We should be the natural home for the millions of Britons of immigrant origin. But we're not. Because too often we've sounded like people who wish they hadn't come here at all.
Francis Maude
Related We're all sinners, every one of us. We've all done things we wish we hadn't. JERRY FALWELL, JR. We should not blame people by the mistakes of others. DANIEL MELGAçO There's this idea that it has to be made in London. But we've got everything up here, and if... JOHNNY VEGAS Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH We dream that we're all different. The reality is that we're all not. ANTHONY T. HINCKS I wish we hadn't used all the keys on the keyboard. BILL JOY It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON People really criticize professional athletes going into the Olympics. People don't like change.... LARRY ELLISON If we're honest with ourselves, most of us know the one thing we lack. CRAIG GROESCHEL The answer isn't more time but a greater awareness of the time we have. CRAIG GROESCHEL We no longer think of chairs as technology; we just think of them as chairs. But there was a time wh... DOUGLAS ADAMS I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX So, where are the robots? We've been told for 40 years already that they're coming soon. Ver... HOD LIPSON You can say we're trying too hard or that we didn't try hard enough, but we're not tryin... TAYLOR HANSON Too often we act - ask our schools to be truant officers, our teachers to be truant officers, becaus... COLIN POWELL Democracy isn't just for people in the Middle East, but Britons, too. HEATHER BROOKE It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON We're all idiots when we're young. We don't think we are, but we are. So we should be. HELEN MIRREN We're not curing cancer, people. I wish we were, but we're not. It's entertainment. KATEE SACKHOFF I don't think we would still be here if we hadn't gone public. DAVID TALBOT Some women are naturally thin. But there needs to be an appreciation for a variety of types of women... ANDIE MACDOWELL The message is pretty clear: Americans are sick and tired of the doubletalk coming out of Washington... JIM DEMINT You go overseas and people are oppressed and scared and worried but we're not like that... we... YAHOO SERIOUS There are people who have energy that say 'don't come near me, don't get too close.'... NATHAN FILLION I feel badly for those girls who have to be so waif thin, doing those catwalks all the time because,... CHRISTINE TEIGEN We've got to step up our conservation efforts before it's too late. We're not protecting... PAT PAULSEN If 'Married With Children' hadn't come out when it did, would we really be looking at ... PARVESH CHEENA We shouldn't be saying 'Save the planet'; we should be saying: 'Save viable conditio... MARGARET ATWOOD Chicago '68 was a relatively small demonstration for its time, but I've talked to millions o... BILL AYERS We've got to be fair. You can't say a place that has strip joints is sacred ground. We'v... FEISAL ABDUL RAUF As an immigrant, my wish is that we fix immigration. At Sequoia, we've backed a number of except... ALFRED LIN I get a sense that we've all been educated into one school of thought. I'm not surprised at ... THABO MBEKI Too often when we talk about racial or economic justice, we white people do not see ourselves in the... BETSY HODGES Those people who shun us just because of the label we're on, or the fact that we've got a vi... JOEL MADDEN Often what we do is open our house for various charity events. I don't seat according to protoco... SALLY QUINN I've heard people say in the U.N. community among mediators they don't like women as mediato... ABIGAIL DISNEY We make music for a living. Like I've always said, if you like what you're doing, you're... EDDIE VAN HALEN There's so many people who have never heard of us, but I think what we've learned is you can... TYLER JOSEPH We're kind of wishing some parents would come back. And of course we're uneasy about the fac... DAVID FOSTER WALLACE We're going to be very strong with employers in all of our aspects, because I think there's ... JAMES P. HOFFA We all in real life put on these masks - we don't swear when we're around certain people... ... MALIN AKERMAN We all should be proud of the United States. For those of us that came from the