“In the absence of a formally agreed, worldwide dictionary definition of 'Quotography' (in 2016), here are my two cents worth: 'Quotography is the art of pairing unique quotations with complementary images in order to express thought-provoking ideas, challenging concepts, profound sentiments'.” InspirationalInspirationInspirational QuotesQuotesLanguageCreationExpressionQuoteWordsDefinitionsDefinedMeaningDescriptionQuotationsSayingsDefiningDictionaryProverbsWords To Live ByLinguisticsEpigramsDefinitionWords Have PowerLanguagesNew WordsLanguages And CultureWords To Inspire YouMeaningsQuotable QuotesQuotableWords To PonderCreating New ThingsCreationsExpression QuotesDescriptionsDictionary QuotesQuipsDictionary MeaningsMeanings Of ThingsNew WordDefined QuoteDefined QuotesDictionary DefinitionsQuotographyQuotology Book:Lines & Lenses Source: Lines & Lenses
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“When a political opponent resorts to the racist card, it's a sure sign of moral bankruptcy: there's no decent argument left in the armoury.” PoliticalPoliticsLeftMoralityRacismArgumentMoralsDecencyPolitical PhilosophyPolitical CorrectnessRacism In AmericaBankruptcyPolitical HumorRacism And CulturePolitical SatirePolitical TheoryPolitical QuotesSignOpponentRacism QuoteResortSignalLast ResortMoral BankruptcyPolitical QuoteRacist CardArmourySure Sign Book:Impromptu Scribe Source: Impromptu Scribe
“Wrinkles ? Why all the fuss ? Think of them as lines of distinction; marks of maturity.” FacesBeautyDistinctionInner BeautyGrowing OldCosmeticsAcceptance Of OneselfAcceptance Of OthersBeauty QueensGracefully Book:Impromptu Scribe Source: Impromptu Scribe
“Despite the Bank of England gaining independence for setting UK monetary policy in 1998 and in the process being freed from political meddling; it has recently come under renewed attack from the lunatic fringe within the UK's Conservative Party, especially amongst arch Brexiteers such as Jacob Rees-Mogg (a.k.a. JackOff Grease-Smug to his growing number of detractors) who appear hell-bent on undermining the current bank governor's every move. When Mark Carney rightly sounds the alarm bells of the potential dangers to the UK economy resulting from a 'no deal' Brexit, he should be allowed to offer those wise words of warning without being subjected to Rees-Mogg's tiresome whining and monotonous droning on about politically motivated statements. It's high time this pestilent gnat modified his tune before a large fly swat of public outrage takes him down.” IndependencePolitics QuotesBrexitMonetary PolicyBritish PoliticsPolitical CommentaryUk PoliticsJacob Rees MoggBank Of EnglandMark Carney Book:Lines & Lenses Source: Lines & Lenses
“New year—a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours.” ChoicesChoiceNew Year Author:Alex Morritt
“There is already enough chattering nonsense on the ground. Do we really need aviaries in pressurised tin cans at 30,000 feet as well ?” InsanityNonsenseAircraftChatterMobile PhonesAir TravelAirplanesMobile PhoneChatterboxMobilesTelephone EtiquetteAviariesChattering Book:Impromptu Scribe Source: Impromptu Scribe
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“The term '20/20 vision' implies good if not perfect sight. May the advent of 2020 - a new year, a new decade - see a lifting of the fog which has recently blurred the edges of what can be described as 'acceptable political discourse', and in the process refocus voter attention on the clear need to demand from elected representatives, a display of basic decency and decorum in public life - both of which have been seriously lacking in the behaviour of some high profile politicians on both sides of the pond, on an eye-watering number of occasions. That indeed would be a sight for sore eyes.” Inspirational Quotes2020New Year QuotesPolitical QuotesUs PoliticsQuotable QuotesUk Politics2020 ElectionsMessages Of HopeNew Year Message Book:Impromptu Scribe Source: Impromptu Scribe
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“Owning a drone does not a pilot make.” AirmenAceAir Traffic ControlAerialAerial DroneAerial DronesAirmanAerial NavigationAerial PerspectiveAir Traffic Book:Impromptu Scribe Source: Impromptu Scribe
“As with all new inventions, there are upsides and downsides. The commercial drone is no exception. But until robust safeguards have been introduced to protect personal privacy from prying eyes in the skies, the true benefits to society of unmanned aerial vehicles will remain unrealised.” AirmenAceAir Traffic ControlAerialAerial DroneAerial DronesAirmanAerial NavigationAerial PerspectiveAir Traffic Book:Impromptu Scribe Source: Impromptu Scribe
“Let's stop kidding ourselves that Greek debt is the Euro's key problem. With Greece gone, who's next ?” CapitalismBorrowingBankruptcyBlack HoleAthensBondsBankruptBorrowing MoneyBustBoom And Bust Book:Impromptu Scribe Source: Impromptu Scribe
“President Trump displays less finesse than a bull in a china shop. Just as Prime Minister May managed - after many months of bitter wrangling - to reach a degree of consensus on what Britain's future relationship with the EU should look like, in comes the marauding beast upending all the finely balanced Wedgwood. Britain may well need some form of future trade deal with the US but it certainly isn't one that should be struck with the co-author of a lame business book more appropriately named 'Art of the Steal'.” Politics QuotesInternational RelationsEuropean UnionFree TradeDonald TrumpBrexitUkBritish PoliticsSpecial RelationshipAmerica First Book:Lines & Lenses Source: Lines & Lenses
“Listening to the shrill rhetoric of hard line Brexiteers - either extolling the virtues of a 'no deal' Brexit, or suggesting its inevitability is simply down to the intransigence of the EU - I am reminded of another great folly in British history: 'The Charge of the Light Brigade'. It is as if we are witnessing a modern day re-enactment of that foolhardy military manoeuvre in which a mix of poor communication, rash decisions and vainglorious personalities led to the needless massacre of countless cavalrymen. Messrs. Fox, Johnson and Rees-Mogg may relish the idea of charging headlong into battle against a well prepared and strongly defended position, immune to the ensuing casualties and collateral damage. It would be appreciated if they could kindly leave the rest of us out of their futile and reckless endeavours.” Politics QuotesEuropean UnionMilitary HistoryConservative PartyBrexitForeign RelationsBritish PoliticsPolitical CommentaryUk PoliticsCharge Of The Light Brigade Book:Lines & Lenses Source: Lines & Lenses
