Tony Benn Quotes

It's the same each time with progress. First they ignore you, then they say you're mad, then dangerous, then there's a pause and then you can't find anyone who disagrees with you.

Tony Benn

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 3, 1925 - March 14, 2014

Topics

TimeProgressIgnoreYouFindMad

One thing I hope I'll never be is drunk with my own power. And anybody who says I am will never work in this town again.

Jim Carrey

WorkHopePowerI AmDrunkMy Own

I remember when New Labour got in. I was at Salford Tech studying drama, and everyone was jumping up and down, and I was so upset, I went to a phone box and called my granddad.

Maxine Peake

RememberPhoneDownDramaNewUpset

All of youth culture is packaged and sold back to us at this furious rate these days. I think it's part and parcel to this corporate encroachment on our lives in general.

Ani DiFranco

CultureYouthThinkBackDaysUs

I would say I'm a boss who's learning, and I hope people have the patience for the fact that I'm learning along the way because that's a tough thing.

Sophia Amoruso

LearningPatienceHopeBossPeople

You spend all this time reading or thinking or praying or searching or exploring.Maybe there's an Omega Point of love.

Sturgill Simpson

LoveTimeReadingThinkingYou

Maybe we like our politicians to appear like bumbling oafs. It certainly never did Ronald Reagan or George Bush any harm. The Italians still seem enamoured of Silvio Berlusconi - a man whose entry into a room is less likely to be greeted with the Italian national anthem than by the Benny Hill theme tune.

Rory Bremner

ManHillNeverThemeRoomSeem

Originally, I thought of being a photographer and nearly went to art school, but I got a record deal instead.

Roisin Murphy

ArtSchoolThoughtPhotographerDeal

When I first became aware of music, it was probably the same way a lot of people do - even more suburban or rural people - from my older brothers playing music.

Mike D

MusicPeopleWayMoreFirstSame

The kind of energy I attract is very calm.

Julia Roberts

CalmEnergyKindAttractVery

You have record companies that sign acts that they think are great, and then they never do anything. Acts that they don't think are really going to do much end up having a career. I don't think anyone really knows what it is that drives somebody to get on their computer and want to download a song.

Jason Aldean

GreatSongThinkEndYouCareer

Humans metabolize their purchases very quickly, even if it seemed worth it for any number of reasons when you first bought it. After some time passes, people will go back to feeling the baseline feelings they had previously felt about themselves, no matter how shiny the object, the hair, or the experience.

Debbie Millman

TimeExperiencePeopleHairYou

I really appreciate the everyday stuff as far as material.

Bonnie Hunt

AppreciateEverydayFarStuffReally

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