Post A Quote Thread

[geri]

"A favour today is your job tomorrow" happens in my workplace a fair bit.. ........

 

[Purple]

"Given a choice between the dignity of poverty and the impropriety of wealth I think I'd choose the latter." Clubman, 2006

 

[Betsy Og]

"Would Brexit have been such a complete shambles if a man had been PM?" Purple*

*I am aware that some scholars continue to contest the validity of this attribution.

You often hear it said there should be more women in power at board level and in politics and it'd all be so much better. I used to nod and agree, less hubris, less old boys club etc. Then there's the TV feed of the funeral and we have Theresa May, Arlene Foster, Mary Lou & Michelle O'Neill (Leo there too) - anyways, there was a huummm (rubs chin) moment.....

 

[Purple]

You often hear it said there should be more women in power at board level and in politics and it'd all be so much better. I used to nod and agree, less hubris, less old boys club etc. Then there's the TV feed of the funeral and we have Theresa May, Arlene Foster, Mary Lou & Michelle O'Neill (Leo there too) - anyways, there was a huummm (rubs chin) moment.....

If you want to know why there aren't more women in politics just go into a Newsagent and look at the magazines they buy.

 

[Futurelookin]

"A ship in port is safe, but that's not what ships are built for". Grace Murray Hopper

 

[Purple]

"Forward planning... what other sort of planning is there?"

A guy I work with.

 

[PMU]

From the film 'The Gentle Gunman', where an Englishman and an Irishman propose a toast to their respective countries. Englishman

: "To England, where the situation is serious, but never hopeless" ​

Irishman​

: "To Ireland, where the situation is frequently hopeless but never serious" ​

 

[cremeegg]

From the film 'The Gentle Gunman', where an Englishman and an Irishman propose a toast to their respective countries. Englishman
: "To England, where the situation is serious, but never hopeless"

I think Brexit may be both serious and hopeless.

 

[peemac]

From "have I got news for you"

After Theresa May was described as "the UK's worst PM ever" a look at the leadership contenders has meant this quote is now changed to "worst PM so far this year"

 

[Vanessa]

Get a reputation for getting up early and you can stay in bed till midday

 

[Marion]

If you have a reputation for having money (regardless of the actuality) you never have to pay on demand.

Marion

 

[odyssey06]

Listening to BBC radio adaptation of The School for Scandal (1777!) by Richard Brinsley Sheridan.

BBC Radio 3 - Drama on 3, The School For Scandal

Rosalind Ayres and Martin Jarvis direct Sheridan’s amazingly up-to-date comedy.

www.bbc.co.uk

I liked this remark about laughing at a joke which comes at another's expense...
"To smile at the jest which plants a thorn in another’s breast is to become a principal in the mischief."