Alan Clark Quotes

In the end we are all sacked and it's always awful. It is as inevitable as death following life. If you are elevated there comes a day when you are demoted. Even Prime Ministers.

Alan Clark

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: April 13, 1928 - September 5, 1999

Topics

LifeDayDeathEndYouInevitable

As an artist, you can't expect a producer to just bring you a record. If you walk in and say, 'I want Kanye West's 'Power,' it just doesn't work that way.

John Gourley

WorkPowerWalkYouArtistWant

Stripe is building payment infrastructure for the Web, so we make it easy to accept credit cards online. Before Stripe, the way you'd do this is using the legacy banking structure. It was slow, it was complex, it was expensive. It had this very chilling effect on e-commerce.

John Collison

BuildingLegacySlowCreditYouWay

The true essence of fashion is being able to reinvent yourself with what you have.

Melanie Fiona

YourselfFashionYouTrueReinvent

'The Prince's blunt candor has been a scandal for 500 years. The book was placed on the Papal Index of banned books in 1559, and its author was denounced on the Elizabethan stages of London as the 'Evil Machiavel.' The outrage has not dimmed with time.

Michael Ignatieff

TimeEvilBookLondonYearsBlunt

The repeated action of working and playing acts like a trowel that uncovers a hidden structure under the earth. It is an action that deepens and develops.

Simon McBurney

ActionEarthHiddenStructureLike

Just as there are many Jews who keep the Friday ritual in their home despite describing themselves as atheists, I am a 'tribal Christian,' happy to attend church services.

Martin Rees

HomeI AmHappyFridayChurchKeep

With social media, I can say to the people, 'Here's me live on video for an hour. The full thing, raw and uncut.' So it bring the message directly to the people. It bypasses intermediaries in the media.

Mike Cernovich

FeelBadOnlyI FeelAboutTweets

That's why I survived because I still believe I've got something to say.

Lou Reed

BelieveSayWhySomethingBecause

There are no more Walt Disneys anymore.

Dick Van Dyke

MoreAnymoreWalt

Computers and the Internet have made it really easy to rant. It's made everyone overly opinionated.

Scott Weiland

ComputersInternetEasyEveryone

Boxing is like chess. You encourage your opponent to make mistakes so you can capitalise on it. People think you get in the ring and see the red mist, but it's not about aggression. Avoiding getting knocked out is tactical.

Nicola Adams

MistakesRedPeopleThinkYouChess

When a human being without amplification makes a sound that is high and loud, it is almost unworldly.

Renee Fleming

SoundHumanWithoutHighHuman Being

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