Ferdinand Mount Quotes

For the first half of this century, High Court judges have been cautious to the point of timidity in expressing any criticism of governmental action; the independence of the judiciary has been of a decidedly subordinate character.

Ferdinand Mount

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: writer
  • Nationality: british
  • Birth: July 2, 1939

Topics

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'The Real Housewives of Miami' only shows my life in Miami, and, to be honest, my life is more L.A.

Joanna Krupa

LifeMiamiMy LifeMoreRealHonest

If we are ever in doubt about what to do, it is a good rule to ask ourselves what we shall wish on the morrow that we had done.

John Lubbock

GoodWishDoubtDoneAskRule

Before Italy, I had a happy life.

Amanda Knox

LifeHappyHappy LifeItalyBefore

I love getting dressed up. Being a pop star is the most brilliant job for that. A lot of girls love shopping, but they might see the most amazing outfit and think, 'When am I going to wear that?', so it's my duty to exploit the fact I do have events I can wear these things to.

Sophie Ellis-Bextor

LoveJobAmazingShoppingThink

I hate imperialism. I detest colonialism. And I fear the consequences of their last bitter struggle for life. We are determined that our nation, and the world as a whole, shall not be the plaything of one small corner of the world.

Sukarno

LifeFearHateStruggleWorldSmall

I would suggest that barbarism be considered as a permanent and universal human characteristic which becomes more or less pronounced according to the play of circumstances.

Simone Weil

PlayCircumstancesMoreHumanWould

Sometimes I think that I want to do something strictly basic, really simple. Just with a few chords. But I won't have anything more than two or three sentences in my head. That kind of evaporates once I start playing and then it goes off in whatever direction.

Tom Jenkinson

SimpleStartDirectionThinkThree

All my books explore fatherhood. I look at what it means to have a big father figure at the centre: sometimes they're a good father, sometimes bad.

Monique Roffey

GoodFatherLookBadSometimesBig

I think there is a failure in foreign policy. And you have to acknowledge that under Barack Obama, Hillary Clinton was the architect of that foreign policy. Whether it was malevolent or not, I don't know.

Michael McCaul

FailureThinkYouKnowPolicy

We choose our sex, our color, our country, and then we look around for the particular set of parents who will mirror the pattern we are bringing in to work on in this lifetime.

Louise L. Hay

WorkMirrorParentsColorChoose

Balenciaga did the most delicious evening clothes. Clothes aren't delicious any more.

Diana Vreeland

EveningClothesMoreDeliciousMost

History was made the day Chubby Checker went on 'Bandstand' with 'The Twist.'

Chubby Checker

HistoryDayTwistChubbyMade

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