Dibley England Quotes & Sayings

When your prayers aren't answered immediately, sometimes God has a different - or better - plan. — Jim George

As scientists linked smoking to cancer, the tobacco industry was under particularly pointed attack, which might have heightened Powell's alarmism. As a director at Philip Morris from 1964 until he joined the Supreme Court, Powell was an unabashed defender of tobacco, signing off on a series of annual reports lashing out at critics. The company's 1967 annual report, for instance, declared, "We deplore the lack of objectivity in so important a controversy ... Unfortunately the positive benefits of smoking which are so widely acknowledged are largely ignored by many reports linking cigarettes and health, and little attention is paid to the scientific reports which are favorable to smoking." Powell took umbrage at the refusal by the Federal Communications Commission to grant the tobacco companies "equal time" to respond to their critics on television and argued that the companies' First Amendment rights were being infringed. — Jane Mayer

All I ever thought was, 'I'm going to do this as long as I can, and if I can't get paid at it, I'll be a bum doing it.' And so, here I am. — Bruce Cockburn

Despite the Saint-Nectaire, this analysis would be absolutely reasonable if it did not sin grievously by omission — Georges Perec

Coming up with comedy is hard, man. Those bits aren't easy to think of! — Craig Robinson

I could kill Vino for all this doping crap. Strangle him slowly with piano wire just like they do in the Italian gangster movies. I bet I could get Aru to buy the wire. — Vincenzo Nibali

From a little boat, to a big boat, to a helicopter, to an airplane. — Kevin Johnson

Statistically and emotionally, I believe that the way I can be of help to society is by doing what I know and what I've been good at. — Tom Peters