Dominican, we've... ROBINSON CANO As a former Republican, I represent a group of Americans who all too often have no one to speak for ... LINCOLN CHAFEE We're adults. We're the ones who should teach the kids what's good to eat. I don't t... TOM COLICCHIO We've had three big ideas at Amazon that we've stuck with for 18 years, and they're the ... JEFF BEZOS People say history is boring, and that is true because people are boring. We haven't changed sin... COLIN HAY I do not care whether you're a Democrat or you're a Republican or an independent. We must pu... TOMMY LASORDA We don't understand why we're here, no one's giving us an answer, religion is vague, you... ADAM DRIVER One of the reasons I chose to come to Liverpool was because of the mentality of the club. It's a... FERNANDO TORRES I've had my share of doing things that I really wish I hadn't done. NATALIE COLE But we're born as children and we look at the world with open eyes... And we don't judge and... COLIN FARRELL I think the more mediocre you are the better you do because people need to think you're their fr... KELLY BROOK You can't be hateful because you love yourself. And we're extensions of each other; we'r... CHRISSY METZ I don't like people who hide things. We're not perfect, we all have things that people might... GRACE JONES The downside to making movies at a gallop like we did with 'Wish You Were Here' is that we... JOEL EDGERTON It's interesting how we often can't see the ways in which we are being strong - like, you ca... LENA DUNHAM There is no shame in black athletes not wanting to be role models, but there should be shame when th... LZ GRANDERSON You can't force something like that. But we have encouraged our audience, because we avoid the c... PAGE MCCONNELL If the Republican Party works with the Hispanic community, the immigrant community, they're natu... GROVER NORQUIST My upbringing was faith-based, but we believed you should love all others as you want to be loved, b... NICK JONAS India was secular even when Muslims hadn't come here and Christians hadn't set foot on this ... ATAL BIHARI VAJPAYEE People who are disenfranchised politically and people who are poor often don't vote. They often ... JOYCE CAROL OATES I mean one of the things about being alone is that you've no people to define yourself off, I me... DIANA WYNNE JONES You gotta remember: we're musicians... we're just crazy people who can't get along somet... COREY TAYLOR It might seem a psychotic, insane thing, quitting a job after I'd built a great career over eigh... JAMEELA JAMIL When taxpayers are subsidizing low wages, people should be aware of that. We're subsidizing an e... NANCY PELOSI We're here to win. We're not here just for the experience. PATRICK KANE We Germans should know that we're good at constructing cars, and we have a lot of good qualities... DANIEL BRUHL If we all look at life we think how nice, then we look at death and everybody goes oh you can say th... GARY F EVANS... If you love someone you must set them free like the wind and give them the respect they deserve.If y... GARY F EVANS... We're all flawed people at the end of the day; I don't know any perfect people. MICHELLE MONAGHAN Slavery is something that is all too often swept under the carpet. The shame doesn't even belong... LUPITA NYONG'O Most actors hate readthroughs - they're exposing themselves before they're ready to, and bef... ANDREW DAVIES We're real people and we're a band that's been playing on the scene for a long time. We&... DAN HAWKINS We're making clothes - we aren't saving the world. I'm not saying that designers aren... JOSEPH ALTUZARRA Many of us feel stress and get overwhelmed not because we're taking on too much, but because we&... MARCUS BUCKINGHAM Am I R&B because I'm black? Am I pop because I have a song called 'Milkshake'? Or ca... KELIS Most of our fans seem to be very intelligent people who don't stand out too much, but they'r... GENE WEEN I don't take off my nail polish when I go home because I'm too lazy, and they're fine wi... JEFFREY TAMBOR There are people who wish to do us harm in the most heinous way. They want to kill Americans simply ... JUDD GREGG I don't really like politics, to be honest. But it's other people making decisions about my ... LAURA RICKETTS You're living your life the entire time in both worlds - it's not like they say, 