Alfred Harmsworth Quotes & Sayings

It's extraordinary that revolutions taking place around the world were sparked by communication on the Internet. — Robbie Robertson

Of the three women in Subhash's life - his mother, Gauri, Bela - there remained only one. His mother's mind was now a wilderness. There was no shape to it any longer, no clearing. It had been overtaken, overgrown. She'd been converted permanently by Udayan's death. That wilderness was her only freedom. She was locked inside her home, taken out once each day. Deepa would prevent her from endangering herself, from embarrassing herself, from making further scenes. But Gauri's mind had saved her. It had enabled her to stand upright. It had cleared a path for her. It had prepared her to walk away. — Jhumpa Lahiri

When I want a peerage, I shall buy one like an honest man. — Alfred Harmsworth

Every choice has a cost, Miss Song. The real question is whether or not one is willing to pay it."
"No, Blake. The real question is whether it's worth the price. — Heidi Heilig

It is hard news that catches readers. Features hold them. — Alfred Harmsworth

Never lose your sense of the superficial. — Alfred Harmsworth

Well then, take this thought with you for the dark hours to come: It is a ludicrous fiction that love conquers all, but it can, in fact, conquer quite a lot. I am Iason of the Blood, Knight of Arthur, King of the Britons, reborn into dark service in the year of Our Lord five hundred and sixty. My power is vast, and for none to arrogate but by my will and decree. My services are engaged, Selina. Tell me what you need to ease your pain in this, and it is yours. — Chris Dee

Be a football to Time and Chance, the more kicks, the better, so that you inspect the whole game and know its utmost law. — Ralph Waldo Emerson

If you strike me, Hareton will strike you! So you may as well sit down. — Emily Bronte

It is impossible for a stranger traveling through the United States to tell from the appearance of the people or the country whether he is in Toledo, Ohio, or Portland, Oregon. Ninety million Americans cut their hair in the same way, eat each morning exactly the same breakfast, tie up the small girls curls with precisely the same kind of ribbon fashioned into bows exactly alike; and in every way all try to look and act as much like all the others as they can. — Alfred Harmsworth

I have a treasured set of matched grain crosscut horns made for me by master American carver Jim Cooke, cut yin-yang from the same block of briar he waited five years to find. — Rick Newcombe

There's only two types of manager. Those who've been sacked and those who will be sacked in then future — Howard Wilkinson