Julian Baggini Quotes

The optimist underestimates how difficult it is to achieve real change, believing that anything is possible and it's possible now. Only by confronting head-on the reality that all progress is going to be obstructed by vested interests and corrupted by human venality can we create realistic programmes that actually have a chance of success.

Julian Baggini

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ChangeSuccessProgressChance

Inherently in us as Irish people, wherever you are in the world, when you hear an Irish accent, it's like a moth to a flame. There's a real personable pride and camaraderie about being Irish.

Jessie Buckley

PeopleWorldFlamePrideYouIrish

There are a lot of people with a lot of money, and I'm amazed they don't understand what a great pleasure it can be to give.

Robert Mondavi

GreatMoneyPeopleAmazingPleasure

I've rarely gotten a good review in my life, yet, to paraphrase Noel Coward, I am happy to console myself with the bitter palliative of commercial success.

Steven Weber

LifeSuccessGoodMyselfI AmHappy

I'd been in journalism about two weeks when I realized I would do just about anything to avoid writing, and over the years, I have.

Tucker Carlson

WritingJournalismTwoOverAnything

I mean there are many, many people in all sorts of different countries who don't have a great life, who are subject to injustice. Are we obliged to take all of them who come here? I think the answer is 'Not necessarily.'

Tony Abbott

LifeGreatPeopleThinkInjustice

As far as me personally, I guess I'm going to come to the races for as long as I can.

Roger Penske

MeLongI CanGoingComeFar

I'm always calling my doctor because I'm constantly injuring myself while on the road, like tearing a ligament, blasting my ears or losing my voice. Plus, I'm a total hypochondriac.

Mika

MyselfLosingDoctorRoadVoice

America is full of success stories featuring victories by the underdog.

Mike Gallagher

SuccessUnderdogAmericaVictories

I was pretty much a homebody; didn't really go to school dances, never went to a prom. I was a bit of a loner, a geek.

Michael Rosenbaum

SchoolGoNeverPrettyLonerProm

Bad leadership during the past years has cast on our Party the shadow of great and grave burdens.

Janos Kadar

LeadershipGreatPastShadowBad

America stands as a beacon of hope and the possibility of a better life - but it is also a nation where nearly 1 in 4 children live in poverty.

Chris Van Hollen

LifeLiveHopeChildrenBetter

I never had a chance to learn how to drive.

Brittany Murphy

DriveChanceLearnNeverHowHad

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