English History Online Quotes & Sayings

Saying you want to escape is the easy part; actually figuring out how to do it is not quite so simple. — Kerry Wilkinson

The unemployment rate has effectively not gone down from where it was at the peak of the recession. The only reason it's gone technically from 10 percent to 8 percent is so many people are discouraged and have quit work. — Jim Talent

For me, having a child is a really great responsibility because you've got something there that is depending on you for information and love until a certain age when it goes to school. — Kate Bush

As the old saying goes, 'money is power' and the more money the government takes, the more power it has over individuals. — Angela McGlowan

Explanation is not half as strong as experience but experience is not half as strong as experience and understanding — Mark Z. Danielewski

I grew up in Pittsburgh, where you couldn't even see the noon sun in the sky, and that whole city was cleaned up without the federal government needing to be involved. I think we would have been much better served from the start if people would have better understood the principles of private property. — Ron Paul

I have no regrets because I did everything by the book. — Alexis Arguello

The effect of prizes on one's career - if that is what to call it - is considerable, since they give one more clout with publishers and more notoriety among journalists. The effect on one's writing, however, is nil - otherwise, one would be in deep trouble. — John Banville

Writing, playing, composing, painting, reading, listening, looking-all require that we submit to being swept away by Eros, to a transformation of self of the kind that happens when we fall in love. — Stephen Nachmanovitch

The test of a man isn't what you think he'll do. It's what he actually does. — Frank Herbert