Woolsack Quotes & Sayings

It is good taste, and good taste alone, that possesses the power to sterilize and is always the first handicap to any creative functioning. — Salvador Dali

However strong, however imposing a ship may appear, it is not 'disgraced' because it flies before the tempest. A commander ought always to remember that a man's life is worth more than the mere satisfaction of his own pride. In any case, to be obstinate is blameable, and to be wilful is dangerous. — Jules Verne

It's harder to end a war than begin one. Indeed, everything that American troops have done in Iraq
all the fighting and all the dying, the bleeding and the building, and the training and the partnering
all of it has led to this moment of success. Now, Iraq is not a perfect place. It has many challenges ahead. But we're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant Iraq, with a representative government that was elected by its people. We're building a new partnership between our nations. — Barack Obama

The Giant Ocean Tank, with its 52 large viewing windows, is the main attraction here. Myrtle, a giant green sea turtle, is one of the tank's most popular animals, along with sharks, rays and more than 100 other species. The Aquarium Medical Center is a working animal hospital exhibit that allows visitors to observe veterinarians examining and treating sea creatures. — John Grant

You are always flattered when big clubs are interested in you. — Rio Ferdinand

I have no home but me. — Anne Truitt

In the Soviet Union, for instance, the pressure on the chess stars was immense. When Boris Spassky came home after losing that match, he found he no longer had an apartment in Moscow. — Liz Garbus

In the days when the nation depended on agriculture for its wealth it made the Lord Chancellor sit on a woolsack to remind him where the wealth came from. I would like to suggest we remove that now and make him sit on a crate of machine tools. — Prince Philip

When you have a very hot single there is no reason why it can't drive album sales. People fall off and come back on. I'm looking forward to coming back on with a vengeance. — Justin Guarini

And then I thought that I had to be like Sherlock Holmes and I had to detach my mind at will to a remarkable degree so that I did not notice how much it was hurting inside my head. — Mark Haddon

The problem is, your ego sometimes tells you that you can do many things. But sometimes it's best to stay focused and be honest with yourself. — Sylvester Stallone

The true way to render age vigorous is to prolong the youth of the mind. — Mortimer Collins

Science fiction, extrasensory perception, and black people are judged by the worst elements they produce. — Octavia E. Butler