A puritan is a person who pours righteous indignation into the wrong things. G. K. Chesterton
[Of Guizot] A Puritan born in France by mistake. Walter Bagehot
In the United States there's a Puritan ethic and a mythology of success. He who is successful is good. In Latin countries, in Catholic countries, a successful person is a sinner. Umberto Eco
Art is so wonderfully irrational, exuberantly pointless, but necessary all the same. Pointless and yet necessary, that's hard for a puritan to understand. Günter Grass
If you have beautiful knees, show your knees. I'm not a puritan. I love skin. Francisco Costa
I was raised not so much in a puritan environment, but for the most part, a pretty healthy one. Guy Fieri