Holy Hand Grenade

Famous quotes containing the words holy, hand and/or grenade:

    “All human life is here, but the Holy Ghost seems to be somewhere else.”
    —Anthony Burgess (b. 1917)

    “I know with certainty, that [an honest man] is not to put his hand into the fire, and hold it there, till it be consumed: And this event, I think I can foretell with the same assurance, as that, if he throw himself out at the window, and meet with no obstruction, he will not remain a moment suspended in the air.”
    —David Hume (1711–1776)

    “Good manners, Madam, are had these days not
    For your asking, nor mine, nor what-we-used-to-be’s.
    The day is a loud grenade that bursts a smile
    Of serious weeds in a comic lily plot....”
    —Allen Tate (1899–1979)