8 quotes found
Politician · English · 1890–1971
English politician (1890–1971)
“The critical period of matrimony is breakfast-time.”
“An act of God was defined as something which no reasonable man could have expected.”
“An act of God was defined as "something which no reasonable man could have expected."”
“The concept of two people living together for 25 years without a serious dispute suggests a lack of spirit only to be admired in sheep.”
“Thank heaven I have given up smoking again! . . . God! I feel fit. A different man. Irritable moody depressed rude perhaps . . . but the lungs are fine.”
“A dull speaker like a plain woman is credited with all the virtues for we charitably suppose that a surface so unattractive must be compensated by interior blessings.”