“Whose fault is it, then? Dennis Compton's (Basil Fawlty)””
Quotes by John Dennis
“We’re all Dennis Hopper now.””
“Even though their crimes were completely different, the one thing the maladjusted genius Ted Kaczynski and the sadistic but banal underachiever Dennis Rader shared was a monumental sense of ego. Neither one of them could bear to let his brilliance go unrecognized by the public, and that was their downfall in both cases.””
“It’s like Wednesday morning at the world’s biggest Denny’s,””
“The Benny of the air was a fraud, a myth, a creation. It should have surprised no one to learn”
“Dennis Rader quoted Harvey Glatman as saying, 'It was all about the rope.' What exactly does that mean? The rope symbolized total control. The ultimate fantasy would be to keep these victims alive and dominated indefinitely, although both men knew that wasn't possible.””
“The promise from Scripture is, “Greater is He who is in you than he who is in the world” (1 John 4:4 NASB). It is only our sinfulness that causes us to fear, and when we fear we begin to sink and look at ourselves instead of God. When we do that, we immediately know that there is no hope for us; there is no way we can stand for Christ in our circumstances. The environment is too difficult, the enemy too strong, the problems too great, the obstacles too mountainous. When we have reached this point, we sink. But if we can keep our eyes on Jesus, he is able to keep us from falling into sin or from sinking into despair.””
John Dennis was an English literary critic and playwright, best known for his insightful analyses of the works of Alexander Pope and the literary landscape of the early 18th century. His notable work,...