Prime Quotes

635 Prime quotes by 504 unique authors

It is only possible to succeed at second-rate pursuits - like becoming a millionaire or a prime minister, winning a war, seducing beautiful women, flying… — Malcolm Muggeridge
Headmasters have powers at their disposal with which Prime ministers have never yet been invested. — Winston Churchill
Thou art thy mother's glass, and she in thee Calls back the lovely April of her prime. — William Shakespeare
In a great number of the cosmogonic myths the world is said to have developed from a great water, which was the prime matter. In… — Svante Arrhenius
It takes great self-confidence to write a newspaper column. Some might say it takes arrogance. Be that as it may, my willingness to pronounce on… — Russell Baker
My father always would say, "My daughter will go into politics? My daughter will become prime minister", but it's not what I wanted to do.… — Benazir Bhutto
Of all social institutions language is least amenable to initiative. It blends with the life of society, and the latter, inert by nature, is a… — Ferdinand de Saussure
O loss of sight, of thee I most complain! Blind among enemies, O worse than chains, dungeon or beggary, or decrepit age! Light, the prime… — John Milton
When I warned them [the French] that Britain would fight on alone whatever they did, their generals told their Prime Minister and his divided Cabinet,… — Winston Churchill
I am my own woman…and was, long before I became Prime Minister. Attending to my family’s needs only made me stronger as a leader because… — Kamla Persad-Bissessar
I usually need a can of beer to prime me. — Norman Mailer
Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Give a man a sub-prime fish loan and you're in business, buddy! — Stephen Colbert
High school – those are your prime suffering years. They don’t get better suffering than that. — Steve Carell
I believe that I am past my prime. I had reckoned on my prime lasting till I was at least fifty. — Maggie Smith
Now, apparently, Im told that every celebrity is expected to honor the details of their private life with a press conference, a fragrance, and a… — Jodie Foster
I don't consider 41 being in prime of life. Even if I conceived a child tomorrow I'd be 52 by the time it was 10.… — Jeremy Northam
I think the prime reason for existence, for living in this world is discovery. — James Dean
A prime minister has to keep a certain balance when dealing with sensitive issues. — Ehud Olmert
A prime minister must not promise things that can't be fulfilled. — Ehud Olmert
Every prime minister... has the responsibility to provide security for his people. — Ehud Olmert
I am 73 years old. I was born in Jerusalem. I'm the first prime minister of Israel to be born here. I am the only… — Yitzhak Rabin
I believe that it is my responsibility as the prime minister of Israel to do whatever can be done to exploit the unique opportunities that… — Yitzhak Rabin
But at the end of the day, when the military command looks up, it sees us — the minister of defense and the prime minister.… — Ehud Barak
In Pierre Trudeau, Canada has finally produced a Prime Minister worthy of assassination. — John Diefenbaker
For me, justice is the prime condition of humanity. — Wole Soyinka

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