Acceptable Quote by Ian Hislop Download Open image “It is no longer acceptable in British politics to be fat or eccentric or religious.” — Ian Hislop ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.1 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Acceptable British Eccentric Fat Longer Politics Religious
The future of British politics is not the pale, male and stale stereotype of tradition. Things are changing for the better. — Layla Moran Copy Share Image
Politics has got too personal, too nasty, in Britain, as it has in America. — Dan Aykroyd Copy Share Image
We know no spectacle so ridiculous as the British public in one of its periodical fits of morality. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm convinced England's overflowing with eccentric people, places, happenings. Indeed, you might say eccentricity's normal in England. — Dodie Smith Copy Share Image
That part of the Englishman's nature which has found gratification in religion is now drifting into political life. — Beatrice Webb Copy Share Image
We feel it's unacceptable to be fat, when it has nothing to do with who the person actually is. — Gwyneth Paltrow Copy Share Image
“Free citizens of the United Kingdom can apparently vote for clowns, but not vote (dressed) as them.” — Eddie Mair Copy Share Image
“Being exposed to those beauty queens and Praying Mantises at the same time made me ask myself some hard questions. Would I have been… — Camryn Manheim Copy Share Image
Anyone in England who puts himself forward to be elected to a position of political power is almost bound to be socially or emotionally… — Auberon Waugh Copy Share Image
I like making films about old people because they are repositories of amazing stories that they tell well. And they're incredibly good telly. — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
This job certainly doesn't win you a huge amount of friends, I accept that, but it is very enjoyable, and deep down I think… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
They may well say not only is this not true, but I will put in an injunction to prevent publication. No, stories don't go… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
All the libel lawyers will tell you there's no libel any more, that everyone's given up. — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
For a long time I thought I should be a civil engineer. That seemed to be the only thing worth doing, and I chose… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
There's an awful lot of terrible television which I could do, but I mostly stick to Have I Got News for You. — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
England Their England by AG Macdonell which was written in the thirties and is about a young Scotsman who's got shell shocked during the… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
In Britian we have a free press. It's not a pretty press, but it's free. The people who can't bear the Daily Mail, they… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
My mother was a terrific force in my life. Wartime-generation woman, hadn't gone to university but should have done. Was very funny, very verbal,… — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect. — Ian Hislop Copy Share Image
The inner defenses are unconscious. They consist of a kind of magic aura which the mind builds around cherished belief. Arguments which penetrate into… — Arthur Koestler Copy Share Image
I remember being a kid and seeing the 'National Inquirer' at the grocery store checkout line. When somebody actually picked up a copy, it… — Rashida Jones Copy Share Image
Finally, the scariest thing about abuse of any shape or form, is, in my opinion, not the abuse itself, but that if it continues… — Alan Cumming Copy Share Image
You cannot have 300-some million Americans - and really, right, the global citizenry be at risk of having their phone conversations intercepted with a… — Ted Lieu Copy Share Image
THE REAL PURPOSE OF HOLOCAUST REVISIONISM IS TO MAKE NATIONAL SOCIALISM AN ACCEPTABLE POLITICAL ALTERNATIVE AGAIN. — Harold Covington Copy Share Image
The government has once again made the right socially acceptable. — Elfriede Jelinek Copy Share Image
The study of Freemasonry is the study of man as a candidate for a blessed eternity. It furnishes examples of holy living, and displays the conduct which is pleasing and acceptable to God. The doctrines and examples which distinguish the Order are obvious, and suited to every capacity. It is impossible for the most fastidious Mason to misunderstand, however he… — William Howard Taft Copy Share
Or why it is acceptable to train fast runners and high jumpers but not to breed them. I can think of some answers, and… — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
As the future is never known with certainty, the evaluation of the prospective benefits requires the formation of expectations. An acceptable house, partner or… — Dale T. Mortensen Copy Share Image
If a man is pictured chopping off a woman's breast, it only gets an R rating; but if, God forbid, a man is pictured… — Sally Struthers Copy Share Image
We cannot guess the outcome of our actions... Which is why our actions must always be acceptable in themselves, and not as strategies. — Carolyn Heilbrun Copy Share Image
In any case, open-seat presidential elections like 2008 just are different in character from incumbent reelects, and I think that's the most important thing about this election - is that once there's an incumbent running for reelection, most of the debate is about, "Has he [Barack Obama] done a good job?" Most of the judgment is, "Do you want to… — William Kristol Copy Share
