The following was said in the 1930s but could apply to Brexit today:
I think it will be a clash between the political will and the administrative won't.
I think it will be a clash between the political will and the administrative won't.
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Noel Coward writing to T E Lawrence (of Arabia) when the latter was 'hiding' in the RAF under the name of Brown:
Dear 338171 (May I call you 338?)
Dear 338171 (May I call you 338?)
Laugh and the world laughs with you; snore and you sleep alone.
Georges Clemencau (1841 -1929), French Prime Minister:
America is the only country in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
America is the only country in history which miraculously has gone directly from barbarism to degeneration without the usual interval of civilization.
The only way for a newspaperman to look at a poiltician is down.
Do not insult the mother alligator until you have crossed the river.
Adultery is the application of democracy to love.
If there is one thing, above all, that a vulture can't stand, it's a glass eye.
There are few wild beasts more to be dreaded than a talking man having nothing to say.
Amateurs practise until they get it right; professionals practise until they can't get it wrong.
Conversation heard at a Hollywood wedding reception:
What are you giving the bride and groom?
About three months.
What are you giving the bride and groom?
About three months.
I would rather that the people should wonder why I wasn't President than why I am.
On the NHS and continuing austerity:
Here is a pretty prospect - an endless vista of free false teeth with nothing to bite.
Here is a pretty prospect - an endless vista of free false teeth with nothing to bite.
A shut mouth will catch no flies.
It's not whether you win or lose, it's how you look playing the game. Russell Martin's philosophy?
The music teacher comes twice a week to bridge the awful gap between Dorothy and Chopin.
Of Madonna quoted in Time Magazine 1985:
Sings like Mickey Mouse on helium..... Like a sheep in pain.
Sings like Mickey Mouse on helium..... Like a sheep in pain.
Sir Thomas Beecham:
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't much give a damn what goes on in between.
There are two golden rules for an orchestra: start together and finish together. The public doesn't much give a damn what goes on in between.
Sir Thomas Beecham on being asked if he had ever heard any Stockhausen:
No, but I once stepped in some.
No, but I once stepped in some.
Be alert! Your country needs lerts.