Famous quotes containing the words anthony, bennett, english, politician and/or private:
“Better lose me than lose a state.”
—Susan B. Anthony (1820–1906)
“Those who have known the famous are publicly debriefed of their memories, knowing as their own dusk falls that they will only be remembered for remembering someone else.”
—Alan Bennett (b. 1934)
“The English are a nation of consummate cant.”
—Friedrich Nietzsche (1844–1900)
“a politician is an arse upon
which everyone has sat except a man.”
—E.E. (Edward Estlin)
“I fear the popular notion of success stands in direct opposition in all points to the real and wholesome success. One adores public opinion, the other, private opinion; one, fame, the other, desert; one, feats, the other, humility; one, lucre, the other, love; one, monopoly, and the other, hospitality of mind.”
—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)