Walter Bagehot Quotes

A family on the throne is an interesting idea. It brings down the pride of sovereignty to the level of petty life.

Walter Bagehot

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: author
  • Nationality: english
  • Birth: February 3, 1826 - March 24, 1877

Topics

LifeFamilyPrideInterestingDown

I think Noam Chomsky is a national treasure - make that an international treasure.

Jello Biafra

ThinkTreasureMakeI ThinkNational

He who hesitates is poor.

Mel Brooks

PoorWhoHeHesitates

No president is well-served by groupthink or by everybody singing from the same sheet of music they think he's on.

Robert M. Gates

MusicSingingThinkPresidentSame

If we take a hard look at what poverty is, its nature, it's not pretty - it's full of trauma. And we're able to accept trauma with certain groups, like with soldiers, for instance - we understand that they face trauma and that trauma can be connected to things like depression or acts of violence later on in life.

Matthew Desmond

LifeNatureDepressionFaceLook

In L.A., though, people get off busses calling themselves actors, so many are really not professionals.

John Ratzenberger

PeopleGetOffCallingThoughMany

I don't know what pressures there are these days.

Trevor McDonald

KnowDaysPressures

I don't apologize for looking after New Jersey's interests. That's an obligation that I'll always keep.

Rodney Frelinghuysen

LookingNewAlwaysApologizeJersey

At Christmas time, I spent an extortionate amount of money on Buzz Lightyear toys, baby clothes, Disney cars and the like.

Russell Tovey

TimeMoneyBabyClothesChristmas

There is something about a Luger that separates it from all other handguns, and Luger devotees and Luger society members speak of it in romantic terms that must sound plain nuts to those who consider themselves level-headed.

Dick Cavett

RomanticSocietySpeakSoundNuts

I'm often given parts that aren't as big as they are colorful, but people remember them. When it's a minor or supporting role, you learn to make the most of what you're given. I can make two lines seem like 'Hamlet'.

Denholm Elliott

PeopleLearnRememberYouI CanBig

In the astronaut business - the shuttle is a very complicated vehicle; it's the most complicated flying machine ever built. And in the astronaut business, we have a saying, which is, 'There is no problem so bad that you can't make it worse.'

Chris Hadfield

BusinessFlyingSayingProblemYou

Sometimes when you tell a story, you reach a little bit too far just to make the story a better one.

Christopher Buckley

StoryBetterReachYouSometimes

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