Chamberlain Quotes - Page 2

• Mr. Chamberlain loves the working man, he loves to see him work.

  Winston Churchill

  Men, History, Working Man

  Winston Churchill (2001). “The Wicked Wit of Winston Churchill”, Michael O'Mara Books

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• There will always be in society certain persons who are mercuries of its approbation, and whose glance will at any time determinefor the curious their standing in the world. These are the chamberlains of the lesser gods. Accept their coldness as an omen of grace with the loftier deities, and allow them all their privilege.

  Ralph Waldo Emerson

  Grace, World, Mercury

  Ralph Waldo Emerson (2015). “Emerson's Essays: Top Essays”, p.86, 谷月社

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• When Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain's government fell in May 1940, the nation turned to Churchill. At last, his unique qualities were brought to bear on a supreme challenge, and with his unshakable optimism, his heroic vision, and above all, his splendid speeches, Churchill roused the spirit of the British people.

  Gretchen Rubin

  Unique, Government, People

  Gretchen Rubin (2004). “Forty Ways to Look at Winston Churchill: A Brief Account of a Long Life”, p.17, Random House

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• My top three were Jim Brown, Wilt Chamberlain and Bo Jackson.

  Dick Schaap

  Three, Brown

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• I had one life. And what did I do? Wasted it in some palooka preliminaries in Spain, just before Hitler and Chamberlain warm up for the main event.

  Billy Wilder

  Events, Spain, Warm

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• Chamberlain's visit to Hitler today may bring things to a head or may result in a temporary postponement of what looks to me likean inevitable conflict within the next five years.

  Franklin D. Roosevelt

  Peace, War, Years

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• Mrs. Thatcher responded to our liberation of Grenada with the sounds of a somewhat hypersensitive Neville Chamberlain.

  Emmett Tyrrell

  Peace, War, Sound

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• My parents were New Yorkers, and I was conceived in Los Angeles. My father was a makeup artist to Clint Eastwood and Richard Chamberlain.

  Michele Lee

  Father, Artist, Makeup

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• [On Austen Chamberlain:] He is more loyal to his friends than to his convictions.

  Margot Asquith

  Loyal, Politician, Conviction

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• The way my team are doing, we could get Wilt Chamberlain in a trade and find out that he's really two midgets Scotch-taped together.

  Gene Shue

  Funny, Basketball, Team

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