Patrick MacGill Quotes

Even the distribution of rations leaves much to be desired; the fatigue party, well-intentioned and sympathetic though it be, often finds itself short of provisions.

Patrick MacGill

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• New York is one of the greatest cities in the world. It is a fitting host to its many international visitors, who can come to witness first-hand what a vibrant multicultural democracy looks like.

  

  Ban Ki-moon
  • World
  • Hand
  • Democracy

• Never fear to deliberately walk through dark places, for that is how you reach the light on the other side.

  

  Vernon Howard
  • Fear
  • Light
  • Dark

• I cannot drink or do anything that changes the mind.

  

  Naomi Campbell
  • Mind
  • Changes
  • Drink

• There's always elements of danger in New York, but people are always out on the street. I don't feel scared there at all.

  

  Madonna Breakfast Club
  • People
  • New York
  • Street

• All fashion brands are about looking good. Being Human is also about doing good. And you can do good by the simple act of slipping into a t-shirt or a pair of jeans.

  

  Salman Khan
  • Good
  • Simple
  • Fashion

• People need religion. It's a vehicle for a moral tradition. A crucial role. Nothing can take its place.

  

  Irving Kristol
  • People
  • Moral
  • Religion

• I never believed that U2 wanted to save the whales. I don't believe that The Beastie Boys are ready to lay it down for Tibet.

  

  Iggy Pop
  • Believe
  • Never
  • Down

• Pat Riley, Dave Checketts and Ernie Grunfeld - they brought the Knicks back to the glory days. It started with Rick Pitino. We took our first step with him, making the playoffs. When Pat came in we just kicked the door open.

  

  Patrick Ewing
  • Door
  • Step
  • First Step

• You would never see me driving around in a sports car. I feel like you're so low and squish-able by transport trucks.

  

  Inga Cadranel
  • Sports
  • Car
  • Driving

• I just make up lyrics off the top of my head. A lot of times, there's a phrase I really like, and I kind of build the song around that.

  

  Washed Out
  • Up
  • Song
  • Kind

• I'm tired of defending my character. I am what I am.

  

  Dana Plato
  • Character
  • Defending

• It's just someone has labelled us as having a different label to do what you do. I find that labels are the worst thing in the world for artistic expression.

  

  Ornette Coleman
  • World
  • Different
  • Find

• Mike D'Antoni was a cool coach, but he was just a bad person. He can coach. He was just mean for no reason.

  

  Nate Robinson
  • Bad
  • Cool
  • Reason

• The weak can never forgive. Forgiveness is the attribute of the strong.

  

  Mahatma Gandhi
  • Strong
  • Forgiveness
  • Forgive

• I don't feel as if I belong to an age group.

  

  Quentin Blake
  • Age
  • Group
  • Belong

• Do not underestimate the determination of a quiet man.

  

  Iain Duncan Smith
  • Man
  • Determination
  • Quiet

• My grandma passed away from cancer, and actually, when I was 18, I had an experience with melanoma – it's in the family. I had that experience where everything comes into perspective. It's the weirdest thing, 'cause you're like, 'It will never happen to me,' and when it does, it's like, 'OK, wow.'

  

  Maika Monroe
  • Family
  • Experience
  • Me

• I'm happy. I give thanks every morning that I can get up, that I still have my husband with me. I'm extremely grateful. After all, how many 93-year-old cover girls do you know?

  

  Iris Apfel
  • Up
  • Happy
  • Morning

• I'm a big proponent of young women dressing appropriately in the workplace to get ahead. We need to demand respect as women, and part of that involves how we present ourselves.

  

  Rachel Roy
  • Women
  • Respect
  • Present

• I really don't look at comparing things that way because even in a 14-game season, there could be a running back who could have a lot more carries than other running backs.

  

  Franco Harris
  • Game
  • Running

• Fashion designing involves a lot of work, and, as opposed to the general perception, it is different from costume designing for films. While a fashion designer can take up a costume designer's role, it is not possible vice versa.

  

  Keerthy Suresh
  • Up
  • Work
  • Different

• The good feeling I get from contributing rivals anything I felt on the Olympic stand in Albertville.

  

  Kristi Yamaguchi
  • Good
  • Feeling

• The only man for whom Hitler had ‘unqualified respect’ was ‘Stalin the genius’, and while in the case of Stalin and the Russian regime we do not… have the rich documentary material that is available for Germany, we nevertheless know since Khrushchev’s speech before the Twentieth Party Congress that Stalin trusted only one man and that was Hitler.

  

  Hannah Arendt
  • Respect
  • Party

• Even the distribution of rations leaves much to be desired; the fatigue party, well-intentioned and sympathetic though it be, often finds itself short of provisions.

  

  Patrick MacGill
  • Party
  • Short
  • Often