John Amery Quotes

#1. In violation of the Habeas Corpus Act and the fundamental laws of our constitution these men have never been brought to trail or even allowed to see a lawyer.

John Amery

#2. For two years living in a neutral country I have been able to see through the haze of propaganda to reach something which my conscience tells me is the truth.

John Amery

#3. That is why I come forward tonight without any political label, without any bias, but just simply as an Englishman to say to you: a crime is being committed against civilization.

John Amery

#4. Oh! Let me love forever.
Let me dream in love.
Without power of love,
life is a waterless river.

Debasish Mridha

#5. American troops have not only occupied Ulster but are arriving in increasing numbers in England.

John Amery

#6. He had lived a very long time, and only since he gained Anna had he learned to fear. He'd discovered that he had never been brave before - just indifferent. She had taught him that to be brave, you have to fear losing something.

Patricia Briggs

#7. As I get, I give. Giving as you get is critical. It has everything to do with being happy for yourself, and making others happy is the cause of making yourself happy, and it's the cycle of giving and getting.

Russell Simmons

#8. I think mostly it's the adventure that I will have in making the movie. That's what I look for.

Christian Bale

#9. All men will commence in their present rank and promotion will be open to all men alike, without any distinctions or qualifications, political or otherwise.

John Amery

#10. Pour yourself a drink, put on some lipstick, and pull yourself together.

Elizabeth Taylor

#11. In France, it's always about life, normal life. We always stick with these realistic things. So when French people are dreaming about American movies, they go and see the thrillers, and Westerns, and science fiction, huge entertaining movies.

Berenice Bejo

#12. It came as a great shock to me when I heard that England and Soviet Russia had become allies. So much so that I thought that the people responsible in London were acting in a manner that no longer coincided with British imperial interests.

John Amery

#13. It is not the Government, the members of Parliament to whom the ultimate decision belongs, it is up to you to go forward sure of your sacred right of free opinion, sure of your patriotism.

John Amery

#14. Three Royal Air Force aeroplanes have come over to us so far with their arms and equipment.

John Amery

#15. If you have not the experience, ask. There is no shame in asking, but do not pretend you know when you don't.

Mother Teresa

#16. The powerful wind swept his hair away from his face; he leaned his chest into the wind, as if he stood on the deck of a ship heading into the wind, slicing through the waves of an ocean he'd not yet seen.

John Irving

#17. Listeners will wonder what an Englishman is doing on the German radio tonight. You can imagine that before taking this step I hoped that someone better qualified than me would come forward.

John Amery

#18. The first great chess players, including the world champion, got by perfectly well without constant coaches.

Anatoly Karpov

#19. A woman was taking a shower. There is a knock on the door. Who is it? Blind man! The woman opens the door. Where do you want these blinds, lady?

Henny Youngman

#20. And i chose life and love and happiness and pain...

Anna Kay Akana

#21. There is more than enough room in the world for Germany and Britain.

John Amery

#22. I have always said the French team is the most important thing that has happened to me. I thought deeply about it and I want to play for France again.

Zinedine Zidane

#23. I appeal to all Britishers to answer this call to arms for the defence of all the principles that we Englishmen have been the first to proclaim in the world.

John Amery

#24. Not only the priceless heritage of our fathers, of our seamen, of our Empire builders is being thrown away in a war that serves no British interests - but our alliance leader Stalin dreams of nothing but the destruction of that heritage of our fathers?

John Amery

#25. It is only in the space that our thoughts and our feelings enclose that our happiness can breathe in freedom.

Maurice Maeterlinck

#26. Success is never final.

Winston Churchill

#27. It is up to you civilians to give a hand to show that we intend to take our responsibilities to maintain the integrity of our Empire, by giving the world proof that we have not all sold out to the Jew or Plutocrat.

John Amery

#28. It is up to you to decide that this has lasted long enough, that our boys are dying to serve no British interest but for the interests of a small clique of utterly unscrupulous men.

John Amery