Michael Foot Quotes

Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power.

Michael Foot

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• I am highly distressed and offended by what Donald Trump has been saying, and I don't think his nomination is good for the country. I think he would be a terrible president and terrible for our country.

  

  Maggie Hassan
  • Country
  • Trump
  • Terrible

• As far back as I can remember though, I always loved performing.

  

  Victoria Justice
  • Remember
  • Always
  • Loved

• The Democratic Party is the party of the status quo.

  

  Jack Kemp
  • Party
  • Status
  • Status Quo

• I love Jen Meyer - she's a dear friend, and Tabitha Simmons as well.

  

  Karen Elson
  • Love
  • She
  • Friend

• As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.

  

  Patrick Modiano
  • Always
  • Writer
  • Blind

• I do think that same gender partners should be able to be married. Why not? If you share a life together than who in the world should have anything to say about it?

  

  Eartha Kitt
  • Life
  • World
  • Why

• If there is one constant to my life, it is that you cannot tell me 'no.'

  

  Adam Green
  • Life
  • Me
  • My Life

• I believe that working with good people matters because then the work environment is good. If there is a sense of respect and belief among the people you work with, that is when good work is done.

  

  Ranbir Kapoor
  • People
  • Good
  • Work

• The true dualism I take to be the contrast between two wills, one of which is felt as vital impulse (élan vital) and the other as vital control (frein vital).

  

  Irving Babbitt
  • True
  • Control

• If a father commands a son to commit a crime so terrible that the son can't do it and live with himself, then is it betrayal for the son to disobey his father?

  

  Orson Scott Card
  • Live
  • Father
  • Son

• 'That you are regularly facing challenges does not make you an unbeliever. Don’t measure your Christian life by your situation.'

  

  T. B. Joshua
  • Life
  • Christian

• I will choose only the least harmful way for the country. And that is the greatest benefit I am conferring on the country by embracing Buddhism; for Buddhism is a part and parcel of Bhâratîya culture. I have taken care that my conversion will not harm the tradition of the culture and history of this land.'

  

  Babasaheb
  • Country
  • History
  • Culture

• I can picture the character in my head, and the voice just comes out.

  

  Jim Cummings
  • Character
  • Picture

• I think that it's really important to step back and to take breaks as a digital creator because every other kind of platform is kind of set up to have seasons or time off or at least a barrier between creator and consumer. You have these set-up boundaries.

  

  Tyler Oakley
  • Up
  • Time
  • Important

• I tend to write at the piano, but usually the melody and lyrics come first. Like, I'll be in the shower, and I'll start singing, and the melody and the lyric will just come out. Then I'll quickly try to finish the shower, try to remember it, record it on my phone and save it for the studio.

  

  Eliza Doolittle
  • Remember
  • Singing
  • Lyrics

• Today, the Federal minimum wage purchases less than it has at any point in the last 50 years. Let me repeat: The Federal minimum wage purchases less than it has at any point in the last 50 years.

  

  Alcee Hastings
  • Today

• We can't have - we can't have a patchwork of 50 states developing their own immigration policy. I understand the frustration of people in Arizona. They want the federal government to step up and deal with this problem once and for all, and that's what we want to do.

  

  David Axelrod
  • People
  • Up
  • Immigration

• I try to be cognisant of when and how and what I eat and get as much rest as I possibly can, as that helps the vocal cords.

  

  Dionne Warwick
  • Rest

• So dear I love him, that with him, all deaths I could endure, without him, live no life.

  

  John Milton
  • Life
  • Live
  • Love

• Invention is not enough. Tesla invented the electric power we use, but he struggled to get it out to people. You have to combine both things: invention and innovation focus, plus the company that can commercialize things and get them to people.

  

  Larry Page
  • People
  • Power
  • Focus

• I think one's relationship with one's vulnerability is a very delicate and precious relationship. Most people try to hide, disguise that vulnerability, and in doing that, you, I think, diminish a great source of power.

  

  Philip Schultz
  • People
  • Great
  • Power

• A witty woman is a treasure; a witty beauty is a power.

  

  George Meredith
  • Power
  • Witty

• I must stick with Chinese language films.

  

  Zhang Yimou
  • Language
  • Chinese
  • Stick

• Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power.

  

  Michael Foot
  • Power
  • Read
  • Unfit