Profumo Case Quotes & Sayings

Too weary and dazed by unfinished sleep even to swear. There comes a degree of numbness in fatigue and exasperation which can be expressed only by a sullen silence. — Humphrey Cobb

I have my faults, but changing my tune is not one of them. — Samuel Beckett

Every 'No' gets me closer to a 'Yes'. — Mark Cuban

Where are you from, Mr. Pendergast? Can't quite place the accent."
"New Orleans."
"What a coincidence! I went there for Mardi Gras once."
"How nice for you. I myself have never attended."
Ludwig paused, the smile frozen on his face, wondering how to steer the conversation onto a more pertinent topic. — Douglas Preston

We must not forget that chemical warfare will sooner or later bring in its wake bacteriological warfare, pest propagation, typhus and other serious diseases. — Ferdinand Buisson

The main thing I worship is Nature ! — Laure Lacornette

When, however, the conviction had come to me that I was helpless I sat down quietly, as quietly as I have ever done anything in my life, and began to think over what was best to be done. I am thinking still, and as yet have come to no definite conclusion. — Bram Stoker

Tripping is embarrassing, but I have learned that where we stumble is the place we dig for gold - where we trip is where the treasure lies. — Calvin Miller

In the last analysis, most of our difficulties come from losing contact with our instincts, with the age-old forgotten wisdom stored up in us. — C. G. Jung

The whole infrastructure of air travel was, and is, part of government policy. It is not a natural development of a free economic system - at least not in the way that is claimed. The same is true of the roads, of course. — Noam Chomsky

Paris is a wonderful city. I can't say I belong to an especially anglophone community. — Marilyn Hacker

A writer's works, like the water in an artesian well, mount to a height which is in proportion to the depth to which suffering has penetrated his soul. — Marcel Proust

... Turning the simple 'handjob' into something exquisitely erotic seems quite a reasonable goal."

Louise to Acacia, re her husbands immediate future, in Explicitly Sexy — Martin Rinehart

We make deals with the devil every day, metaphorically. — Daniel Waters

Take time to sense the abundance we have, as we don't have an abundance of time. — Dixie Waters