Peter Thorneycroft Quotes & Sayings

Jesus, she said. -Are you in there at all? -I am, Annie, I told her. -Bursting to get out. — Roddy Doyle

Punishments erode relationships and moral growth. — Alfie Kohn

Capt. Sobers' character strengths separated him from the other leaders within as well as outside the section. The most important of these for me was that he cared for his subordinates. Let me emphasize: he TRULY cared for his subordinates. From a militaristically accepted leadership perspective, that was a rarity. — Robert A. Trivino

Music like religion, unconditionally brings in its train all the moral virtues to the heart it enters, even though that heart is not in the least worthy. — Jean-Baptiste Joseph Emile Montegut

When the broken-hearted people, living in the world agree, there will be an answer, Let It Be — The Beatles

Some men go through life absolutely miserable because, despite the most enormous achievement, they just didn't do one thing-like the architect who didn't build St Paul's. I didn't quite build St Paul's, but I stood on more mountaintops than possibly I deserved. — Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft

The most important investment you can make is in yourself. — Warren Buffett

No government dependent on a democratic vote could possibly agree in advance to the sacrifices which any adequate plan for European Union must involve. The people must be led slowly and unconsciously into the abandonment of their traditional economic defences, not asked ... — Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft

The choice in politics isn't usually between black and white. It's between two horrible shades of gray. — Peter Thorneycroft, Baron Thorneycroft

Learn how to ignore the examples from others when they are wrong, because few skills are more worth having. — Charlie Munger

Cities with a black middle class provide the narrow minded an opportunity to realize that cultural differences are largely economic. — Dov Davidoff

You're playing worse and worse every day and right now you're playing like it's next month. — Herb Brooks

Do not believe in an absurdity no matter who says it. — Rumi

One of the most refreshing ideas to come out of existentialism (perhaps the only one) is that we are free to interpret and reinterpret the meaning of our lives. You — Sam Harris

We want to connect all these musical worlds together. We just improvise; we know straight away if its going to work or not. They're not covers - I hate the word cover. We do a transcription: mix it up, put our own spin on it. I think people will be surprised how powerful our show is. — Luka Sulic

Our founding fathers detested the idea of a democracy and labored long to prevent America becoming one. Once again - the word 'democracy' does not appear in the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution of the United States, or the constitution of any of the fifty states. Not once. Furthermore, take a look at State of the Union speeches. You won't find the 'D' word uttered once until the Wilson years. — Neal Boortz

I try to always have a hair cut that I don't have to style every day, so I'll usually just let my hair air dry. — Allison Williams