George VI Quotes
There is great weight in the modern times of being monarch, the scrutiny and access is much more than in times gone by.
Quotes to Explore
-
At the very end, what is going to happen is that immigration will be reduced considerably. And how can we get to that stage? By agreements on sectors.
-
The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.
-
I feel like the luckiest person on the planet. 'Tron' was such a departure for me.
-
We've been blessed with four beautiful children. Michael, he doesn't have much of a problem anymore. He is high functional, probably because of early intervention.
-
The right of petition is an old undoubted household right of the blood of England, which runs in our veins.
-
I'll admit it: I'm a control freak. I am. If I'm going to do something, I'm going to do it 110% or there's no point in doing it at all, especially if the work takes me away from time with my husband and children.
-
I'm a soccer mom. I'm T-ball, soccer, karate, homework, keeping them on their schedules. I love being the snack mom, when I get to bring the cut oranges. I have one of those coolers with wheels. I'm at every game, every practice, sitting on my blanket. I love it.
-
Until the year 1967, it was a crime, for which you could be put in prison, to make homosexual love to someone in your own house. If they came in and caught you at it, you could be put into prison. This has changed - I'm talking about England, incidentally.
-
If people don't have a job, they're not too interested in how you intend for them to have a job. They want to see results.
-
I want to live in a place where strangers rush to help someone in distress.
-
I was looking for something like baseball, where there's a lot of data and the competition was pretty low. That's when I discovered politics.
-
I like being married. I'm at home with my wife and kids all the time now. I don't go out for wild nights.
-
In a way, architecture is about communication. That's an aspect of the discipline that is somewhat lacking, and there's definitely room for more progression into that area. I suppose that gives me a bit of a different edge. I'm also very, very used to doing a lot of exhaustive research and finding interesting information from different sources.
-
Being a mother is probably the most important thing in my life right now.
-
For me to be with someone, he's got to be fit. Or at least doing something he loves. Following your passion - whether it's hiking or sports or whatever - is super sexy.
-
I feel fortunate that I'm not a beauty. I'm not a classic beauty. I feel it is harder for girls who are like that. There are fewer parts.
-
I was excited by the idea of playing a Nazi.
-
I'm definitely neurotic. I don't cross streets and stuff.
-
I always just wanted to be the singer or the bass player in the band. I'd love to have a band, where I was obviously the singer, but where it wasn't me, it wasn't my name.
-
We are comfortable that Syria is actively participating in the implementation of the resolution relevant to the investigation into the assassination of the former premier.
-
In England pensions used to be given to aristocrats, because aristocrats had political influence, in order to corrupt them. Here pensions are given to the great democratic mass, because they have political power, to corrupt them.
-
Get away from the crowd when you can. Keep yourself to yourself, if only for a few hours daily.
-
There is great weight in the modern times of being monarch, the scrutiny and access is much more than in times gone by.
