Dorling Quotes & Sayings

If a better politics were in the direct and obvious interest of the old, wealthy and powerful, it would already exist. — Danny Dorling

I am not wrong in the belief that its public funds are more secure than those of all the European powers. — Albert Gallatin

In his Philosophy of Style, Herbert Spencer gives two sentences to illustrate how the vague and general can be turned into the vivid and particular: In proportion as the manners, customs, and amusements of a nation are cruel and barbarous, the regulations of its penal code will be severe. In proportion as men delight in battles, bullfights, and combats of gladiators, will they punish by hanging, burning, and the rack. — William Strunk Jr.

Socrates said, our only knowledge was
"To know that nothing could be known;" a pleasant
Science enough, which levels to an ass
Each Man of Wisdom, future, past, or present.
Newton, (that Proverb of the Mind,) alas!
Declared, with all his grand discoveries recent,
That he himself felt only "like a youth
Picking up shells by the great Ocean-Truth." — Lord Byron

The future will present insurmountable problems- only when we consider them insurmountable. — Thomas S. Monson

Listeners, that brings us to the end of another Potterwatch. We don't know when it will be possible to broadcast again, but you can be sure we shall be back. Keep twiddling those dials: the next password will be 'Mad-Eye.' Keep each other safe. Keep faith. Good night. — J.K. Rowling

The idea that you don't do anything on the off-chance you might be criticized, you'd end up living like a cabbage and it's pointless. You've got to stick up for something you believe in." While — Sally Bedell Smith

I appreciate a straightforward apology the way a tone-deaf person enjoys a fine piece of music. — Gillian Flynn

When I was 9 or 10 years old it wasn't the thing to be seen doing - reading a book in your spare time. — Tom Felton

Give peace a chance — John Lennon

I have no problems with buying tampons. I am a fairly modern man. But apparently they're not a "proper" present. "Happy birthday, mum!" — Jimmy Carr

Drunken men give some of the best pep talks. — Criss Jami

There are no more new worlds. The unoccupied arable lands of the earth are limited, and will soon be taken. — Josiah Strong

There is a politeness of the heart; this is closely allied to love. — Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

A radical does not mean a man who lives on radishes," remarked Crook, with some impatience; "and a Conservative does not mean a man who preserves jam. Neither, I assure you, does a Socialist mean a man who desires a social evening with the chimney-sweep. A Socialist means a man who wants all the chimneys swept and all the chimney-sweeps paid for it. — G.K. Chesterton