Betty Boothroyd Quotes

#1. It is clear that those constitutions which aim at the common good are right, as being in accord with absolute justice; while those which aim only at the good of the rulers are wrong.

Aristotle.

#2. You've got to ensure that the holders of an opinion, however unpopular, are allowed to put across their points of view.

Betty Boothroyd

#3. Maybe he was real. Maybe I'd made him up. Either way, he didn't think I needed him anymore. Maybe he was right.

Francesca Lia Block

#4. True friends never mind holding your hair back while you cast up your crumpets.

Lisa Kleypas

#5. When I'm not around you that is when I feel breathless. I liken it to being a fish, and you are my water. When I'm not around you, I feel as though I cannot breathe. And you have to understand the irony in that because I've never in my entire existence ever needed to.

S.L. Naeole

#6. There's not some finite amount of pain inside us. Our bodies and minds just keep manufacturing more of it. (67)

Tom Perrotta

#7. From tender youth we are told by father and teacher that betrayal is the most heinous offense imaginable. But what is betrayal? ... Betrayal means breaking ranks and breaking off into the unknown. Sabina knew of nothing more magnificent than going off into the unknown.

Milan Kundera

#8. My desire to get here [Parliament] was like miners'coal dust, it was under my fingers and I couldn't scrub it out.

Betty Boothroyd

#9. In America, the least amusing people are its professional entertainers.

Neil Postman

#10. Not everyone needs to possess every ounce of human knowledge to survive. I mean, that's what Google is for.

Abby McDonald

#11. Good temper and moderation are the characteristics of parliamentary language.

Betty Boothroyd

#12. A belief in God and a belief in astrology cannot be reconciled.

Jerry Falwell

#13. 'New Jack City' and 'Boyz 'N the Hood' are realities, but movies like 'Strictly Business' are realities, too.

Tommy Davidson

#14. I've asked God to make it clear. He can either shut the door or open it. I don't want it unless He wants it for me.

Karen Kingsbury

#15. I'm bored with it all.

- Last Words

Winston S. Churchill

#16. He's just rather more lively than most fossils.

Tamora Pierce

#17. Who believe more firmly in the Devil than in God are always afraid that if they let go, the Devil will take over first, unaware that not having let go is the Devil already in full control.

Alan W. Watts