“He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.”
George Bernard Shaw Major Barbara
Source: 1900s, Major Barbara (1905)
Another segment of a speech held in a UKIP meeting on 21 February 2012. When Nigel Farage explains on the reactions on Labour, Conservative and Lib Dem politicians on the failing Euro currency - Nigel Farage met Angel Merkel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ugNOj8JsXY&list=PL25613E6F90B320EC&index=8&feature=plpp_video <br class="br">2012
“He knows nothing; and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career.”
George Bernard Shaw Major Barbara
Source: 1900s, Major Barbara (1905)
“I don't consider my work a job. I consider it a career. And you
don't quit a career.”
Candace Bushnell book Summer and the City
Source: Summer and the City
Julie Andrews (1935) British actress, singer, author, theatre director, and dancer
The New York Times (14 March 1982)
Rebecca West (1892–1983) British feminist and author
This has also appeared in paraphrased form as: "If there is a God, I don't think He would demand that anyone bow down or stand up to Him. I often have a suspicion that God is still trying to work things out and hasn't finished."
The Paris Review interview (1981)
Benjamin Disraeli (1804–1881) British Conservative politician, writer, aristocrat and Prime Minister
ibid.
1870s
Peter D. Schiff (1963) American entrepreneur, economist and author
2010 Senate Campaign <br class="br">Source: Hard-Core Free-Marketeer A Conversation With Peter Schiff: Investor, Critic, Candidate, Ahran, Frank, Sunday, October 4, 2009, Outlook & Opinions, 2009-10-03 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/10/01/AR2009100103890.html,
Gertrude Stein (1874–1946) American art collector and experimental writer of novels, poetry and plays
“You should know me well enough by now to know I don't ask for things I don't think I can get.”
Bette Davis (1908–1989) film and television actress from the United States
Van Morrison (1945) Northern Irish singer-songwriter and musician
An Oral History of Popular Music (1989)