"Only in Britain could it be thought a defect to be too clever by half. The probability is that too many people are too stupid by three-quarters."

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John Major

#Clever Quotes #Stupid Quotes #Silly Quotes

“My vanity is not remotely physical, it is cerebral. I suppose feeling self-conscious might be a form of vanity, though.”
“The kingdom is not an exclusive, well-trimmed suburb with snobbish rules about who can live there. No, it is for a larger, homelier, less self-conscious caste of people who understand they are sinners because they have experienced the yaw and pitch of moral struggle.”
“And we think that our citizens and yours would be very angry if they thought that we hadnt taken every possible step for prevention and then for joint action in the likelihood of those who threaten our lives and our well- being, taking action at the same time.”

Source : "Interview with British Home Secretary David Blunkett". "CNN Live on Location" with Judy Wiidruff, www.cnn.com. April 3, 2003.
“There is no religion without love, and people may talk as much as they like about their religion, but if it does not teach them to be good and kind to man and beast, it is all a sham.”

Source : Anna Sewell (2011). “Black Beauty: (Penguin Classics Deluxe Edition)”, p.51, Penguin
“I never have taken a picture I've intended. They're always better or worse.”
“Life is never straightforward or emotionally black and white.”
“I would like to say that I helped out our men in uniform, but the truth is I probably just grumbled at the noise.”
“Put a symbol, or language of some sort, in a painting and it will be noticed by the viewer whether or not they can read that particular language.”

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