Wivenhoe Surgery Quotes & Sayings

I never have the nagging doubt of wondering whether perhaps I am wrong. — P. W. Botha

... Some people, under a nervous and self-effacing manner, conceal a great deal of vanity and self-satisfaction. — Agatha Christie

Everything, it said, was against the travellers, every obstacle imposed alike by man and by nature. A miraculous agreement of the times of departure and arrival, which was impossible, was absolutely necessary to his success. He might, perhaps, reckon on the arrival of trains at the designated hours, in Europe, where the distances were relatively moderate; but when he calculated upon crossing India in three days, and the United States in seven, could he rely beyond misgiving upon accomplishing his task? There were accidents to machinery, the liability of trains to run off the line, collisions, bad weather, the blocking up by snow - were not all these against Phileas Fogg? Would he not find himself, when travelling by steamer in winter, at the mercy of the winds and fogs? — Jules Verne

War is rich old men protecting their property by sending middle class and lower class young men off to die. It always has been. — George Carlin

When the precipitancy of a man's wishes hurries on his ideas ninety times faster than the vehicle he rides in
woe be to truth! — Laurence Sterne

The Ramones own the fountain of youth. Experiencing us is like having the fountain of youth. — Joey Ramone

I am not frightened of much, but I wouldn't like to get ill. — Marianne Faithfull

Associations must evolve if they are to survive into the future. — Omer Soker

The only rationale that the states put forth with any conviction-that same-sex couples and their children don't need marriage because same-sex couples can't produce children, intended or unintended-is so full of holes that it cannot be taken seriously ... — Richard Posner

At that time I was making the largest salary known on television and I didn't want to see it die because those were the years paying off when I wasn't making anything. — Larry Hagman

Blessed are the mendacious, for they shall grow wealthy beyond their wildest dreams. — James K. Morrow