'Action... LUCAS HEDGES Growing up, I wish I hadn't tried so hard to fit in. I'd tell myself to just embrace what yo... SHAY MITCHELL Providing - that's not love. Being there - that's more important. I mean, we see that. We se... JAY-Z I think it's important that the rest of the world know that we're not all the same and that ... JAMES DENTON You're sort of programmed a certain way because of your environment. That's all you know. Bu... JOE ROGAN We spend millions of dollars every year just for the right to pay our taxes, but once again, do we r... JOHN RAESE It's so easy to fall into a comfortable groove in life where you do the things that you like, an... FLEA We're all flawed, but basically, effective managers are people whose flaws are not fatal under t... HENRY MINTZBERG Naturally, everybody has certain things they wish they hadn't done in life. They wish they hadn&... CLINT EASTWOOD I always feel like I wasn't the best trainer, because I'm really good at teaching people stu... DANIEL BRYAN We're growing up together, the human race. And we've discovered a lot of things that we didn... YOKO ONO As always, with acting, you can't be too self-conscious. You shouldn't care about what peopl... FREDDIE HIGHMORE I have a perfectly average skewed perception of myself. We often don't know what we're like. BILL NIGHY We've got to have rules and obey them. After all, we're not savages. We're English, and ... WILLIAM GOLDING I have friends that I have made through Twitter or things like that, but they're all verified as... KATIE FEATHERSTON We're all imperfect. And wouldn't it be great if the message sent out by the mainstream medi... EMILIO ESTEVEZ I'm in England so often I haven't really left, but Americans aren't at all like they'... JOHN LYDON
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FRANCIS BOWEN I could fill my whole time doing interviews, speaking to crowds, and there's this natural human ... FRANCIS CHAN The people of God want pastors, not clergy acting like bureaucrats or government officials. POPE FRANCIS Manchester was a fantastic place to go out in. There were 10 clubs with world-class cabaret and come... FRANCIS LEE My soul is more at rest from the tempter when I am busily employed. FRANCIS ASBURY We were soon free of the woods and bushes, and fairly upon the broad prairie. FRANCIS PARKMAN If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts, but if he will content to begin with d... FRANCIS BACON Truth is so hard to tell, it sometimes needs fiction to make it plausible. FRANCIS BACON Read not to contradict and confute, nor to believe and take for granted... but to weigh and consider... FRANCIS BACON Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested. FRANCIS BACON The root of all superstition is that men observe when a thing hits, but not when it misses. FRANCIS BACON Not a breath of air stirred over the free and open prairie; the clouds were like light piles of cott... FRANCIS PARKMAN Religion brought forth riches, and the daughter devoured the
mother.
[Lat., Religio peperit divit... FRANCIS BACON The greatest vicissitude of things amongst men, is the
vicissitude of sects and religions. FRANCIS BACON There was never law, or set, or opinion did so much magnify
goodness, as the Christian religion dot... FRANCIS BACON But no pleasure is comparable to the standing upon the vantage
ground of Truth. FRANCIS BACON The general root of superstition is that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss, and co... FRANCIS BACON Maybe men are separated from each other only by the degree of their misery. FRANCIS PICABIA A little philosophy inclineth men's minds to atheism; but depth in philosophy bringeth men's minds ... FRANCIS BACON Knowledge is ancient error reflecting on its youth. FRANCIS PICABIA A wise man will make more opportunities than he finds. FRANCIS BACON Virtue is like a rich stone, best plain set. FRANCIS BACON Certainly virtue is like precious odours, most fragrant when they
are incensed or crushed. FRANCIS BACON Destiny is not a matter of chance; but a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, It is... FRANCIS CRAWFORD In science the credit goes to the man who convinces the world, not to the man to whom the idea fir... FRANCIS DARWIN There is no expeditious road
To pack and label men for God,
And save them by the barrel-load.
