Ronald Knox Quotes

A baby is a loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
Ronald Knox

End, Sense, Baby

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but long enough to cover the essentials.
Ronald Knox

Good, Long, Woman

A loud noise at one end and no sense of responsibility at the other.
Ronald Knox

End, Sense, Noise

It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have given up believing in the devil when he is the only explanation of it.
Ronald Knox

Stupid, Devil, Believing

Only man has dignity; only man, therefore, can be funny.
Ronald Knox

Funny, Dignity, Therefore

The hall-mark of American humour is its pose of illiteracy.
Ronald Knox

American, Humour, Illiteracy

When suave politeness, tempering bigot zeal, corrected 'I believe' to 'one does feel'.
Ronald Knox

Politeness, Zeal, Bigot

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Biography

Nationality: English

Type: Theologian

Born: February 17, 1888

Died: 1957

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