09-04-2022, 11:11 AM
"A conservative government is an organised hypocrisy"
On Robert Peel's government
"Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on with a thick trowel"
On Queen Victoria
"There are three kinds of lies; lies, damned lies and statistics."
On the art of politics
Benjamin Disraeli
"LifeÔÇÖs disappointmentÔÇÖs are harder to take if you donÔÇÖt know any swear words."
Bill Watterson
"About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment."
Josh Billings
"An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last instalment missing."
Quentin Crisp
On Robert Peel's government
"Everyone likes flattery, and when you come to Royalty, you should lay it on with a thick trowel"
On Queen Victoria
"There are three kinds of lies; lies, damned lies and statistics."
On the art of politics
Benjamin Disraeli
"LifeÔÇÖs disappointmentÔÇÖs are harder to take if you donÔÇÖt know any swear words."
Bill Watterson
"About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment."
Josh Billings
"An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last instalment missing."
Quentin Crisp
in order to be old & wise, you must first be young & stupid. (I'm still working on that.)