... FRANCIS THOMPSON Know you what it is to be a child? It is to be something very different from the man of to-day. It i... FRANCIS THOMPSON Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others' pain ... FRANCIS THOMPSON Nothing destroys authority so much as the unequal and untimely interchange of power, pressed too far... FRANCIS BACON One of the Seven was wont to say: "That laws were like cobwebs;
where the small flies were caught,... FRANCIS BACON We cannot command nature except by obeying her. FRANCIS BACON Vain-glorious men are the scorn of the wise, the admiration of fools, the idols of paradise, and the... FRANCIS BACON We must not reduce the bosom of the universal church to a nest protecting our mediocrity. POPE FRANCIS Meditation is the life of the soul: Action, the soul of meditation. and honor the reward of action. FRANCIS QUARLES Young men are fitter to invent than to judge; fitter for
execution than for counsel; and fitter for... FRANCIS BACON Fear nothing but what thy industry may prevent; be confident of nothing but what fortune cannot de... FRANCIS QUARLES Riches are a good handmaiden, but the worst mistress. FRANCIS BACON Wisdom not only gets, but once got, retains. FRANCIS QUARLES That friendship will not continue to the end which is begun for an end. FRANCIS QUARLES The act is unjustifiable that either begs for a blessing, or, having succeeded gives no thanksgiving... FRANCIS QUARLES God invented concubinage, Satan marriage. FRANCIS PICABIA To say that you can kill in the name of God is blasphemy. POPE FRANCIS For knowledge, too, is itself a power.
[Lat., Nam et ipsa scientia potestas est.] FRANCIS BACON Knowledge bloweth up, but charity buildeth up. FRANCIS BACON Knowledge and human power are synonymous, since the ignorance of
the cause frustrates the effect. FRANCIS BACON For all knowledge and wonder (which is the seed of knowledge) is
an impression of pleasure in itsel... FRANCIS BACON If we do not maintain Justice, Justice will not maintain us. FRANCIS BACON Men have always need of god! A god to defend them against other men.. FRANCIS PICABIA The action is best that secures the greatest happiness for the greatest number. FRANCIS HUTCHESON Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is ha... QUARLES FRANCIS So that every wand or staff of empire is forsooth curved at top.
[Lat., Adeo ut omnes imperii virg... FRANCIS BACON States are great engines moving slowly. FRANCIS BACON They that deny a God destroy man's nobility; for certainly man is
of kin to the beasts by his body;... FRANCIS BACON All beliefs are bald ideas. FRANCIS PICABIA Fame is like a river, that beareth up things light and swollen, and drowns things weighty and soli... FRANCIS BACON Education is too important to be left solely to the educators. FRANCIS KEPPEL Those good men who take such pleasure in relieving the miserable for Christ's sake, would not have b... FRANCIS ATTERBURY They who are not induced to believe and live as they ought by those discoveries which God hath made ... FRANCIS ATTERBURY The greater absurdities are, the more strongly they evince the falsity of that supposition from when... FRANCIS ATTERBURY The desire of power in excess caused the angels to fall; the
desire of knowledge in excess caused m... FRANCIS BACON If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin wit... FRANCIS BACON Lukewarm living and claiming Christ's name simultaneously is utterly disgusting to God. FRANCIS CHAN Some books should be tasted, some devoured, but only a few should be chewed and digested thoroughly. FRANCIS BACON The general root of superstition : namely, that men observe when things hit, and not when they miss;... FRANCIS BACON Some are born weird, some achieve it, others have weirdness thrust upon them. DICK FRANCIS Wives are young men's mistresses; companions for middle age, and old men's nurses. FRANCIS BACON If money be not they servant, it will be thy master. The covetous man cannot so properly be said to ... FRANCIS BACON No man's fortune can be an end worthy of his being. FRANCIS BACON Money makes a good servant, but a bad master. FRANCIS BACON Money is like muck, not good except it be spread. FRANCIS BACON Be not penny-wise. Riches have wings. Sometimes they fly away of themselves, and sometimes they must... FRANCIS BACON The essence of a man is found in his faults. FRANCIS PICABIA For we are born in other's pain, and perish in our own. FRANCIS THOMPSON Nothing begins, and nothing ends, That is not paid with moan; For we are born in others pain And per... FRANCIS THOMPSON Nature is unfair? So much the better, inequality is