Alec Douglas-Home Quotes & Sayings

My wife had an uncle who could never walk down the nave of an abbey without wondering whether it would take spin. — Alec Douglas-Home

Oh God, if there be cricket in heaven, let there also be rain. — Alec Douglas-Home

The doctor unfortunately said I was fit. — Alec Douglas-Home

To my deafness I'm accustomed, To my dentures I'm resigned, I can manage my bifocals, But Oh how I miss my mind. — Alec Douglas-Home

A man of integrity will never listen to any reason against conscience. — Alec Douglas-Home

"a fatal and perhaps fateful error of judgment" " ... this was the last chance for the United Nations to get a grip on themselves and apply the principles of their Charter" — Alec Douglas-Home

For ebbing resolution ne'er returns,
But falls still further from its former shore. — Alec Douglas-Home

The first casualty (of this crisis) had been the United Nations. It would need an immense effort, an almost superhuman effort, to restore the prestige of that organization — Alec Douglas-Home

Resentment is, in every stage of the passion, painful, but it is not disagreeable, unless in excess; pity is always painful, yet always agreeable; vanity, on the contrary, is always pleasant, yet always disagreeable. — Alec Douglas-Home

There are two problems in my life. The political ones are insoluble and the economic ones are incomprehensible. — Alec Douglas-Home