Agnes Macphail Quotes

When I first came to the House of Commons and walked out into the lobby, men sprang to their feet. I asked them to sit down since I'd come to walk around. I didn't want them doing me favours.

Agnes Macphail

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: politician
  • Nationality: canadian
  • Birth: March 24, 1890 - February 13, 1954

Topics

WalkMenMeFeetDoingHouse

I am trying to release endorphins here. I am not preaching to you - I am trying to make you laugh.

Jimmy Carr

I AmLaughTryingYouReleaseHere

Theatre is a game of hide-and-seek. For both the hiders and the seekers, the thrill is in the discovery. When the rules of the game are too vague or too complicated, however, the audience can lose its urge to play; the prize no longer seems quite worth the hunt.

John Lahr

TheatreGameWorthLoseRulesPlay

What I say about actors is you always want to find an actor you can play ball with. You throw the ball at them and you want them to throw it back. Your ball playing is a lot better when you play with good ballplayers, like any sport. Every actor I know feels the same way.

Robert Knepper

GoodBetterYouBackFindPlay

The highest-income Americans don't need tax-free health insurance, mortgage interest deductions or deferred taxation on retirement funds.

Steven Rattner

HealthRetirementInsuranceMortgage

Winning isn't getting ahead of others. It's getting ahead of yourself.

Roger Staubach

YourselfWinningAheadOthers

Quentin Tarantino is controlled insanity, I would say. He's very loud and fun. I don't think there's anybody on the planet like him that I have ever met.

Rose McGowan

FunThinkInsanitySayHimPlanet

Motivations are too tangled and complex.

Russell Banks

ComplexTangledTooMotivations

I should never, ever try and grow a mustache again.

Mike McCready

GrowTryMustacheNeverAgainEver

Most organizations do not value imagination, do not encourage it, do not reward it. In many cases, they don't even think about it. But if you're not thinking about imagination, I guarantee you're not going to have meaningful innovation.

Jay S. Walker

InnovationImaginationValueThinking

I'm proud of the fact that I pitched almost 3,300 innings.

Dennis Eckersley

ProudAlmostFactInnings

I was in good control of my body, and I kept my head still.

Dennis Eckersley

GoodControlBodyHeadStillKept

The deep problems that afflict the Middle East are not easy to fix, but they must be dealt with if we are not to see a son of ISIS, or even a grandson of ISIS, developing in the years to come.

Peter Bergen

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