Tankus Posted November 25, 2006 Report Share Posted November 25, 2006 "Mine is the first generation able to contemplate the possibility that we may live our entire lives without going to war or sending our children to war" Tony Blair"Although present on the occasion, I have no clear recollection of the events leading up to it""I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks"" Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war" Winston Churchill Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 Makes you think. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 "Crisis? What crisis" Wrongly attributed to James Callaghan 1979 see here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 "Crisis? What crisis" Wrongly attributed to James Callaghan 1979 see here.I remember it well. We have a similar situation today, where the government can't seem to see the mess we are getting deeper and deeper into. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 "It does not mean that the pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued." Harold Wilson on his devaluation of the pound 19 November 1967"Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candour, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness." Margaret Thatcher Pass the sick bag. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
catgate Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 "Every trait of beauty may be referred to some virtue, as to innocence, candour, generosity, modesty, or heroism. St. Pierre To cultivate the sense of the beautiful, is one of the most effectual ways of cultivating an appreciation of the divine goodness." Margaret Thatcher Pass the sick bag.I ran out of them when she was omnipresent. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
r4may Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 You have never had it so good. Harrold Macmillan I think. :0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trackrat Posted November 26, 2006 Report Share Posted November 26, 2006 This one from Margaret Thatcher.I don't know what I would do without Whitelaw. Everyone should have a Willy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thos Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 Mrs. Thatcher seems to be the source of many memorably sayings.My favourite..............."We are a grandmother"Thos. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tankus Posted November 27, 2006 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 pops Thatcher quote .... Im still wondering how a sentence like that , would come up in a conversation ...? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gandalph Posted November 27, 2006 Report Share Posted November 27, 2006 pops Thatcher quote .... Im still wondering how a sentence like that , would come up in a conversation ...?She always thought she was Queen Victoria! :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dagwoood Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 "He's using his strength. And that is his strength, his strength." Kevin Keegan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andsome Posted November 28, 2006 Report Share Posted November 28, 2006 I well remember one of the commentators in a Pot Black snooker match many years ago, saying somehing along the lines of." and for the benefit of those viewers watching in black and white, the green ball is the one next to the blue". :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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