The Church of England is the Tory Party at prayer.
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A woman is only a woman but a cigar is a good smoke. Rudyard Kipling
David Lloyd George:
Negotiating with Eamon de Valera is like trying to pick up mercury with a fork.
Negotiating with Eamon de Valera is like trying to pick up mercury with a fork.
Will Rogers - American humorist on the Venus de Milo:
See what happens if you don't stop biting your fingernails.
See what happens if you don't stop biting your fingernails.
George Orwell:
In a Lancashire cotton-town you could probably go for months on end without once hearing an 'educated' accent, whereas there can hardly be a town in the South of England where you could throw a brick without hitting the niece of a bishop.
In a Lancashire cotton-town you could probably go for months on end without once hearing an 'educated' accent, whereas there can hardly be a town in the South of England where you could throw a brick without hitting the niece of a bishop.
When Wyatt Earp tracked down a cowboy called Frank Stillwell, one of the men responsible for the murder of his brother Morgan a few days earlier, he shot him so many times a member of the local judiciary was moved to remark:
We couldn't decide whether to bury Frank or sell him to a scrap metal dealer!
We couldn't decide whether to bury Frank or sell him to a scrap metal dealer!
The trouble with Ian (Fleming 007 author) is that he gets off with women because he can't get on with them.
His was the sort of career that made the Recording Angel think seriously about taking up shorthand.
President Jimmy Carter had the air of a man who had never taken any decisions in his life. They had always taken him.
We have often heard Cork called the Venice of Ireland, but have never heard Venice called the Cork of Italy.
Zsa Zsa Gabor on being asked how many husbands have you had?
You mean apart from my own?
You mean apart from my own?
Phillip Larkin on English Poet Laureate (1930-98) Ted Hughes.
We had the old crow over at Hull recently, looking like a Christmas present from Easter Island.
We had the old crow over at Hull recently, looking like a Christmas present from Easter Island.
An optimist is a guy that has never had much experience.
Bill Bryson:
We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls.
We used to build civilizations. Now we build shopping malls.
Winston Churchill:
My wife and I tried to breakfast together but we had to stop or our marriage would have been wrecked.
My wife and I tried to breakfast together but we had to stop or our marriage would have been wrecked.
American President, Calvin Coolidge when asked what a clergyman had said in his sermon about sin:
He was against it.
He was against it.
First the doctor told me the good news. I was going to have a disease named after me.......