Answers Quote by Dorothy Parker

I find her anecdotes more efficacious than sheep-counting, rain on a tin roof, or alanol tablets… you will find me and Morpheus, off in…

— Dorothy Parker

Henry Kissinger may have wished I had presented him as a combination of Charles DeGaulle and Disraeli, but I didn't…out of respect for DeGaulle…

— Oriana Fallaci

“But, say what you like, our Queen reigns over the greatest nation that ever existed.” “Which nation?” asked the younger stranger, “for she reigns…

— Edward Abbott Parry

Disraeli was now at the height of his fame and popularity. He still had his enemies... But the people as a whole now admired…

— Christopher Hibbert

When I left the dining room after sitting next to Mr. Gladstone, I thought he was the cleverest man in England. But after sitting…

— Benjamin Disraeli

Disraeli was my favourite Tory. He was an adventurer pure and simple, or impure and complex. I'm glad to say Gladstone got the better…

— Michael Foot

“But to “settle” the Eastern Question was beyond even Disraeli’s power—beyond, it seems, any human power, for it still haunts the world today.”

— Barbara W. Tuchman

“Caring means cultivating the skills of an active listener. That is easier said than done, as an anecdote about the extraordinary social skills of…

— Marian Deegan

Deploring change is the unchangeable habit of all Englishmen. If you find any important figures who really like change, such as Bernard Shaw, Keir…

— Raymond Postgate

You read what Disraeli had to say. I don't remember what he said. He said something. He's no longer with us.

— Bob Dole

There is little doubt that, until 1846 when he helped to engineer the resignation of Robert Peel, Disraeli was driven by an ambition to…

— Christopher Hibbert

A member of Parliament to Disraeli: 'Sir, you will either die on the gallows or of some unspeakable disease.' That depends, Sir,' said Disraeli,…

— Benjamin Disraeli