Denis Healy Quotes & Sayings

I unconsciously decided that, even if it wasn't an ideal world, it should be so and painted only the ideal aspects of it - pictures in which there are no drunken slatterns or self-centered mothers ... only foxy grandpas who played baseball with kids and boys who fished from logs and got up circuses in the back yard. — Norman Rockwell

I want to make sure I continue to make good music that my mom and everybody around me can be proud of. — Ruben Studdard

In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery. — Sallust

Life is a tapestry of hours
Forever mellowing in tone,
Where all things blend, even the longing
For hours I have never known. — Hazel Hall

When we begin to see our differences as opportunities rather than threats, then we can work together. — Bidemi Mark-Mordi

In England, philosophers are honoured, respected; they rise to public offices, they are buried with the kings ... In France warrants are issued against them, they are persecuted, pelted with pastoral letters: Do we see that England is any the worse for it? — John Dewey

Character matters; leadership descends from character. — Rush Limbaugh

The fundamentalists are insistent that they know best. It's a dictatorial attitude towards personal morality, which is a modern creation that came about in the 19th century. — Steve Coogan

Liz cleared her throat. "Isn't there a more polite term we're supposed to use nowadays? Like ... little person, or vertically challenged,or-"
"I'm not going to call myself the god of vertically challenged people," Bes grumbled. "I'm a dwarf! — Rick Riordan

Love's a loaded gun and it shoots to kill. — Alice Cooper

The reason I took Early Edition - besides the fact that I liked it - was that it enabled me to start a production company in New York City. It's a low-budget film company to produce and direct movies. — Fisher Stevens

"There is no deception now, Mr. Weller. Tears," said Job, with a look of momentary slyness, "tears are not the only proofs of distress, nor the best ones." — Charles Dickens

I got a coat lined with hampster. You couldn't do that kind of thing in America. All the Boy Scouts would go on strike. — Suzy Parker

Everybody's damaged. It's just a question of how badly, and whether you're healing or still bleeding. — Angela N. Blount