Quotes:Gentle reader: Yes, the thing to do is to ignore it. A
general rule of etiquette is that one apologizes for the unfortunate occurrence, but the unthinkable is unmentionable
View quotes by Judith MartinEnvironmental damage such as graffiti, fly-posting and
general littering is a menace that is becoming all too prevalent, not just in inner cities but in many communities - urban and rural.
View quotes by Margaret BeckettNobody died, it's a TV programme. It wasn't the
general election. People got a bit confused. [on his hilarious Eurovision gaffe on announcing the wrong winner!]
View quotes by Terry WoganYou cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end, each of us must work for our own improvement and, at the same time, share a
general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
View quotes by Marie CurieYou cannot hope to build a better world without improving the individuals. To that end each of us must work for his own improvement, and at the same time share a
general responsibility for all humanity, our particular duty being to aid those to whom we think we can be most useful.
View quotes by Marie CurieThe political status legislation which emerged in Congress in 1990 and 1991 did not receive the support needed for enactment into law during my tenure as Attorney
General.
View quotes by Dick ThornburghWriters of novels and romance in
general bring a double loss to their readers; robbing them of their time and money; representing men, manners, and things, that never have been, or are likely to be.
View quotes by Mary Wortley MontaguIn the weeks and months ahead, my task is to show I have the new ideas, the vision and the experience to earn the trust of the British people [then call a
general election Gordie]
View quotes by Gordon BrownThe notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in
general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.
View quotes by Iris MurdochA place is an area within an environment that has been altered in such a way to make the
general environment more conspicuous.
View quotes by Carl AndreIn the
general course of human nature, A power over a man's subsistence amounts to a power over his will.
View quotes by Alexander HamiltonMy
general thesis was that Lust should be shifted from the category of Sin to that of Virtue. [on giving a lecture on Lust, one of the Seven Deadly Sins]
View quotes by Simon BlackburnI put for the
general inclination of all mankind, a perpetual and restless desire of power after power, that ceaseth only in death. (Leviathan)
View quotes by Thomas HobbesI just don't know what happened, I don't know, so I'm really disappointed but I feel like, in
general, I was in good form. I just somehow fell off my form [on losing first round Oz Open '06]
View quotes by Venus WilliamsThis is the first time that the Scottish National Party have won a seat from Labour in a UK
General Election for 31 years [2005 election]
View quotes by Alex SalmondContrary to
general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.
View quotes by Peter UstinovThe cup of tea on arrival at a country house is a thing which, as a rule, I particularly enjoy. I like the crackling logs, the shaded lights, the scent of buttered toast, the
general atmosphere of leisured cosiness.
View quotes by P G WodehouseThe fact that John Prescott is being paid large sums of money to do little or nothing adds to the
general malaise surrounding this government and the feeling that ministers are incapable of tackling serious issues.
View quotes by Vince CableThe
general outlook is not that the person has died but that the person has lived.
View quotes by William BuchananDemocracy is the most vile form of government... democracies have ever been spectacles of turbulence and contention: have ever been found incompatible with personal security or the rights of property: and have in
general been as short in their lives as they have been violent in their deaths.
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