Quotes of the Day April 7
"There is an enormous difference in what actually happened and what the
imagination did to it" - Actress Anna Massey, on writing her
autobiography.
"The delicious irony is that my bitter enemies are going to operate the
structures and mechanisms we put in place nine years ago. I shall enjoy
that" - Lord (David) Trimble, former Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
on the forthcoming Ian Paisley-Gerry Adams "coalition".
"It is futile to blame Margaret Beckett at the Foreign Office for not
responding with a heavier hand. She had nothing in her hand. We don't
dispatch gunboats to countries that poke us in the eye these days" -
Tory peer Lord Deedes on the naval personnel captured by Iran.
"I hope that even in Blair's Britain there will be no question of giving
medals to any of these captives. They may deserve our pity, but they do
not command our respect" - Former Fleet Street editor Sir Max Hastings
on the conduct of the naval personnel held by Iran.
"I didn't die on the Cross which was disappointing" - Artist Sebastian
Horsley, recalling how he was once nailed to the Cross in the
Philippines during a traditional Easter ceremony.
"Walk lightly in the spring: Mother Earth is pregnant" - American Indian
proverb recalled this week.
"Still the bulk of Labour's backbenchers, now in a blue funk, cling to
the idea that we all really want this brooding oaf as our next Prime
Minister" - Best-selling author Frederick Forsyth on Gordon Brown and
the "pension fiasco".
"I hate podcasts. I hate blogs as well. And I don't want to read
undigested twaddle by some amateurs. Real journalists don't want to do
these things" - TV pundit Janet Street-Porter.
"The loudness is a kind of brainwashing in the sense that you are
utterly controlled by the music. It is incredibly alienating because it
is impossible to share your enjoyment of it" - Julian Fellowes, author
and screenwriter on modern music.
"A 357mph train running on lines maintained by Network Rail? No thanks"
- Ray Dover, of Ingatestone, Essex, in a letter to the Daily Mail.
imagination did to it" - Actress Anna Massey, on writing her
autobiography.
"The delicious irony is that my bitter enemies are going to operate the
structures and mechanisms we put in place nine years ago. I shall enjoy
that" - Lord (David) Trimble, former Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
on the forthcoming Ian Paisley-Gerry Adams "coalition".
"It is futile to blame Margaret Beckett at the Foreign Office for not
responding with a heavier hand. She had nothing in her hand. We don't
dispatch gunboats to countries that poke us in the eye these days" -
Tory peer Lord Deedes on the naval personnel captured by Iran.
"I hope that even in Blair's Britain there will be no question of giving
medals to any of these captives. They may deserve our pity, but they do
not command our respect" - Former Fleet Street editor Sir Max Hastings
on the conduct of the naval personnel held by Iran.
"I didn't die on the Cross which was disappointing" - Artist Sebastian
Horsley, recalling how he was once nailed to the Cross in the
Philippines during a traditional Easter ceremony.
"Walk lightly in the spring: Mother Earth is pregnant" - American Indian
proverb recalled this week.
"Still the bulk of Labour's backbenchers, now in a blue funk, cling to
the idea that we all really want this brooding oaf as our next Prime
Minister" - Best-selling author Frederick Forsyth on Gordon Brown and
the "pension fiasco".
"I hate podcasts. I hate blogs as well. And I don't want to read
undigested twaddle by some amateurs. Real journalists don't want to do
these things" - TV pundit Janet Street-Porter.
"The loudness is a kind of brainwashing in the sense that you are
utterly controlled by the music. It is incredibly alienating because it
is impossible to share your enjoyment of it" - Julian Fellowes, author
and screenwriter on modern music.
"A 357mph train running on lines maintained by Network Rail? No thanks"
- Ray Dover, of Ingatestone, Essex, in a letter to the Daily Mail.
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