Boris Johnson Quotes

My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it.

Boris Johnson

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• I care most about how people live their lives, what choices they make, and how they get the best from themselves.

  

  Mahendra Singh Dhoni
  • People
  • Live
  • Best

• When nature has work to be done, she creates a genius to do it.

  

  Ralph Waldo Emerson
  • Work
  • Nature
  • Genius

• The first time I ever recorded, which was into my boom-box, I was like, 'Wow, check that out.' It sounded great. The narcotic of it was so intense - it was pleasurable. I was like, 'You sound like a band.' Then I ended up spending the rest of my life trying to chase that initial high again.

  

  Ian MacKaye
  • Life
  • Up
  • Time

• There are a lot of actors who will sit here and talk to you about characters - 'He does this, and she's a really interesting character because she does this.' I'm not like that at all. I'm not an actory actor.

  

  Zooey Deschanel
  • She
  • Character
  • You

• If you want the government off your back, get your hands out of its pockets.

  

  Gary Hart
  • Want
  • Government
  • Hands

• The best player I ever played with was Dennis Johnson.

  

  Larry Bird
  • Best
  • Player
  • Ever

• We have such a loyal following in London that we decided to open a shop, and I find Albemarle Street extremely charming and special.

  

  Edgardo Osorio
  • Find
  • Special
  • London

• Johnny Rotten. He's a big fan of mine. I used to see him out in the audience in England and he'd stand up and holler. He's funny. Smart too, and a nice guy. Don't think he's a jerk because he isn't.

  

  Captain Beefheart
  • Up
  • Guy
  • Funny

• We have a secret project at Third Man where we want to have the first vinyl record played in outer space. We want to launch a balloon that carries a vinyl record player.

  

  Jack White The White Stripes
  • Want
  • Man
  • Space

• I literally went down to my car and thought, 'Oh my God, SAP bought Concur - maybe tomorrow they'll buy Dairy Queen.' It was the best thing that happened to me on the day I was named CEO of Oracle.

  

  Safra A. Catz
  • God
  • Day
  • Car

• When I'm about to go on stage, and I look out and just see the fans filled out in the arena, all pumped up and screaming - that gives me butterflies! I just love that feeling, and I'm like, 'Oh my gosh, it's gonna be a great show!'

  

  Manika
  • Feeling
  • Like
  • Gives

• Given the choice, children who don't want for anything will not save... We have an obligation as parents to give our children what they need. What they want we can give them as a special gift, or they can save their money for it.

  

  Barbara Coloroso
  • Children
  • Money
  • Parents

• Even though 'Hemlock Grove' was a serious, supernatural mystery, it was pretty fun on set. It was a light mood.

  

  Kaniehtiio Horn
  • Fun
  • Pretty
  • Light

• Death and the dice level all distinctions.

  

  Samuel Foote
  • Death
  • Level
  • Dice

• I was an illegitimate, well, I still am an illegitimate child.

  

  Eartha Kitt
  • Child
  • Well
  • Still

• It may seem a strange principle to enunciate as the very first requirement in a hospital that it should do the sick no harm.

  

  Florence Nightingale
  • May
  • Sick
  • Strange

• Out of respect for custom he treats me as if all women were equally worthless. He gives custom more respect than he gives me.

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • Women
  • Respect

• At this point I ceased argument with Lt. Goforth and shot him in the belly.

  

  C. J. Cherryh

• The world is a challenging place in terms of wars and peace, basic human rights and freedoms. The Holy Father has a major role to play in global affairs. The pope is more than a spiritual leader. For the world's 1.2 billion Catholics, he is an inspiration of holiness and goodness and, above all, the faithful proclamation of the Gospel.

  

  Chris Smith
  • World
  • Father
  • Peace

• Every head turned to see two more security guards appear, each holding a Bagshaw by the back of the neck (which might have been considerably less conspicuous had the Bagshaws not been dressed as chimney sweeps). Kat turned back to Hale. 'The Mary Poppins?' 'Seemed like a good idea at the time.

  

  Ally Carter
  • Holding
  • Good Idea
  • Security Guard

• Everyone is creative and everyone is a techie.

  

  Ayah Bdeir
  • Creative
  • Everyone
  • Techie

• Whoever counters the malicious with malice can never be free, but one who feels no maliciousness pacifies those who hate. Hate brings misery to humanity so the wise man knows no hatred.

  

  Gautama Buddha
  • Hate
  • Humanity
  • Malice

• I write all of my novels and stories, as you have seen, in a great surge of delightful passion. Only recently, glancing at the novel, I realized that Montag is named after a paper manufacturing company. And Faber, of course, is a maker of pencils! What a sly thing my subconscious was, to name them thus. And not tell me!

  

  Ray Bradbury
  • Writing
  • Passion
  • Novel

• My policy on cake is pro having it and pro eating it.

  

  Boris Johnson