Quotes from Neil Boyd

Tis not the nodding of the head that rows the boat.' As

There are times, believe you me, when to lie would be a sin and to tell the truth would be a disaster.

It's the art of letting people deceive themselves without actually telling them lies.

Life is so gorgeous, the mystery is we are not always deliriously happy.

I asked him, half-seriously, if he ever asked God to help him give it up. 'The drink? I only have the courage to pray for sobriety, d'you know, when I'm drunk.

A fine woman, that,' said Mr Appleby generously. 'Y' think so,' returned Fr Duddleswell, his mind not really on it. 'I would trust her with me life but not with anything important.

Why" is a nasty little Protestant word, you follow? Catholics, now, say, "Credo, I Believe," to whatever the Pope says. If you want to ask "Why?" go ask the Anglican vicar to instruct you in unbelief and he will let you "Why-why-why?" to your heart's content.

Aim not, if you are wise, to make water run uphill nor try pulling milk from the udders of a billy-goat.