Bonar Law (1858–1923) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Message sent to Belfast (12 July, 1913).
In a radio interview. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/31/us/paul-lepage-maine-governor.html (August 31, 2016)
Bonar Law (1858–1923) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Message sent to Belfast (12 July, 1913).
“No-one should have any trouble finding a party.”
Alex Salmond (1954) Scottish National Party politician and former First Minister of Scotland
St Andrew's Day (November 30, 2007)
Frederick E. Morgan (1894–1967) British Army general
Comment to his staff officers, on the crucial distinction between intensive battle training and actual battle (19 May 1943), quoted in History of COSSAC (May 1944) http://www.history.army.mil/documents/cossac/Cossac.htm by Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force
Tulsi Gabbard (1981) U.S. Representative from Hawaii's 2nd congressional district
Twitter post published by Fox News https://www.foxnews.com/politics/tulsi-gabbard-hillary-clinton-smears-bernie-sanders-endorsement. (18 October 2019) <br class="br">Twitter account, October 2019
Martti Ahtisaari (1937) Finnish politician and former President of Finland
On working in peace negotiations, as quoted in "Nobel Peace Prize winner wants jobs for the young" in International Herald Tribune (11 October 2008)
Context: You have to be rather straightforward with your clients. You can't tell the parties only nice things. This is not an entertainment show; it's not reality television either.
Craig Groeschel (1967) American priest
It – How Churches and Leaders Can Get It and Keep It (2008, Zondervan)
David Lynch (1946) American filmmaker, television director, visual artist, musician and occasional actor
As quoted in Nightmares in Red, White and Blue: The Evolution of the American Horror Film (2004) by Joseph Maddrey, p. 160
Context: Being in darkness and confusion is interesting to me. But behind it you can rise out of that and see things the way the really are. That there is some sort of truth to the whole thing, if you could just get to that point where you could see it, and live it, and feel it... I think it is a long, long, way off. In the meantime there's suffering and darkness and confusion and absurdities, and it's people kind of going in circles. It's fantastic. It's like a strange carnival: it's a lot of fun, but it's a lot of pain.
Roberto Clemente (1934–1972) Puerto Rican baseball player
Another excerpt from the Tris Speaker speech – featuring a much more familiar version of the "wasting your time" warning – as quoted in "Standing Cheer for Roberto" by Houston Chronicle sportswriter John Wilson, in The Sporting News (February 20, 1971), p. 44.
Other, <big><big>1970s</big></big>, <big>1971</big>
Context: We must all live together and work together no matter what race or nationality. If you have an opportunity to accomplish something that will make things better for someone coming behind you, and you don't do that, you are wasting your time on this earth.
“Oh the things you can find
If you don't stay behind!”
Dr. Seuss book On Beyond Zebra!
On Beyond Zebra! (1955)
Richard Perle (1941) American government official
When asked about a solution for the Israeli-Palestinian conflict in a 1988 debate with Noam Chomsky at Ohio State University
Source: http://www.radio4all.net/index.php?op=program-info&program_id=8409 http://chomskytorrents.org/TorrentDetails.php?TorrentID=130