It is impossible that the whisper of a faction should prevail against the voice of a nation.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL Among the defects of the Bill, which were numerous, one provision was conspicuous by its presence an...
LORD JOHN RUSSELL A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL (1) Among the defects of the bill [Lord Derby's] which are numerous, one provision is conspicuous by it...
LORD JOHN RUSSELL (1) A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom.
JOHN RUSSELL Sanity calms, but madness is more interesting.
JOHN RUSSELL The name 'reservation' has a negative connotation among Native Americans - an intern camp of...
JOHN RUSSELL Conspicuous by its absence.
JOHN RUSSELL If peace cannot be maintained with honor, it is no longer peace.
JOHN RUSSELL A proverb is the wisdom of many and the wit of one.
JOHN RUSSELL What makes people the world over stand in line for Van Gogh is not that they will see beautiful pict...
JOHN RUSSELL Karma is a bitch, and she's got your home phone number...
JOHN RUSSELL We're on the verge of a great situation here with all of the good, young players we have coming up,
JOHN RUSSELL Were a lot of those guys ready? No. We had to force feed them due to circumstances with payroll, ......
JOHN RUSSELL Our goal is to sustain a victim for 10 minutes while we wait for support,
JOHN RUSSELL I love what I do. I love the job I have right now, ... If managing comes along, that's great. If I c...
JOHN RUSSELL We're getting closer, and you'd love to be a part of that.
JOHN RUSSELL Brad [Jones] asked me to come along to their test day last Monday for a look and I was very impresse...
JOHN RUSSELL Henry Moore was . . . the Number 1 choice whenever a public sculpture was needed. . . . It was thoug...
JOHN RUSSELL Certain phrases stick in the throat, even if they offer nothing that is analytically improbable. 'A ...
JOHN RUSSELL What makes people the world over stand in line for Van Gogh is not that they will see beautiful pict...
JOHN RUSSELL They basically saved the game for us with the plays they made. They're exciting players and have som...
JOHN RUSSELL We're in a much more stable construction market now, no longer impacted by those market pressures.
JOHN RUSSELL He was missing his spots a little bit and made some mistakes with two strikes.
JOHN RUSSELL To get two runs the way they pitched us was pretty good.
JOHN RUSSELL One of the things I'd like him to do is be able to steal the big bases, when everybody knows he's go...
JOHN RUSSELL What I expect is consistency of doing it right every day. Each day has to be a learning experience, ...
JOHN RUSSELL We knew coming in the offense was going to be a little bit of a work in progress. We don't have guys...
JOHN RUSSELL We battled. We'll get better. It'll take us a little bit to get all the wheels going in the same dir...
JOHN RUSSELL We're starting to put things together. Hopefully we'll continue to improve.
JOHN RUSSELL This is an academic enterprise of a particular kind in the fine arts: taking a program and honing it...
JOHN RUSSELL It's hard to know what you can do with security the way it is. The museum will open some day, but fo...
JOHN RUSSELL You don't see too many good left-handed pitchers. It's a very added plus.
JOHN RUSSELL It's the first game of the year. It's just one of those things you take in stride; it's over and you...
JOHN RUSSELL He was in the strike zone. He made us put the ball in play, and that's what makes you effective when...
JOHN RUSSELL I thought I did a good job. I did everything I was asked to do, so I'm not disappointed with anythin...
JOHN RUSSELL It's a potential threat to the life industry. If people start saving through employer-sponsored pens...
JOHN RUSSELL Our brand is unique, offering the style and amenities of the world's leading upscale hotels at mid-s...
JOHN RUSSELL I'm running because I'm upset with the way our government is being run. It's being run right into th...
JOHN RUSSELL It makes math and stuff more fun than writing on a boring chalkboard.
JOHN RUSSELL He's one of those guys I kept my eye on early in spring training. There was talk of sending him down...
JOHN RUSSELL A proverb is one man's wit and all men's wisdom
JOHN RUSSELL I don't think it will affect them much, I hope not. We didn't expect to win every game the rest of t...
JOHN RUSSELL He?s a good kid, works hard and has a good work ethic. You look in our clubhouse and he fits in very...
JOHN RUSSELL DeSalvo threw a hell of a game. Especially after we got two runs, he was hitting his spots and chang...
JOHN RUSSELL He's hitting well from both sides of the plate. He's been picking up everybody else.
JOHN RUSSELL We haven't been able to stretch him out, so we're trying to gradually increase him.
JOHN RUSSELL You can't say it's a slump; he's just starting out a little slow, just like a lot of guys do. Things...
