Quotes by British/United Kingdom authors (page 7)

"Sometimes you have to be brave and take a leap of faith, even if it's scary"

"You've got to be actively involved in the process yourself and you've got to listen carefully to what the coach is saying, take that on board yourself and implement what the coach is saying"

Lynn Davies, Athlete

"I wish you would read a little poetry sometimes. Your ignorance cramps my conversation"

Anthony Hope, Writer

"Anyone's life truly lived consists of work, sunshine, exercise, soap, plenty of fresh air, and a happy contented spirit"

Lillie Langtry, Actress

"America is practically owned by China"

Tom Winnifrith, Journalist

"Scientific understanding is often beautiful, a profoundly aesthetic experience which gives pleasure not unlike the reading of a great poem"

Paul Nurse, Scientist

"On the night of the 1st of September we observed for the first time signs of the natives being in the neighbourhood. Fires were seen on the low land near Cape Frederick Henry, and at daylight we saw the natives with our glasses"

William Bligh, Soldier

"Everything is out there if you know how to find it, and have the patience. I don't and haven't, but that's my problem"

Tom Holt, Novelist

"Lose your dreams and you might lose your mind"

Mick Jagger, Musician

"The great advantage about telling the truth is that nobody ever believes it"

Dorothy L. Sayers, Author

"A true leader has to have a genuine open-door policy so that his people are not afraid to approach him for any reason"

Harold S. Geneen, Businessman

"I am patient with stupidity but not with those who are proud of it"

Edith Sitwell, Poet

"I am convinced that we are in a terminal process"

E. P. Thompson, Historian

"The resolved mind hath no cares"

George Herbert, Poet

"One father is enough to govern one hundred sons, but not a hundred sons one father"

George Herbert, Poet

"Night is the mother of counsels"

George Herbert, Poet

"Never was a miser a brave soul"

George Herbert, Poet

"Living well is the best revenge"

George Herbert, Poet

"Hell is full of good meanings and wishings"

George Herbert, Poet

"A lean compromise is better than a fat lawsuit"

George Herbert, Poet

"The essence of the beautiful is unity in variety"

W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright

"Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull"

W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright

"Let us develop the resources of our land, call forth its powers, build up its institutions, promote all its great interests, and see whether we also, in our day and generation, may not perform something worthy to be remembered"

W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright

"You are not angry with people when you laugh at them. Humor teaches tolerance"

W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright

"When you choose your friends, don't be short-changed by choosing personality over character"

W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright

"People ask for criticism, but they only want praise"

W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright

"No egoism is so insufferable as that of the Christian with regard to his soul"

W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright

"Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets"

W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright

"Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young"

W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright

"At a dinner party one should eat wisely but not too well, and talk well but not too wisely"

W. Somerset Maugham, Playwright

"The wisdom of the wise and the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"Change is inevitable. Change is constant"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman

"A great city, whose image dwells in the memory of man, is the type of some great idea. Rome represents conquest; Faith hovers over the towers of Jerusalem; and Athens embodies the pre-eminent quality of the antique world, Art"

Benjamin Disraeli, Statesman