John Gummer Quotes

#1. John Gummer just did not have the political clout or credibility to rally the troops. I had appointed him as a sort of nightwatchman, but he seemed to have to sleep on the job.

Margaret Thatcher

#2. Global climate change needs global action now. The alarm bells ought to be ringing in every capital of the world.

John Gummer

#3. It's not the future I'm talking about, I'm talking about tomorrow.

John Gummer

#4. Poverty is considered quaint in the rural areas because it comes thatched.

John Gummer

#5. Do we have to wait until a disaster overwhelms us before we make the radical changes necessary to protect our world for future generations? That is the vital challenge of sustainable development. If we act now there is much that can be saved which will otherwise disappear forever

John Gummer

#6. Any idiot can be liked. It takes talent to scare the crap out of people-

Alison Arngrim

#7. My first day on the set of 'John Adams', I was just supposed to fly to Virginia for a costume fitting. But the director figured, why not shoot it, too? So they threw me into a dress that didn't fit, gave me lines I hadn't seen, in a dialect I didn't know, and two screaming, arching infants.

Mamie Gummer

#8. A tolerant society is one in which we criminalise an activity only as a last resort. Toleration is not just about allowing people to do things of which we approve, but about allowing them to do things of which we do not approve.

John Gummer

#9. Act enthusiastic and you will be enthusiastic.

Dale Carnegie

#10. It's very difficult leaving the house anytime with my baby at home.

Mariska Hargitay

#11. The latest scientific studies have revealed extraordinary findings. The brain is much more flexible and adaptable than previously thought. It can evolve and creatively work around limitations and nullify them.

James Morcan

#12. If we wait for conditions to go from good to perfect, we'll just be waiting, waiting, waiting.

Bill Simon

#13. Eighty percent of the people of Britain want more money spent on public transport - in order that other people will travel on the buses so that there is more room for them to drive their cars.

John Gummer