"Being attacked by him is like being savaged by a dead sheep."

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Source : On being criticized by Sir Geoffrey Howe in the House of Commons, 'Hansard' 14 June 1978, col. 1027

Denis Healey

#Sarcastic Quotes #Sheep Quotes

“I was never anorexic, so I was never that skinny. I was never bony-bony. But I remember thinking, I don't want to be this skinny.”
“It is beyond ridiculous that wolves need to study a human or that they are capable of it.”

Source : "International Wolf Center Nominates Picoult's Lone Wolf for Scat Award". March 08, 2012.
“So without getting into the specifics, I can tell you that to the extent that investigation is a relatively important investigation and meaningful, the president would have been periodically briefed.”
“What Independence Has Come to Mean to Me: The Pain of Solitude. The Pleasure of Self-Knowledge”
“I am not what happened to me, I am what I choose to become.”
“The most creative people have learned to tolerate the slight discomfort of indecision for much longer and so, just because they put in more pondering time, their solutions are more creative.”
“When I read the epitaphs of the beautiful, every inordinate desire goes out; when I meet with the grief of parents upon a tombstone, my heart melts with compassion; when I see the tomb of the parents themselves, I consider the vanity of grieving for those whom we must quickly follow: when I see kings lying by those who deposed them, when I consider rival wits placed side by side, or the holy men that divided the world with their contests and disputes, I reflect with sorrow and astonishment on the little competitions, factions, and debates of mankind.”
“Still when it comes to finding fault we are fonder of windows than of mirrors.”

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