Know Quote by Dennis Skinner Download Open image “I didn't know when Parliament started to pay my wages.” — Dennis Skinner ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Know Parliament Pay Started Wages
Now there is a growing feeling, it's something that David Cameron led on actually, he said this some time ago, that MPs should not… — Theresa May Copy Share Image
I happened to be one of those who thought all these expenses necessary, and I had the good fortune to have the majority of… — Robert Walpole Copy Share Image
The first law I passed in my cabinet was a law eliminating the double salary for the prime minister and the ministers. I have… — Enrico Letta Copy Share Image
I did the Labour thing because I wanted my community to be better off. I'm pretty sure people are aware of the kind of… — AJ Tracey Copy Share Image
MPs are paid to be representatives of their constituents. They have to do that job. — Gina Miller Copy Share Image
We all know what Parliament is, and we are all ashamed of it. — Robert Louis Stevenson Copy Share Image
Parliament was an institution of enormous standing when I was aspiring to go in. It isn't now. — Ann Widdecombe Copy Share Image
You're damn right I'm comfortable, I've worked very hard to be comfortable. But something I've always tried to impress upon people is that these… — Mick Hucknall Copy Share Image
I am half-surprised to find that as I go on I get more and more confirmed in the old advanced Liberal principles, economic, social,… — Henry Campbell-Bannerman Copy Share Image
Back in the old days, you had to work. If you didn't work, you didn't get paid. — The Undertaker Copy Share Image
That's my upbringing. Try, if it doesn't work out, try again. It was the same thing with Parliament. — Sam Gyimah Copy Share Image
I never, ever romanticise life in the pit. It was a hard, dirty, noisy, tiring, dangerous job in a confined space, a very dark… — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
Parties are organised happiness but happiness is accidental. You can't legislate for it. — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
I've never made a perfect speech or a perfect anything. I always think after, I should have done it that way or this way. — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
I've never done any cross-party stuff. I've no interest in sitting down discussing pensions or whatever with Tories. — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
Cameron called me a dinosaur you know? Well I'm the only dinosaur who can ride a bike 12 miles a day. — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
I solemnly swear that I will bear true and faithful allegiance to the Queen when she pays her income tax — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
I still think carefully about what I'm going to say. I use me heart and head technique, in which the heart says, 'get stuck… — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
Isn't it essential in any prelude to a war to be sure of your allies and be sure of your objectives? — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
We dragged the National Health Service from the depths of degradation. I've got a United Nations heart bypass to prove it and it was… — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
There are only so many things you can do in life, and if you think I'm going to spend my waking hours thinking about… — Dennis Skinner Copy Share Image
I actually think acting is a form of self-hypnosis. You have to be hyper, hyper aware of what's going on around you. You have… — Julianne Moore Copy Share Image
It's very easy to fool yourself that you're working, you know, when you're really not working very hard. I mean, I'm very lazy. So… — Robert Caro Copy Share Image
That's something a lot of folks don't know about me - I'm pretty darn funny. — Michael Jai White Copy Share Image
I would have done well as a gypsy child, I think. A circus baby. I coulda played a great street urchin or ragamuffin. Or… — Natasha Lyonne Copy Share Image
I have always been a big meta guy because I think the way journalism is practiced in Washington, and the way everyone sort of… — Mark Leibovich Copy Share Image
What we're supposed to do as actors is be able to portray real human beings and emotions. And if you grow up in this… — Emily Browning Copy Share Image
You can't cheat comedy. You know, it either is going to be there on the day you capture or it's not. — Justin Lin Copy Share Image
When I made it, I still didn't wave the flag and say, Yeah go Asian people. I do want people to know that about… — Chad Hugo Copy Share Image
Some would call me an environmentalist. I don't know why. I reuse the water that falls in my backyard in the winter. I reuse… — Ed Begley, Jr Copy Share Image