"The urge to pass new laws must be seen as an illness, not much different from the urge to bite old women. Anyone suspected of suffering from it should either be treated with the appropriate pills or, if it is too late for that, elected to parliament [or congress, as the case may be] and paid a huge salary with endless holidays, to do nothing whatever."

-- Auberon Waugh

#Holiday Quotes #Law Quotes #Suffering Quotes

“On Twitter, when someone would die, I would write a joke. Or if there's a tragedy, I would write a joke and tweet it. That was my thing, and then at a certain point, people started demanding it.”
“I've done too many stupid things for there not to be movies made about me when I'm dead, so I might as well write the script.”
“I'm a fan of hip-hop and I love it, I by no means am an expert on it.”

Source : "Solange Knowles On Nas, Juvenile And Dance Moves". "Microphone Check" with Ali Shaheed Muhammad, Frannie Kelley, www.npr.org. February 12, 2014.
“I could never stop drugs, I could never stop drinking, until I received my spiritual awakening.”
“A right without an attendant responsibility is as unreal as a sheet of paper which has only one side.”
“I've become better at the net. I've got a 135 mph serve so I'd be stupid not to follow that in. Overall I'm a better player than I was last year.”
“In this world the one thing supremely worth having is the opportunity to do well and worthily a piece of work of vital consequence to the welfare of mankind.”
“When all within is peace How nature seems to smile Delights that never cease The live-long day beguile”

You may also like:

Alec Waugh
Novelist
Alexander Waugh
Writer
Anthony Powell
Novelist
Evelyn Waugh
Writer
Graham Greene
Writer
Ian Hislop
Journalist
Polly Toynbee
Journalist
Richard Ingrams
Journalist
Christopher Booker
Journalist