Lords Quotes

140 Lords quotes by 122 unique authors

That's what our Rules engage us to do, to help poor persons, our lords and masters. — Vincent de Paul
Fire and fear, good servants, bad lords. — Ursula K. Le Guin
The stories of wine lords who trade wine on intimidation or food critics who trade free meals for reviews those are the stories of my… — Joe Bastianich
Grief is not very different from illness: in the impetus of its fire it does not recognise lords, it does not fear colleagues, it does… — Eleanor of Aquitaine
Lords are lordliest in their wine. — John Milton
I don't believe in the hereditary principle in the House of Lords. Imagine going to the dentist, sitting in the chair and he says, 'I'm… — Tony Benn
It's the weird thing Eton does - you're at school next to lords and earls and, in my case, Prince William, so you end up… — Eddie Redmayne
Look, I'm a member of the House of Lords and I'm the first to admit that I don't understand how one gets new laws through. — Alan Sugar
And thereby make ourselves, as it were, the lords and masters of nature. — Rene Descartes
[Among conservatives] there's been too much pseudo-populism, almost too much concern and attention for, quote, 'the people'.... After all, we conservatives are on the side… — William Kristol
A man in my situation, my lords, has not only to encounter the difficulties of fortune. and the force of power over minds which it… — Robert Emmet
Long ago life was clean, sex was bad and obscene, and the rich were so mean. Stately homes for the Lords, croquet lawns, village greens,… — Ray Davies
Time passed by. I had furnished steam hammers to the principal foundries in England. I had sent them abroad, even to Russia. At length it… — James Nasmyth
[T]ake the war on drugs. The average American says, "The war on drugs has been beneficial." The rest of us see reality. This war has… — Jacob G. Hornberger
We have in effect renounced our Worldly citizenship when we receive the King of Kings and the Prince of Peace, Lord of Lords, God of… — David Berg
Hast thou not learnd what thou art often told, A truth still sacred, and believed of old, That no success attends on spears and swords… — William Cowper
None of our political writers . . . take notice of any more than three estates, namely, Kings, Lords and Commons . . . passing… — Henry Fielding
Pride in their port, defiance in their eye, I see the lords of humankind pass by. — Oliver Goldsmith
I?m not even sure I?d go into a reformed House of Lords. But let?s put it like this, the decision would have been easier had… — Neil Kinnock
It is acknowledged, namely, that there are in the world three forms of government, autocracy, oligarchy, and democracy: autocracies and oligarchies are administered according to… — Aeschines
We have not yet received our kingdoms, neither will we, until we have finished our work on earth . . . . Then he that… — Brigham Young
Men of England, wherefore plough For the lords who lay you low? — Percy Bysshe Shelley
A man may speak very well in the House of Commons, and fail very completely in the House of Lords. There are two distinct styles… — Benjamin Disraeli
I have a huge admiration for the House of Lords, I have a huge admiration for the people who work in the House of Lords,… — John Major
There is that in the glance of a flower which may at times control the greatest of creation's braggart lords. — John Muir

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