Source : "Older and wiser: Carol Ann Duffy introduces poems of ageing". www.theguardian.com. March 12, 2010.
#Purple Quotes
“The most difficult character in comedy is that of the fool, and he must be no simpleton that plays that part.”
“The conscience of human never allows us to be quited with the unjustice.”
“I have had twenty years of perfect companionship with a man among men. He is a rock and a protection. I have never regretted it.”
“When you write a song, there's no point keeping it to yourself.”
“One of the most important things for a country, particularly when it's seeking to attract long-term capital in big risky projects that are going to have a payback over many years if not decades, is to be seen as being a predictable environment where tax changes will be few. But if they are going to come about they'll come about in a way that you know is predictable, understandable.”
“Generally speaking, the less privileged groups in democratic society, as they become aware of their interests and their political power, will be found to press for ever more state intervention in practically all fields.”
“Oceans are one of the most important things in the world now and that is a national security threat of the United States of America, to be honest with you. That is why seeing the habitat destroyed is so short-sighted by us.”
“Be good at something. It makes you valuable.”
Roger McGough Poet
Sylvia Plath Poet
Wendy Cope Poet