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Jenny Shipley Quotes

Hollow commitments to action in the future are insufficient. Deferring difficult issues must not be tolerated. Our children and grandchildren expect us to speak and act decisively.

Jenny Shipley

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

Author Profession: statesman
Nationality: new zealander
Birth: February 4, 1952

Topics

Future Children Action Speak Act Us

President Obama wants a climate deal and is willing to pay dearly to get it.

John Barrasso

President Pay Get Deal Willing

I had an instinct before and maybe now I don't have that instinct as much as knowing what to do, what shots to hit, where to place the ball, things like that.

Jennifer Capriati

Place Now Knowing Ball Things Where

More people go to Tate Modern than watch the Arsenal.

Melvyn Bragg

People Go More Watch Modern Than

The goal of education is not to increase the amount of knowledge but to create the possibilities for a child to invent and discover, to create men who are capable of doing new things.

Jean Piaget

Education Knowledge Men New Things

You get the feeling that on a lot of days the audience for most music would kind of rather not be faced with the artist, especially because we've been educated to think that the artist are these special creatures are otherwordly and aren't like us.

Amanda Palmer

Music Think You Artist Feeling Kind

My father comes from a generation of film that actors my age don't even know about, which is really sad.

Amber Tamblyn

Father Age Sad Generation Know Film

Edible - good to eat and wholesome to digest, as a worm to a toad, a toad to a snake, a snake to a pig, a pig to a man, and a man to a worm.

Ambrose Bierce

Good Man Snake Pig Eat Wholesome

Criticism is, or ought to be, a judicious act.

Amitava Kumar

Criticism Act Ought Judicious

I don't do sessions for myself ever. I'm always working, writing for pop sessions. And what happens is that sometimes I like a song so much, I keep it for myself.

Sia

Myself Writing Song Sometimes Always

I have a little pocket Bible that I have with me all the time in my briefcase, and so usually in the mornings, sometimes on the campaign bus or plane, I always try to catch some time to do that regularly.

Mike Huckabee

Time Me Bible Sometimes Try Bus

All my boys make me laugh.

Liv Tyler

Me Laugh Make Me Laugh Make

I don't like listening to music that isn't real.

Joss Stone

Music Listening Real Like