Children Quote by Alan Bennett The Uncommon Reader

The government increasingly resembles somebody who is trying to give the kiss of life to a corpse.

— Vince Cable

All politicians have vanity. Some wear it more gently than others.

— David Steel

Whether our feet are compressed in iron shoes, our faces hidden with veils and masks; whether yoked with cows to draw the plow through…

— Elizabeth Cady Stanton

Cheap cigars come in handy; they stifle the odor of cheap politicians.

— Ulysses S. Grant

Wearing a hat confers undeniable authority over those without one.

— Tristan Bernard

“As the year goes on, certain deputies—and others, high in public life—will appear unshaven, without coat or cravat; or they will jettison these marks…

— Hilary Mantel

“People’s hands smell very different—that’s why dogs can identify people; you have to try it! All hands have a sort of moist smell, and…

— Richard Feynman

“The bus I am riding on must be on its way to a garbage convention. Never before has a more rancid assemblage of people…

— Emily Austin

I like to think that people can see that and appreciate that idea and then, by some mechanism of wearing the fragrance, sort of…

— Jared Leto

A thing that has always baffled me about women is that they will saturate themselves with a pint of perfume, a pound of sachet…

— Groucho Marx

I've been described as a scented candle.

— Julio Torres

The heart of government, coated with whatever velvet gloves you want to put on it, is a mailed fist of force and coercion.

— Alan Keyes