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Haig, Earl
1861–1928
1861–1928
1
A very weak-minded fellow I am afraid, and, like the feather pillow, bears the marks of the last person who has sat on him!
describing Lord Derby
Every position must be held to the last man: there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight on to the end.
A very weak-minded fellow I am afraid, and, like the feather pillow, bears the marks of the last person who has sat on him!
describing Lord Derby
letter to Lady Haig, 14 January 1918
Every position must be held to the last man: there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall, and believing in the justice of our cause, each one of us must fight on to the end.
order to British troops, 12 April 1918
Hailsham, Lord (Quintin Hogg)
1907–2001
1907–2001
1
A great party is not to be brought down because of a scandal by a woman of easy virtue and a proved liar.
The elective dictatorship.
A great party is not to be brought down because of a scandal by a woman of easy virtue and a proved liar.
on the Profumo affair, in
The Times
14 June 1963
The elective dictatorship.
title of the Dimbleby Lecture, 19 October 1976
Hakuin
1686–1769
1686–1769
1
If someone claps his hand a sound arises. Listen to the sound of the single hand!
If someone claps his hand a sound arises. Listen to the sound of the single hand!
attributed
Haldane, J. B. S.
1892–1964
1892–1964
1
Now, my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we
can
suppose.
The Creator, if He exists, has a special preference for beetles.
on observing that there are 400,000 species of beetle on this planet, but only 8,000 species of mammals
Now, my own suspicion is that the universe is not only queerer than we suppose, but queerer than we
can
suppose.
Possible Worlds and Other Essays
(1927) "Possible Worlds"
The Creator, if He exists, has a special preference for beetles.
on observing that there are 400,000 species of beetle on this planet, but only 8,000 species of mammals
report of lecture, 7 April 1951, in
Journal of the British Interplanetary Society
(1951) vol. 10
Haldeman, H. R.
1929–93
1929–93
1
Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it is awfully hard to get it back in.
on the Watergate affair
Once the toothpaste is out of the tube, it is awfully hard to get it back in.
on the Watergate affair
to John Dean, 8 April 1973
Hale, Edward Everett
1822–1909
1822–1909
1
"Do you pray for the senators, Dr Hale?" "No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country."
"Do you pray for the senators, Dr Hale?" "No, I look at the senators and I pray for the country."
Van Wyck Brooks
New England Indian Summer
(1940)
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