Favour Quotes

306 quotes by 257 authors

In a political fight, when you've got nothing in favour of your side, start a row in the opposition camp. — Huey Long
A critical, independent and investigative press is the lifeblood of any democracy. The press must be free from state interference. It must have the economic… — Nelson Mandela
It has always been the habit of Catholic in danger and in troublous times to fly for refuge to Mary, and to seek for peace… — Pope Leo X
Everyone is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure. — Anthony Eden
In coming to understand anything we are rejecting the facts as they are for us in favour of the facts as they are. — C.S. Lewis
Football is about joy. It's about dribbling. I favour every idea that makes the game beautiful. Every good idea has to last. — Ronaldinho
I am rather in favour of dealing with teenage hooliganism. — James Callaghan
God and posterity will show me more favour — Lady Jane Grey
I am logically in favour of a referendum. It would be the only legitimate way. — Jacques Chirac
But the distant hope of being one day useful or eminent ought not to mislead us too far from that study which is equally requisite… — Samuel Johnson
I had not to this time subsisted, but that I was supported by your frequent courtesies and favours. — Philip Massinger
I am in favour of the notion of Australia as an immigrant society — Tony Abbott
There's unfortunately a view of too many people in Atlantic Canada that it's only through government favours that there's going to be economic progress, or… — Stephen Harper
I am all in favour of spontaneity, providing it is carefully planned and ruthlessly controlled. — John Gielgud
Many of the early nationalisation measures were right. They have remained part of the social fabric. I favour measures of that type. — Roy Jenkins
It is in a country's interests to keep faith with its allies. States in this sense are like people. If you have a reputation for… — Margaret Thatcher
God made man in his own image, and man returned the favour. — Frank Wedekind
I have outlived that care that curries public favour or dreads the public frownâ€¦let the hand of law strike me down if it will, but… — Ned Kelly
Sometimes you have to resist working on your strengths in favour of your weaknesses. The decathlon requires a wide range of skills. — Daley Thompson
When one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favour. — Jane Welsh Carlyle

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