Yes, I was a parish priest for five years. I was a curate in a large working class parish in Bristol and the Vicar of a village in Kent. (John Polkinghorne)

Yes, I was a parish priest for five years. I was a curate in a large working class parish in Bristol and the Vicar of a village in Kent.

John Polkinghorne

Related topics

bristol class curate five large parish priest vicar village working yes years kent

Related quotes

When you're in your early 20s your love life seems to explode every 20 minutes or so. By the time you've reached your thirties, it is every five or ten years. View quote
Patrick Marber
No man, however strong, can serve ten years as schoolmaster, priest, or Senator, and remain fit for anything else. View quote
Henry Adams
For a large class of cases -- though not for all -- in which we employ the word ''meaning'' it can be defined thus the meaning of a word is its use in the language. View quote
Ludwig Wittgenstein
By and large, mothers and housewives are the only workers who do not have regular time off. They are the great vacationless class. View quote
Anne Morrow Lindbergh
The oppressed are allowed once every few years to decide which particular representatives of the oppressing class shall represent and repress them in parliament! View quote
Vladimir Lenin