Nigel Rees Quotes

#1. Rees's First Law of Quotations: When in doubt, ascribe all quotations to George Bernard Shaw.

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#2. Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.

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#3. I got into New College, Oxford. The ethos was that you could work - or not.

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#4. I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.

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#5. Lord Castlerosse was taken to task by Nancy Astor over the size of his stomach. 'What would you say if that was on a woman?' she asked, pointedly. 'Half an hour ago it was,' he replied.

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#6. You wish to put a positive construction on your deeds and words.

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#7. My job involves searching for 'lost' quotations - that is, trying to find out who came up with a quotable saying that lingers in someone's mind and which they wish to use for their own purpose and which they cannot find in conventional dictionaries of quotation.

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#8. The truest grace is not to forgive, but to have never found fault.

Richard Paul Evans

#9. I was absolutely a non-starter at games. My report for rugby said, 'Nigel's chief contribution is his presence on the field.' I used to pray for rain and sometimes it did rain - and we played anyway.

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#10. You have more brain cells than there are grains of sand on your favorite beach, and you have cleverness, dexterity, and creativity - all of which powerfully combine when you are at risk - if you listen to your intuition

Gavin De Becker

#11. People will say what they want to say, in the way they want to.

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#12. It is part of politics to make things look better than they really are. What is a spin doctor but a serial euphemiser?

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#13. I can watch anybody all day long if they're really doing what they're doing. I have a fascination with human behavior, watching people talk, when they pick at their face or how they hold their hand or if they're listening to you, if they're not listening to you.

Scoot McNairy

#14. I'm not the most accomplished of writers out there, but I feel that I quite effective all the same.

Don Gibson

#15. I am only too aware that I am open to Rees's Second Law of Quotation: However sure you are that you have attributed a quotation correctly, an earlier source will be pointed out to you.

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#16. Euphemism in the workplace does not end with job descriptions. It reaches a pusillanimous peak at the other end of the work process - in dismissal.

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#17. How come there's only one Monopolies Commission?

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#18. We all know that change is inevitable. It provides us with a challenge and an opportunity to grow and improve and to attract new members with new ideas.

Ron D. Burton

#19. I was broadcast-struck from an early age; I had saved up for a tape recorder and started making programmes.

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#20. Every time I see a guy walk out of an over-the-top sports car, I think they need a cold shower.

Gia Allemand