Prime Quotes

635 Prime quotes by 504 unique authors

I take it as a prime cause of the present confusion of society that it is too sickly and too doubtful to use pleasure frankly… — Rebecca West
I was recruited by the former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong. And I never forgot his key message to me when he was encouraging me… — Vivian Balakrishnan
It is to a dramatist, which is to say, to an unfrocked psychoanalyst, stunning that that which has sustained the Left in my generation, its… — David Mamet
His [Pitt's] successor as prime minister was Mr. Addington, who was a friend of Mr. Pitt, just as Mr. Pitt was a friend of Mr.… — J. Christopher Herold
Caught Summer is always an imagined time. Time gave it, yes, but time out of any mind. There must be prime In the heart to… — Richard Wilbur
Reed College required a thesis for a Bachelor's degree. Normally a Bachelor's is sort of like being stamped 'Prime US Beef.' They just walk you… — David Eddings
[S]leep, and enough of it, is the prime necessity. Enough exercise, and good food and enough, are other necessities. But sleep—good sleep, and enough of… — Edward Everett Hale
Good-fellowship, unflagging, is the prime requisite for success in our society, and the man or woman who smiles only for reasons of humor or pleasure… — Marya Mannes
No prime minister in Britain will ever be able to go to war without the endorsement of a majority of the House of Commons. — Neil Kinnock
If Creation were a crime, would not God be the prime suspect? — Robert Breault
This life as a simple citizen and laborer has its benefits not only for the person himself but perhaps also for his country. After all,… — David Ben-Gurion
It is the fear of middle-age in the young, of old-age in the middle-aged, which is the prime cause of infidelity, that infallible rejuvenator. — Cyril Connolly
I love meeting people who've read my books. The prime reason to be on the planet is to make things I can show to other… — Clive Barker
If one had to worry about one's actions in respect of other people's ideas, one might as well be buried alive in an antheap or… — Aleister Crowley
Stephen Harper, who's the prime minister of Canada, he is saying that this - we have to give him a majority government, otherwise there will… — Rick Mercer
What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you… — Lord Mountbatten
I was not born to be prime minister, and I'm not going to stay here until the end of my life. I'm too young for… — Ehud Olmert
Our Prime Minister, Gordon Brown has given the Government's support to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill. It is difficult to imagine a single piece… — Keith O'Brien
The progress in Iraq is still fragile. And it could still be reversed. Iraq still faces innumerable challenges, and they will be evident during what… — David Petraeus
Today is indeed an historic occasion when as a first chair-in-office woman I hand over to another woman chair in office, your Prime Minister, Julia… — Kamla Persad-Bissessar
The weird thing about rap is that you don't get compared in the same way that athletes do, even though it's probably the most competitive… — Chance the Rapper
If there were an election today, Netanyahu would win. Yet, his standing in the polls is also a reflection of the weakness of Ehud Olmert,… — Dennis A. Ross
The Prime Minister in the UK thinks spending and borrowing more is the right thing to do in the circumstances, and is busily trying to… — John Redwood
It is a high honour to be elected Prime Minister of Australia. — Kevin Rudd
We have a prime minister, I'm the foreign minister, I'm trying to get on with the job of doing Australia's foreign policy. — Kevin Rudd

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