Small: Wherever they have been arraigned, a plain charge has been exhibited against them. They have had an impartial
"Wherever they have been arraigned, a plain charge has been exhibited against them. They have had an impartial trial and have been permitted to make their defense"
Robert Walpole, Statesman
Small: The public treasure has been duly applied to the uses to which it was appropriated by Parliament, and regular
"The public treasure has been duly applied to the uses to which it was appropriated by Parliament, and regular accounts have been annually laid before Parliament, of every article of expense"
Robert Walpole, Statesman
Small: The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the ce
"The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center"
Stephen Gardiner, Architect
Small: I work with nature, although in completely new terms
Bridget Riley
"I work with nature, although in completely new terms"
Bridget Riley, Artist
Small: What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out
Alfred Hitchcock
"What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out"
Alfred Hitchcock, Director
Small: The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past
Tim Berners-Lee
"The Web as I envisaged it, we have not seen it yet. The future is still so much bigger than the past"
Tim Berners-Lee, Inventor
Small: We felt we had to know something of his back story. I dont think people in the cinema would just accept that h
"We felt we had to know something of his back story. I don't think people in the cinema would just accept that he's there. I think we had to learn how he (got there)"
Andrew Lloyd Webber, Composer
Small: Theologians have a great problem because theyre seeking to speak about God. Since God is the ground of everyth
John Polkinghorne
"Theologians have a great problem because they're seeking to speak about God. Since God is the ground of everything that is, there's a sense in which every human inquiry is grist to the theological mill. Obviously, no theologian can know everything"
John Polkinghorne, Physicist
Small: If the experience of science teaches anything, its that the world is very strange and surprising. The many rev
John Polkinghorne
"If the experience of science teaches anything, it's that the world is very strange and surprising. The many revolutions in science have certainly shown that"
John Polkinghorne, Physicist
Small: The thing about imagination is that by the very act of putting it down, there must be some truth in ones own i
"The thing about imagination is that by the very act of putting it down, there must be some truth in one's own imagination"
Dennis Potter, Dramatist
Small: If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey
"If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey"
Laurence Olivier, Actor
Small: Your instinct, rather than precision stabbing, is more about just random bludgeoning
"Your instinct, rather than precision stabbing, is more about just random bludgeoning"
Simon Pegg, Comedian
Small: Doctor Who was a big part of my childhood so it was a great honour to be in it
"Doctor Who was a big part of my childhood so it was a great honour to be in it"
Simon Pegg, Comedian
Small: I cannot command winds and weather
Horatio Nelson
"I cannot command winds and weather"
Horatio Nelson, Soldier
Small: The corruption of the American soul is consumerism
Ben Nicholson
"The corruption of the American soul is consumerism"
Ben Nicholson, Artist
Small: Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth
"Once you eliminate the impossible, whatever remains, no matter how improbable, must be the truth"
Arthur Conan Doyle, Writer
Small: If poets were realistic, they wouldnt be poets
Peter Davison
"If poets were realistic, they wouldn't be poets"
Peter Davison, Actor
Small: It is always the simple that produces the marvelous
Amelia Barr
"It is always the simple that produces the marvelous"
Amelia Barr, Novelist
Small: Food is your bodys fuel. Without fuel, your body wants to shut down
"Food is your body's fuel. Without fuel, your body wants to shut down"
Ken Hill, Playwright
Small: Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling relationshi
"Hence my obstinate emphasis on stylistic continuity from work to work rather than specific sibling relationships between the individual work and other members of its stylistic 'family' in the world outside"
Brian Ferneyhough, Composer
Small: The history of the Church of Rome is a constant leakage of members into such breakaway cults, which go on spli
"The history of the Church of Rome is a constant leakage of members into such breakaway cults, which go on splitting"
Mary Douglas, Scientist
Small: Childhood is a promise that is never kept
"Childhood is a promise that is never kept"
Ken Hill, Playwright
Small: Old age is the verdict of life
Amelia Barr
"Old age is the verdict of life"
Amelia Barr, Novelist
Small: True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility
"True education flowers at the point when delight falls in love with responsibility"
Philip Pullman, Writer
Small: Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations
"Gratitude is one of those things that cannot be bought. It must be born with men, or else all the obligations in the world will not create it"
Edward F. Halifax, Statesman
Small: To be truly iconic, you need to be able to be recognized in a silhouette
Slash
"To be truly iconic, you need to be able to be recognized in a silhouette"
Slash, Musician
Small: Were just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl
Pink Floyd
"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fishbowl"
Pink Floyd, Musician
Small: Good marriages are made in heaven. Or some such place
"Good marriages are made in heaven. Or some such place"
Robert Bolt, Playwright
Small: Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing emissions.
Michael Burgess
"Nuclear power will help provide the electricity that our growing economy needs without increasing emissions. This is truly an environmentally responsible source of energy"
Michael Burgess, Congressman
Small: He must be lightning slow
"He must be lightning slow"
Ron Atkinson, Athlete
Small: I cant be left unsupervised
"I can't be left unsupervised"
Ron Wood, Musician
Small: I came like Water, and like Wind I go
Edward Fitzgerald
"I came like Water, and like Wind I go"
Edward Fitzgerald, Poet
Small: I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me and that, if once it became appare
"I thought this must be obvious to everyone else, as it seemed obvious to me; and that, if once it became apparent that we were on the edge, all the Great Powers would call a halt and recoil from the abyss"
Edward Grey, Politician
Small: Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men
"Rules are for the obedience of fools and the guidance of wise men"
Douglas Bader, Soldier
Small: It is part of the photographers job to see more intensely than most people do. He must have and keep in him so
"It is part of the photographer's job to see more intensely than most people do. He must have and keep in him something of the receptiveness of the child who looks at the world for the first time or of the traveler who enters a strange country"
Bill Brandt, Photographer
Small: One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem
Stephen Hawking
"One cannot really argue with a mathematical theorem"
Stephen Hawking, Physicist
Small: Do what you havent done is the key, I think
"Do what you haven't done is the key, I think"
Ridley Scott, Director
Small: And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of direc
"And, consequently, the art of propaganda or public information becomes one of the most powerful forms of directive statesmanship"
John Grierson, Director
Small: We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important
"We played at a club called, the Elbow Room. Don Carlos, the nightclub owner, was very hip and a very important person who made a big impact on my life"
Jim Capaldi, Musician
Small: I think the Mother is gradually revealing itself to me and taking over. But it is not the Mother alone.
"I think the Mother is gradually revealing itself to me and taking over. But it is not the Mother alone. It is the Mother and the Father, the male and the female, sort of gradually having their marriage"
Bede Griffiths, Clergyman
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