JOHN RUSSELL I think he's got all the tools that you look for as far as an outfielder. He's got the tools to be s...
JOHN RUSSELL Once we get some things ironed out and guys start getting a little more comfortable, things will tur...
JOHN RUSSELL Games like this, you have to give Columbus a lot of credit. They came out swinging the bats very agg...
JOHN RUSSELL It's tight on occasion. It's a good pitch for him, obviously.
JOHN RUSSELL Any young pitcher who has stuff like Brito does, (needs) consistency. (He) has to be able to command...
JOHN RUSSELL The name 'reservation' has a negative connotation among Native Americans _ an intern camp of sorts.
JOHN RUSSELL People are there by choice. It's increasingly unusual that undergraduates are willing to commit thei...
JOHN RUSSELL Ginny Brown-Waite is marching in lockstep with President Bush every step of the way. On Medicare, on...
JOHN RUSSELL We do not have an extradition treaty with Taiwan, but we will make every effort to return them to th...
JOHN RUSSELL We do not have an extradition treaty with Taiwan, but we will make every effort to return them to th...
JOHN RUSSELL What life companies have to do is get their costs down to less than 1 percent of funds under managem...
JOHN RUSSELL When art is made new, we are made new with it. We have a sense of solidarity with our own time, and ...
JOHN RUSSELL No battle of any importance can be won without enthusiasm.
JOHN LORD O'BRIAN There is something peculiarly sinister and insidious in even a charge of disloyalty. Such a charge a...
JOHN LORD O'BRIAN Selfishness leads to nothingness. Generosity and benevolence leads to great reward,” he explained.
JOHN W LORD There was no guarantee of victory if I remained the same or just tried to be myself, but there was c...
JOHN W LORD Man's extremity is God's opportunity.
JOHN HAMILTON, LORD BELHAVEN Between two worlds life hovers like a star, twixt night and morn, upon the horizon's verge.
LORD BYRON Man, being reasonable, must get drunk; the best of life is but intoxication.
LORD BYRON One of the nuisances of the ballot is that when the oracle has spoken you never know what it means.
LORD SALISBURY I cannot help thinking that the menace of Hell makes as many devils as the severe penal codes of inh...
LORD BYRON In science there is only physics; all the rest is stamp collecting.
LORD KELVIN What is fame? The advantage of being known by people of whom you yourself know nothing, and for whom...
LORD BYRON There were exceptions, a couple of families that just plain didn't want to even think about it, ...
WALTER LORD You have to study the people and the ones that measure up are not always the ones you expect.
WALTER LORD I never earned a dollar that was not somehow through writing.
WALTER LORD It's a funny thing, but today the Titanic is probably much more - that is people are much more a...
WALTER LORD Someone once told me the one thread that runs through them all is a premium on personal courage - no...
WALTER LORD Events alone rarely provide much guide to the future.
WALTER LORD I look for something that is highly unusual, involving ordinary people caught in extraordinary situa...
WALTER LORD Brilliantly lit from stem to stern, she looked like a sagging birthday cake.
WALTER LORD What you have, what you are - your looks, your personality, your way of thinking - is unique. No one...
JACK LORD The introduction of religious passion into politics is the end of honest politics, and the introduct...
LORD HAILSHAM Always laugh when you can. It is cheap medicine.
LORD BYRON Fools are my theme, let satire be my song.
LORD BYRON Roll on, deep and dark blue ocean, roll. Ten thousand fleets sweep over thee in vain. Man marks the ...
LORD BYRON History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.
LORD ACTON There are four questions of value in life, Don Octavio. What is sacred? Of what is the spirit made? ...
LORD BYRON For pleasures past I do not grieve, nor perils gathering near; My greatest grief is that I leave not...
LORD BYRON But words are things, and a small drop of ink, Falling like dew, upon a thought, produces That which...
LORD BYRON Truth is always strange, stranger than fiction.
LORD BYRON Adversity is the first path to truth.
LORD BYRON Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.
LORD BYRON Life's enchanted cup sparkles near the brim.
LORD BYRON If we must have a tyrant, let him at least be a gentleman who has been bred to the business, and let...
LORD BYRON There's naught, no doubt, so much the spirit calms as rum and true religion.
LORD BYRON Wives in their husbands' absences grow subtler, And daughters sometimes run off with the butler.
LORD BYRON Churchill was the canny political animal, very devious, bursting with energy and determination, lear...
LORD MOUNTBATTEN What is the worst of woes that wait on age? What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow? To view each...
LORD BYRON That is no use at all. What I want is men who will support me when I am in the wrong.
LORD MELBOURNE To be able to look back upon one's past life with satisfaction is to live twice.
