Prime Quotes · Page 7

If you have been prime minister of this country, I do believe the country should recognise the service given.

— Lindsay Hoyle

Zeus, first cause, prime mover; for what thing without Zeus is done among mortals?

— Aeschylus

Being prime minister isn't the only job in life! As far as I'm concerned, I could live in a village and be…

— Indira Gandhi

You've got to keep yourself in prime physical condition, because fatigue makes cowards of us all.

— Vince Lombardi

In Pierre Trudeau, Canada has finally produced a Prime Minister worthy of assassination.

— John Diefenbaker

If Margaret Thatcher had been Prime Minister at the time, there would have been no Treaty of Maastricht.

— Douglas Hurd

A prime minister must not promise things that can't be fulfilled.

— Ehud Olmert

A cheerful life is what the Muses love. A soaring spirit is their prime delight.

— William Wordsworth

I've reminded the prime minister-the American people, Mr. Prime Minister, over the past months that it was not always a given that…

— George W. Bush

Prime ministers require the hide of a rhinoceros, the morals of St. Francis, the patience of Job, the wisdom of Solomon, the…

— Lester B. Pearson

Reed College required a thesis for a Bachelor's degree. Normally a Bachelor's is sort of like being stamped 'Prime US Beef.' They…

— David Eddings

Correctness is clearly the prime quality. If a system does not do what it is supposed to do, then everything else about…

— Bertrand Meyer

Weekend planning is a prime time to apply the Deathbed Priority Test: On your deathbed, will you wish you'd spent more prime…

— Hal Borland

I truly don't know why it was ended, though. It was suddenly decided that that would be it. They never said particularly…

— Derek Jacobi

We avoided injuries that season. It was our fourth year with Vince, so we all knew just what he wanted. And a…

— Bart Starr

It takes great self-confidence to write a newspaper column. Some might say it takes arrogance. Be that as it may, my willingness…

— Russell Baker

I'm always involved with the Aerospace Program and NASA and Goddard Space Flight Center. And if kids feel so inclined, they can…

— Peter Cullen

Someday we'll learn the whole story of why George W. Bush brushed off that intelligence briefing of Aug. 6, 2001, 'Bin Laden…

— Frank Rich

Look at the trees, look at the birds, look at the clouds, look at the stars… and if you have eyes you…

— Anonymous

We want a comprehensive package that covers export subsidies, tariffs and overall levels of support. British Prime Minister Tony Blair is making…

— Kevin Watkins

The USA is a threat to world peace. Who are they to pretend that they are the policemen of the world, the…

— Nelson Mandela

The next Prime Minister walking through that door will be me or Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, you can choose an economy…

— David Cameron

Aesthetics - rather than reason - shapes our thought processes. First comes aesthetics, then logic. 'Thinking in Numbers' is not about an…

— Daniel Tammet

My pet-sitting day ends around sunset, and it's very satisfying to know that I've made several living beings happy that day. That…

— Blaize Clement

One of the fundamental responsibilities of any Canadian prime minister is to get our resources to market.

— Justin Trudeau

Whenever all men are...hastening to be slaves or tyrants we make Liberalism the prime bogey.

— Anonymous

Did the Prime Minister have some sort of grudge against you by sending this publicity crazed person into your Department?

— David Winnick

Trust and belief are two prime considerations. You must not allow yourself to be opinionated.

— James Dean

What country is stabler than Iran? Where else in the world would an assassinated prime minister be so quickly replaced?

— Ruhollah Khomeini

I am not entering politics to be another Knesset member. If I enter the political arena I want to be prime minister.…

— Ami Ayalon

…shellfish are the prime cause of the decline of morals and the adaptation of an extravagant lifestyle.

— Pliny the Elder

Dictatorship is like a giant beech-tree-very magnificent to look at in its prime, but nothing grows underneath it.

— Stanley Baldwin

He (Gorton) is not fit to hold the great office of Prime Minister.

— Malcolm Fraser

A President has a great chance; his position is almost that of a king and a prime minister rolled into one.

— Theodore Roosevelt

I'm going to be going to a secluded spot where no one can find me - NBC prime time.

— Jay Leno

In an information society, education is no mere amenity; it is the prime tool for growing people and profits.

— John Naisbitt

Rich widows are the only second-hand goods that sell at prime cost.

— Vikrant Parsai

I believe that I am past my prime. I had reckoned on my prime lasting till I was at least fifty.

— Maggie Smith

Sincerity is the prime requisite in every approach to the God who ... hates all hypocrisy, falsehood, and deceit.

— Geoffrey B. Wilson

I don't think it's the role of the prime minister to court the press.

— John Major