Tony Blair Quotes
Quotes to Explore
-
I like to look at 'A Place in the Sun' every now and get inspired by it.
-
I have managed to infuriate the bank bosses; acquire a fatwa from the revolutionary guards of the trades union movement; frighten the 'Daily Telegraph' with a progressive graduate payment; and upset very rich people who are trying to dodge British taxes. I must be doing something right.
-
I suppose I am one of those lucky people who eats what they like and doesn't gain too much weight.
-
If you are ambitious to talk well, you must be as much as possible in the society of well-bred, cultured people. If you seclude yourself, though you are a college graduate, you will be a poor converser.
-
We have been learning since we were children how to make money, buy things, build things. The whole education system is set up to teach us how to think, not to feel.
-
It's one of my favorite seasons of the year: Back to School. As a kid, I loved fresh school supplies, new outfits, the change of seasons, and the chance to crack open a new textbook.
-
Applause is the most powerful thing... people talk about the sound of it, but what I hear is glee.
-
I am haunted by what my life would have been had I not had the courage in my early twenties to leave Pittsburgh for New York City and really commit to being a writer. Pittsburgh is both post-industrial and provincial, and the opportunities there are limited. It would have been quite easy to simply drift through life.
-
You have to like the characters you play.
-
What's similar between Britain and America is the lack of good-quality civic buildings.
-
Anonymous is not an organization. It is an idea, a zeitgeist, coupled with a set of social and technical practices.
-
When I had bone cancer, I was just 11 years old. I think my parents suffered a lot because they worried about my health, my life, so much. For me, it was quite bad feeling during the treatment. But I quite enjoyed staying in the hospital because so many kids played with me.
-
Ask your child what he wants for dinner only if he's buying.
-
Janelle Monae, she has her own style, and it's specifically hers.
-
Books are such a great way to spend time with your children, open lines of communication with your children, and just build that strong foundation.
-
It's very difficult to judge relationships from the outside. You never know what happens in intimate moments with two people to know why they really support and love each other.
-
Doing all we can to combat climate change comes with numerous benefits, from reducing pollution and associated health care costs to strengthening and diversifying the economy by shifting to renewable energy, among other measures.
-
I was not considered beautiful at all. Really. And this is what all models say. But I'm still not considered that beautiful in my country. I don't know the beauty ideal where I come from – but it's not me.
-
I connect with people on a daily basis.
-
I think it is rewarding to manage, but it is not what I am passionate about. Managing more than 200 people, maybe 150 people, isn't fun to me and is not my skill set.
-
I always kind of did my own thing, but it got me into trouble a lot, so I started listening to what people were telling me to do to show I was a team player.
-
When we uphold the rule of law, our counterterrorism tools are more likely to withstand the scrutiny of our courts, our allies, and the American people.
-
The British people are the boss.