David Lange: Going

David Lange was New Zealand politician and 32nd Prime Minister of New Zealand. Explore interesting quotes on going.

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“When asked, "So, what are you going to do with the rest of your life?": "I'm going to be a jockey."”

David Lange

Lange was notably rotund.
Source: A New Zealand Dictionary of Political Quotations, p. 97.

Life

“And I'm going to give it to you if you hold your breath just for a moment … I can smell the uranium on it as you lean towards me.”

David Lange

Commonly misquoted as "I can smell the uranium on your breath", as in A New Zealand Dictionary of Political Quotations, p. 94.
During the Oxford Union Debate, 1 March 1985.
Source: http://publicaddress.net/default,1578.sm#post

“He viewed humour as a relaxing introduction to many situations. "It is, of course, completely inappropriate in some… but in the end, you know, if you were serious in this job you'd go mad."”

David Lange

Source: Gliding on the Lino - The Wit of David Lange, compiled by David Barber, 1987.

Madness