"Cynics who say power is all that counts in politics forget that power without ideas is just improvisation."

-- Michael Ignatieff

#Ideas Quotes #Forget Quotes #Improvisation Quotes

“A handkerchief can never be put in another pocket after it has been in one pocket. I don't walk under ladders. I have items of clothing that are lucky for me. That rotates, but I am luck-oriented.”
“I would rather die standing up to live life on my knees.”
“I am not enough to be only in the mountains, not enough to be on an expedition. I believe that if the walks uphill, then with some goal, and that goal is to climb to the top.”
“No cigar-smoker ever committed suicide.”

Source : William Maginn (1855). “The Odoherty papers”, p.137
“I come from the performance world, but the idea of a worship song is different. It's useful music.”
“Birth-control is effecting, and promising to effect, many functions in our social life.”
“We have to struggle against the conservatives from all sides, not only the right-wingers, but also the left-wing conservatives who don't want to change anything.”
“Old age, believe me, is a good and pleasant thing. It is true you are gently shouldered off the stage, but then you are given such a comfortable front stall as spectator.”

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