LORD ACTON And if I laugh at any mortal thing, 'Tis that I may not weep.
LORD BYRON We try to stay as open-minded about casting as possible. When you're getting things down on pape...
PHIL LORD The most natural beauty in the world is honesty and moral truth. For all beauty is truth. True featu...
LORD SHAFTESBURY Society is now one polished horde, formed of two mighty tries, the Bores and Bored.
LORD BYRON Once is orthodox, twice is puritanical.
LORD MELBOURNE What really matters is what you do with what you have.
SHIRLEY LORD Die, my dear doctor! That's the last thing I shall do!
LORD PALMERSTON It is impossible for a stranger traveling through the United States to tell from the appearance of t...
LORD NORTHCLIFFE I have great hopes that we shall love each other all our lives as much as if we had never married ...
LORD BYRON True courage is cool and calm. The bravest of men have the least of a brutal, bullying insolence, an...
LORD SHAFTESBURY It is singular how soon we lose the impression of what ceases to be constantly before us. A year im...
LORD BYRON The drying up a single tear has more of honest fame than shedding seas of gore.
LORD BYRON If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.
LORD BYRON Absence - that common cure of love.
LORD BYRON Who surpasses or subdues mankind, must look down on the hate of those below.
LORD BYRON And when we think we lead, we are most led.
LORD BYRON The knowledge of the world is only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet. Agustin Marissa...
LORD CHESTERFIELD Where there are two Phd's in a developing country, one is head of state and the other is in exile.
LORD SAMUEL A doctrinaire is a fool but an honest man.
LORD MELBOURNE My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in...
LORD MELBOURNE Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
LORD MELBOURNE The one and only formative power given to man Is thought. By his thinking he not only makes characte...
LORD SHAFTESBURY How marvelous it all is! Built not by saints and angels, but the work of men's hands; cemented with ...
LORD ROSEBERY If ever a man and his wife, or a man and his mistress, who pass nights as well as days together, abs...
LORD CHESTERFIELD A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a ...
LORD CHESTERFIELD The male sex still constitute in many ways the most obstinate vested interest one can find.
LORD LONGFORD God help the patient.
LORD MANSFIELD The new so called morality has too often the old immorality condoned.
LORD SHAWCROSS You've got to watch your mind all the time or you'll awaken and find a strange picture on your press...
LORD BUCKLEY I find, by experience, that the mind and the body are more than married, for they are most intimatel...
LORD CHESTERFIELD A weak mind is like a microscope, which magnifies trifling things, but cannot receive great ones.
LORD CHESTERFIELD Horse-play, romping, frequent and loud fits of laughter, jokes, and indiscriminate familiarity, will...
LORD CHESTERFIELD Pleasure is a necessary reciprocal. No one feels, who does not at the same time give it. To be pleas...
LORD CHESTERFIELD The tendency to whining and complaining may be taken as the surest sign symptom of little souls and ...
LORD JEFFREY Persist and persevere, and you will find most things that are attainable, possible.
LORD CHESTERFIELD It wounds a man less to confess that he has failed in any pursuit through idleness, neglect, the lov...
LORD MELBOURNE Patience is the most necessary quality for business, many a man would rather you heard his story tha...
LORD CHESTERFIELD A professional whose job it is to explain to others what it personally does not understand.
LORD NORTHCLIFFE Neither man nor woman can be worth anything until they have discovered that they are fools. This is ...
LORD MELBOURNE It is the saying of an ancient sage that humor was the only test of gravity, and gravity of humor.
LORD SHAFTESBURY I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.
LORD NELSON A man's own good breeding is the best security against other people's ill manners.
LORD CHESTERFIELD Manners must adorn knowledge, and smooth its way through the world.
LORD CHESTERFIELD Prepare yourself for the world, as the athletes used to do for their exercise; oil your mind and you...
LORD CHESTERFIELD Ceremony is necessary as the outwork and defense of manners.
LORD CHESTERFIELD Wear your learning like a watch and do not pull it out merely to show you have it. If you are asked ...
LORD CHESTERFIELD One should always think of what one is about: when one is learning, one should not think of play: an...
LORD CHESTERFIELD Never seem wiser, nor more learned, than the people you are with. Wear your learning, like your watc...
LORD CHESTERFIELD Loud laughter is the mirth of the mob, who are only pleased with silly things; for true Wit or good ...
LORD CHESTERFIELD Frequent and loud laughter is the characteristic of folly and ill manners.
LORD CHESTERFIELD Observe it, the vulgar often laugh, but never smile, whereas well-bred people often smile, and seldo...
