"In the end it may well be that Britain will be honored by the historians more for the way she disposed of an empire than for the way in which she acquired it."

-- David Ormsby-Gore, 5th Baron Harlech

#May Quotes #Empires Quotes #Way Quotes

“I heard of somebody once who said he was interested in doing the greatest amount of good for the greatest number, and that the greatest number was number one. That was himself. That may sound like a little bit of selfishness, but if that is selfishness, at least it is a very intelligent selfishness. Everyone has a right to be interested in himself, and I am confident that God wants us to be interested in ourselves first; that is, the first soul that anyone should bring to God should be his own soul.”
“The simplest thought, like the concept of the number one, has an elaborate logical underpinning.”
“I pay homage and respect to Bobby Womack [for Black History Month] knowing that he passed last year... Him being one of those artists that I have really sampled so much and just been so inspired by... You know, he is the original â€˜soul man.â€™”
“Let us refuse to be silent! Speaking freely is a decisive step forward on the road to freedom.”

Source : Leyla Zana (1999). “Writings from Prison”
“If I have learned how to write fiction it's by working with great writers and getting them to explain their craft to me so that I can do it in English.”
“I can access emotions very easily.”
“I guess 'The Player' was a pretty good L.A. movie. And 'Chinatown.' Was there ever a better L.A. movie about a certain period in L.A.? That was terrific.”
“Life is hard and it gets worse and worse and worse.”

You may also like:

Alec Douglas-Home
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Charles E. Bohlen
Former United States Ambassador to the Philippines
Christine Keeler
Model
Edward Heath
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
George Ball
Politician
Harold MacMillan
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Harold Wilson
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Pierre Salinger
Former White House Press Secretary
Amanda Harlech
Creative consultant