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Schemes Quotes by Robert Graves
- The gas-cylinders had by this time been put into position on the front line. A special order came round imposing severe penalties on anyone who…
- Philosophy is antipoetic. Philosophize about mankind and you brush aside individual uniqueness, which a poet cannot do without self-damage. Unless, for a start, he has…
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- I have no grand scheme. — Dave Attell
- I'm scared of actors with a scheme. — Cate Blanchett
- We read too much Shakespeare at school, and view our parliamentary politics as dynastic drama, in which an impatient crown prince frets… — James Buchan
- Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and… — Edmund Burke
- In old times people used to try and square the circle; now they try and devise schemes for satisfying the Irish nation. — Samuel Butler
- I am not suggesting that all those missionary organizations working in Haiti should pack up and go home, but I am urging… — Tony Campolo
- There is little place in the political scheme of things for an independent, creative personality, for a fighter. Anyone who takes that… — Shirley Chisholm
- In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open,… — Winston Churchill
- In the scheme of our national government, the presidency is preeminently the people's office. — Grover Cleveland
- When I go back to the core of my childhood, my cousin Lucy seems always to be in the peripheral vision of… — Martin Amis
- It is inconceivable that anyone will divulge a truly effective get-rich scheme for the price of a book. There is ample opportunity… — Victor Niederhoffer
- Organized religion: The world's largest pyramid scheme. — Bernard Katz