Monocled British Man Quotes & Sayings

I'm beginning to view democracy as the Siri of political systems. So much better in theory. — Rob Thomas

There are 11 states in the United States that in the last 50 years instituted an income tax. So I looked at each of those 11 states over the last 50 years, and I took their current economic metrics and their metrics for the five years before they put in the progressive income tax. Every single state that introduced a progressive income tax has declined as an overall share of the U.S. economy. — Arthur Laffer

The arrogance of race prejudice is an arrogance which defies what is scientifically known of human races. — Ruth Benedict

If your left leg is Thanksgiving, and your right leg is Christmas, can I visit you between the holidays? — Suzanne Wright

I am a nice young girl here to pick up your granddaughter for the weekend ... We're going to a Bible retreat to scare the devil out of her. - Bones to Cat's grandparents — Jeaniene Frost

One gets so used to one's own horrors, one forgets how they must seem to other people. — Diane Setterfield

Sometimes laughing isn't the best judge of what's funny, 'cause I think there's a lot of things that are really funny that don't make you laugh, that don't make you physically, audibly make a noise, but is something that is much more powerful than that. — Tim Heidecker

France loves American cinema because when an American remake is successful, it makes us money to produce more French films. — Clotilde Hesme

I had really great parents who always gave me lots of opportunity for choice, but I didn't always realize how rare that was for a girl for them to say, 'You can be a mom or have a career or do both or do something we haven't thought of yet.' — Ally Condie

When the Bolsheviks came to power they were soft and easy with their enemies ... we had begun by making a mistake. Leniency towards such a power was a crime against the working classes. That soon became apparent ... — Joseph Vissarionovich Stalin

There is something to this fabric of life that is beautiful. If you find the world unpleasant, I don't think that is wisdom. That is a sign of a lack of wisdom. — Frederick Lenz

These were the new girls of New York- complete with rapid heartbeats from too much nicotine and coffee. They were nervous and fluttery but completely alluring- the new face of urban femininity. — Elizabeth Winder