Peggy Noonan (1950) American author and journalist
"So Much to Savor" in The Wall Street Journal (4 November 2004) http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110005844
1960s, A Time for Choosing (1964)
Peggy Noonan (1950) American author and journalist
"So Much to Savor" in The Wall Street Journal (4 November 2004) http://www.opinionjournal.com/columnists/pnoonan/?id=110005844
Stanley Baldwin (1867–1947) Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom
Speech http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1931/dec/03/indian-policy in the House of Commons (3 December 1931). <br class="br">1931
“Most interesting forest I have seen in my whole life.”
John Muir (1838–1914) Scottish-born American naturalist and author
journal entry http://digitalcollections.pacific.edu/cdm/ref/collection/muirjournals/id/3766/show/3742 (24 October 1911) concerning Araucaria braziliensis in southern Brazil; published in John Muir's Last Journey, edited by Michael P. Branch (Island Press, 2001), page 88 <br class="br">1910s
Rupert Murdoch (1931) Australian-American media mogul
Source: Changing views to global warming http://www.abc.net.au/rn/scienceshow/stories/2006/1785926.htm#transcript
“I am not fit to marry. I am often cross, and I like my own way, and I have a distaste for men.”
Anthony Trollope book He Knew He Was Right
Source: He Knew He Was Right
“I think a life in music is a life beautifully spent and this is what I have devoted my life to.”
Luciano Pavarotti (1935–2007) Italian operatic tenor
Penso che una vita per la musica sia una vita spesa bene ed è a questo che mi sono dedicato. <br class="br">As quoted at a tribute page on his official website, lucianopavarotti.com (September 2007) http://www.lucianopavarotti.com
Genevieve Cogman (1972) novelist and game designer
Source: The Burning Page (2016), Chapter 24 (p. 322)
Context: “I have spent most of my life preferring books to people,” Irene said sharply. “Just because I like a few specific people doesn’t change anything.”
Georges Braque (1882–1963) French painter and sculptor
Quote of Braque to John Richardson, in 'Braque Discusses His Art', in 'Realités', no. 93, August 1958, p. 28
1946 - 1963
“UKIP have now crossed a line in terms of what is acceptable behaviour in a democratic society.”
Molly Scott Cato (1963) British economist and Member of the European Parliament
Quoted in GloucestershireLive. UPDATE: European elections 2019: Molly Scott-Cato pulls out of hustings event at Gloucester Cathedral over UKIP at last minute https://www.gloucestershirelive.co.uk/news/gloucester-news/molly-scott-cato-pulls-out-2881395 (17 May 2019) <br class="br">2019