Kitchener's Quotes

#1. A friend in the War Office warned me that I was in Kitchener's black books, and that orders had been given for my arrest next time I appeared in France.

Philip Gibbs

#2. Kitchener up to London, but could not yet nerve himself

Barbara W. Tuchman

#3. I have to fill the bathtub with water.

Nalini Singh

#4. So I don't think I'll make Poet Laureate,
but I swear I'm not twisted and bitter,
If finely-wrought talents
don't weigh in the balance,
I can always write haiku on Twitter.

Rosy Cole

#5. There is so much to do on a film set. It is an extraordinarily invigorating and wonderful place to be, when things are running well.

Ben Kingsley

#6. I believe there's too little patience and context to many of the investigations I read or see on television.

Bob Woodward

#7. When Moses says, "Who am I that I should go to Pharaoh?" God answers not by telling Moses who he is, but by telling him who God is, saying, "I will be with you" (Exodus 3:12)

Harold S. Kushner

#8. When you read about a car crash in which two or three youngsters are killed, do you pause to dwell on the amount of love and treasure and patience parents poured into bodies no longer suitable for open caskets?

Jim Bishop

#9. A penny saved is a penny to squander.

Ambrose Bierce

#10. The impetus of existing plans is always stronger than the impulse to change. The Kaiser could not change Moltke's plan nor could Kitchener alter Henry Wilson's nor Lanrezac alter Joffre's.

Barbara W. Tuchman

#11. There are tens, perhaps hundreds of millions of people living in poverty and danger who might readily seek to enter a Western country if the opportunity is there.

Tony Abbott

#12. If Kitchener was not a great man, he was, at least, a great poster.

Margot Asquith

#13. The longest hill must end in a valley.

Henry Beeching

#14. When destiny calls you, you've got to be strong. I may not be with you, but you've got to move on.

Phil Collins

#15. I believe that to do anything in this world one needs a love for risk and adventure, and above all, to be able to do without what middle-class families call "future."

Joan Miro

#16. I wanna make a jigsaw puzzle that's 40,000 pieces. And when you finish it, it says, 'go outside'.

Demetri Martin

#17. Even in all that darkness I could see her beauty. Still, I couldn't claim it for myself. Instead, I decided to hurt her.
"You loved someone," I said, "who was completely inappropriate.

Amber Dermont

#18. I think there is a guy called Michael. It looks as though he's got a talent. He will make his way to F1.

David Coulthard

#19. Wherever the music comes from, if there is no focus behind it then it's just noise

Derrick May