the only bearable thing, the monotony of equalit... FRANCIS PICABIA A free spirit takes liberties even with liberty itself. FRANCIS PICABIA Pain has its reasons, pleasure is totally indifferent. FRANCIS PICABIA Beware of him that is slow to anger; for when it is long coming, it is the stronger when it comes, a... FRANCIS QUARLES To be free minded and cheerfully disposed at hours of meat and sleep and of exercise is one of the b... FRANCIS BACON Life, an age to the miserable, and a moment to the happy. FRANCIS BACON Without friends the world is but a wilderness. There is no man that imparteth his joys to his friend... FRANCIS BACON The worst solitude is to have no real friendships. FRANCIS BACON For a crowd is not company; and faces are but a gallery of pictures; and talk but a tinkling cymbal,... FRANCIS BACON Nuptial love makes mankind; friendly love perfects it; but wanton love corrupts and debases it. FRANCIS BACON All of our actions take their hue from the complexion of the heart, as landscapes their variety from... FRANCIS BACON It was prettily devised of Aesop, The fly sat on the axle tree of the chariot wheel and said, what ... FRANCIS BACON There be three things which make a nation great and prosperous: a fertile soil, busy workshops, easy... FRANCIS BACON Ask counsel of both timesof the ancient time what is best, and of the latter time what is fittest. FRANCIS BACON Croesus said to Cambyses; That peace was better than war; because in peace the sons did bury their f... FRANCIS BACON Nay, number itself in armies importeth not much, where the people is of weak courage; for, as Virgil... FRANCIS BACON He that hath wife and children hath given hostages to fortune, for they are impediments to great ent... FRANCIS BACON An atheist is a man who believes himself an accident. FRANCIS THOMPSON No one will ever shine in conversation, who thinks of saying fine things: to please, one must say ma... FRANCIS LOCKIER Be always displeased at what thou art, if thou desire to attain to what thou art not; for where thou... FRANCIS QUARLES Christianity provides a unified answer for the whole of life. FRANCIS SCHAEFFER You can buy a person's time; you can buy their physical presence at a given place; you can even buy ... CLARENCE FRANCIS Discern of the coming on of years, and think not to do the same things still; for age will not be de... FRANCIS BACON Men of age object too much, consult too long, adventure too little, repent too soon, and seldom driv... FRANCIS BACON Old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to trust, and old authors to read. FRANCIS BACON The prospect of success in achieving our most cherished dream is not without its terrors. Who is mor... BRENDAN FRANCIS The road to perseverance lies by doubt. FRANCIS QUARLES If God exists and we are made in his image we can have real meaning, and we can have real knowledge ... FRANCIS SCHAEFFER Let no man fear to die, we love to sleep all, and death is but the sounder sleep. FRANCIS BEAUMONT I do not believe that any man fears to be dead, but only the stroke of death. FRANCIS BACON It is as natural to die as to be born; and to a little infant, perhaps, the one is as painful as the... FRANCIS BACON Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger. FRANCIS QUARLES The world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns. FRANCIS PICABIA To expect defeat is nine-tenths of defeat itself. FRANCIS CRAWFORD Look for me in the nurseries of Heaven. FRANCIS THOMPSON Heaven finds an ear when sinners find a tongue. FRANCIS QUARLES Anger may repast with thee for an hour, but not repose for a night; the continuance of anger is hatr... FRANCIS QUARLES Let us never forget that the greatest man is never more than an animal disguised as a god. FRANCIS PICABIA If thou desire the love of God and man, be humble, for the proud heart, as it loves none but itself,... FRANCIS QUARLES The devil doesn't know how to sing, only how to howl. FRANCIS THOMPSON Wickedness is its own punishment. FRANCIS QUARLES Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word satiety. FRANCIS QUARLES My ass contemplates those who talk behind my back. FRANCIS PICABIA Flatter not thyself in thy faith in God if thou hast not charity for thy neighbor. FRANCIS QUARLES The family spirit has rendered man carnivorous. FRANCIS PICABIA Has fortune dealt you some bad cards. Then let wisdom make you a good gamester. FRANCIS QUARLES He that hath promised pardon on our repentance hat not promised life till we repent. FRANCIS QUARLES Biblical orthodoxy without compassion is surely the ugliest thing in the world. FRANCIS SCHAEFFER