LORD CHESTERFIELD In my mind, there is nothing so illiberal, and so ill-bred, as audible laughter.
LORD CHESTERFIELD Animals are considered as property only. To destroy or to abuse them, from malice to the proprietor,...
SHIRLEY LORD It is not much matter which we say, but mind, we must all say the same.
LORD MELBOURNE Your friends praise your abilities to the skies, submit to you in argument, and seem to have the gre...
LORD MELBOURNE Always be nice to bankers. Always be nice to pension fund managers. Always be nice to the media. ...
LORD HANSON Advice is seldom welcome; and those who want it the most always like it the least.
LORD CHESTERFIELD In matters of religion and matrimony I never give any advice; because I will not have anybody's torm...
LORD CHESTERFIELD Most people enjoy the inferiority of their best friends.
LORD CHESTERFIELD Win hearts, and you have hands and purses.
LORD BURLEIGH Men will not believe because they will not broaden their minds.
LORD CHESTERFIELD The criterion of true beauty is that it increases on examination; if false, that it lessens. There i...
LORD GREVILLE No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do busine...
LORD CHESTERFIELD Most men have more courage than even they themselves think they have.
LORD GREVILLE Speak of the moderns without contempt, and of the ancients without idolatry.
LORD CHESTERFIELD I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything.
LORD MELBOURNE Never hold anyone by the button or the hand in order to be heard out; for if people are unwilling to...
LORD CHESTERFIELD Firmness of purpose is one of the most necessary sinews of character, and one of the best instrument...
LORD CHESTERFIELD No man ever did a designed injury to another, but at the same time he did a greater to himself.
LORD KAMES Character must be kept bright as well as clean.
LORD CHESTERFIELD You must look into people, as well as at them.
LORD CHESTERFIELD Be your character what it will, it will be known; and nobody will take it upon your word.
LORD CHESTERFIELD The heart never grows better by age; I fear rather worse, always harder. A young liar will be an old...
LORD CHESTERFIELD Do not choose to be wrong for the sake of being different.
LORD SAMUEL Decide promptly, but never give any reasons. Your decisions may be right, but your reasons are sure ...
LORD MANSFIELD You should never assume contempt for that which it is not very manifest that you have it in your pow...
LORD MELBOURNE Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed.
LORD CHESTERFIELD There is a sort of veteran woman of condition, who, having lived always in the grand monde, and havi...
LORD CHESTERFIELD The physically fit can enjoy their vices.
LORD PERCIVAL Great merit, or great failings, will make you respected or despised; but trifles, little attentions,...
LORD CHESTERFIELD Wit is so shining a quality that everybody admires it; most people aim at it, all people fear it, an...
LORD CHESTERFIELD A wise man will live as much within his wit as within his income.
LORD CHESTERFIELD Modesty is the only sure bait when you angle for praise.
LORD CHESTERFIELD History is but a confused heap of facts.
LORD CHESTERFIELD The whole duty of government is to prevent crime and to preserve contracts.
LORD MELBOURNE Any affectation whatsoever in dress implies, in my mind, a flaw in the understanding.
LORD CHESTERFIELD The difference between a man of sense and a fop is that the fop values himself upon his dress; and t...
LORD CHESTERFIELD When a person is in fashion, all they do is right.
LORD CHESTERFIELD If you are not in fashion, you are nobody.
LORD CHESTERFIELD Genius is entitled to respect only when it promotes the peace and improves the happiness of mankind.
LORD ESSEX Little, vicious minds abound with anger and revenge, and are incapable of feeling the pleasure of fo...
LORD CHESTERFIELD Wrongs are often forgiven, but contempt never is. Our pride remembers it forever. It implies a disco...
LORD CHESTERFIELD Knowledge may give weight, but accomplishments give luster, and many more people see than weigh.
LORD CHESTERFIELD Knowledge of the world in only to be acquired in the world, and not in a closet.
LORD CHESTERFIELD Learning is acquired by reading books, but the much more necessary learning, the knowledge of the wo...
LORD CHESTERFIELD True liberty can exist only when justice is equally administered to all.
LORD MANSFIELD In the case of scandal, as in that of robbery, the receiver is always thought as bad as the thief.
LORD CHESTERFIELD Style is the dress of thoughts; and let them be ever so just, if your style is homely, coarse, and v...
LORD CHESTERFIELD To have frequent recourse to narrative betrays great want of imagination.
LORD CHESTERFIELD It is commonly said that ridicule is the best test of truth; for that it will not stick where it is ...
LORD CHESTERFIELD Lord Tyrawley and I have been dead these two years, but we don't choose to have it known.
LORD CHESTERFIELD