may look strong and vigorous; yet the poison works its way persistently, until the entire fabric is doomed. ↗

— Emma Goldman

#entire #everything #expression #fabric #germ

Historically the Puritans left England to escape religious persecution, and they promptly turned around and started persecuting the people they didn't agree with - the scarlet letter A, and the stocks and the dunking board came from that. That puritanism is still there. ↗

— Hugh Hefner

#around #board #came #england #escape

One thing I'm doing on the new Titanic recording is actually bringing in different acoustic spaces. ↗

— Gavin Bryars

#actually #bringing #different #doing #i

Saudi Arabia is a puritanical state that claims a monopoly of wisdom and virtue. ↗

— James Buchan

#claims #monopoly #puritanical #saudi #saudi arabia