Johann Lamont Quotes
When universities are forced to recruit more and more from outwith Scotland just to balance the books, it is inevitable that doors are being slammed shut on some of our brightest talent.
Quotes to Explore
-
When I was a kid, I thought I was the strongest man in the world. Then, the fastest runner and then the smartest person in the world. One by one my delusions got shut down. Now I just see myself as the lamest guy in the world.
-
I think the best president - because he changed the whole mood of the country, the whole economy of the country, and stood up to Communism... that was continuing its causes around the world, and backed them off and caused them to collapse - and that was Ronald Reagan.
-
After spending 22 years in Ohio, I love everything about New York.
-
I hate a man who always says 'yes' to me. When I say 'no' I like a man who also says 'no.'
-
He was just trying to tease me - I knew that later - but he said he'd have to leave because it wasn't fair to have anyone in the room who was going to make fun of what he had to say. He had a good sense of humor, really.
-
I'm a huge Cure fan. I love the Cure. The scales being tipped to when they weren't on a major label compared to when they were seems pretty meaningless. I had the good fortune of having them go before me and seeing their careers, musically at least, lose something. Like a novel written by a dead hand.
-
We believed that to understand literature, you had to understand its place in history and culture.
-
When I put together a graphic novel, I don't think about literary prose. I think about storytelling.
-
We are like a woman with a difficult pregnancy. We have to rebuild the social classes in Egypt, and we must change the way things were.
-
I had my own motor boat which we would take to Khadakvasla, but that was 40 years ago.
-
The culinary tradition in my family is very strong. My mother, a very wise woman, spent the better part of her life in a kitchen. It's a very strong part of her identity. I grew up there next to the fire.
-
It's well worth making your own harissa, but there are some very good commercial varieties.
-
We cannot undo the past in this misguided war in Iraq.
-
I cannot cure myself of that most woeful of youth's follies - thinking that those who care about us will care for the things that mean much to us.
-
When I go to clubs, I don't have to wait outside.
-
I had planned to spend my 40s continuing my public service and starting a family. I thought that by fighting for the people I cared about and loving those close to me, I could leave the world a better place.
-
Some might think that George W. Bush had his shortcomings, but let me tell you something – history's going to be kind to George W. Bush.
-
We all have a stake in ensuring that all students have the schools they deserve and that communities are leading this effort, not being left behind. To do that, we must challenge unchecked charter expansion and the forces driving it.
-
We know the seductive alchemy of art. To transform private anguish into a narrative of truth, if not beauty; to make sense where there was none; to bring order out of chaos - these are the promises art makes.
-
My relationship to plants becomes closer and closer. They make me quiet; I like to be in their company.
-
The notion that female initiative is useless because men know what they want is particularly odd - most people don't even know what they want for dinner.
-
We must not constantly talk about tackling obesity and warning people about the negative consequences of obesity. Instead we must be positive - positive about the fun and benefits to be had from healthy living, trying to get rid of people's excuses for being obese by tackling the issue in a positive way.
-
I've always wanted to act since I was little.
-
When universities are forced to recruit more and more from outwith Scotland just to balance the books, it is inevitable that doors are being slammed shut on some of our brightest talent.