“The problem with political ideologues such as arch Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg (a.k.a. JackOff Grease-Smug) is that they are totally divorced from reality with heads stuck firmly in the clouds. Add to that the priggish and rarefied demeanour of this particular outlandishly pompous ass and you end up with a complete disconnect with the way things actually work. Pragmatism and consensus articulated by compassionate people who live in the real world and with feet firmly on the ground must win the day with Britain's economic interests foremost in mind. Get on your Penny Farthing Jacob and start peddling fast. You are a tiresome irrelevance better consigned to a museum for musty relics.” IdeologyEuropean UnionBrexitIdeologuesPolitical QuotesBritish PoliticsPolitical CommentaryUk PoliticsTory PartyJacob Rees Mogg Book:Lines & Lenses Source: Lines & Lenses
“I hear that there are plans afoot to produce a remake of Hans Christian Andersen's classic - 'The Emperor's New Clothes'. Who better to star in the leading role than recently defrocked Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson ? A narcissist with such naked ambition; an opportunist with such threadbare morals; a disgraced politician with such thinly veiled contempt for the British electorate, and judging by the sycophantic praise they heap on each other, arguably cut from the very same cloth as Donald Trump. Despite laughable pretensions of having the stature and fortitude of a modern day Churchill, he cuts a now lonely figure, a mere insignificant shadow. Boris, you can't hide anymore. Your warts and all are exposed for the whole world to see.” Politics QuotesEuropean UnionDonald TrumpBrexitBritish PoliticsPolitical CommentaryNarcissism QuotesBoris JohnsonUk PoliticsTory Party Book:Lines & Lenses Source: Lines & Lenses
“If you want to know the real reasons why certain politicians vote the way they do - follow the money. Arch Brexiteer Jacob Rees-Mogg (a.k.a. JackOff Grease-Smug) stands to make billions via his investment firm - Somerset Capital Management - if the UK crashes unceremoniously out of the European Union without a secure future trade deal. Why ? Because proposed EU regulations will give enforcement agencies greater powers to curb the activities adopted by the sort of off-shore tax havens his company employs. Consequently the British electorate get swindled not once, but twice. Firstly because any sort of Brexit - whether hard, soft, or half-baked - will make every man, woman and child in the UK that much poorer than under the status quo currently enjoyed as a fully paid up member of the EU. Secondly because Rees-Mogg's company, if not brought to heel by appropriate EU wide legislation, will deprive Her Majesty's Treasury of millions in taxes, thus leading to more onerous taxes for the rest of us. It begs the question, who else in the obscure but influential European Research Group (ERG) that he chairs and the Institute for Economic Affairs (IEA) that he subscribes to, have similar vested interests in a no-deal Brexit ? It is high time for infinitely greater parliamentary and public scrutiny into the UK Register of Members' Financial Interests in order to put an end to these nefarious dealings and appalling double standards in public life which only serve to further corrode public trust in an already fragile democracy.” CorruptionPolitics QuotesEuropean UnionDouble StandardsBrexitBritish PoliticsPolitical CommentaryTax EvasionTory PartyJacob Rees Mogg Book:Lines & Lenses Source: Lines & Lenses
“We know that Donald Trump loves S.C.A.P.E.G.O.A.T.S. Now he has stooped to new lows - Separating Children And Parents Entering Gateways Of America Truly Sucks !” ImmigrationBordersForeign PolicyPolitics QuotesInternational RelationsScapegoatPopulismBlame GameCentral AmericaUs Politics Author:Alex Morritt
“When the clowns of British politics - arch-Brexiteer cartoon characters 'Boorish Johnson' and 'JackOff Grease-Smug' advocate ad infinitum that Britain should leave the EU in order to be free to sign her own trade deals; they seem to have overlooked the towering elephant in the room, namely the current occupant of the White House (another clown) - who appears hell-bent on destabilising world trade via crude protectionist policies. Both Tories, despite receiving the best British education money can buy, would do well to revisit their post war history books and be reminded of one of the key objectives of the European Project and in due course the European Union - specifically to promote peace and prosperity amongst previously warring neighbours by forming a unified trading bloc which in time, due to its effective size, also acted as a useful counterweight to US hegemony. Go find another circus for your buffoonery and leave the deadly serious business of politics to principled individuals with the true national interest at heart !” HypocrisyBusiness QuotesPolitics QuotesEuropean UnionDouble StandardsBrexitInternational TradeSpecial RelationshipHave Your Cake And Eat It TooTory Party Book:Lines & Lenses Source: Lines & Lenses
“The UK needs a post Brexit US trade deal like a hole in the head. Given America's out-of-control opioid crisis, fuelled by prescription drug addiction, along with an obesity epidemic like the world has never seen, why on earth would the UK want to open its doors to US healthcare companies ? So that they can wreak untold havoc and destroy our National Health Service ? No thanks !” TradeHealthcareLobbyistsLobbyingBrexitForeign RelationsInternational TradeUs PoliticsSpecial RelationshipUk Politics Book:Lines & Lenses Source: Lines & Lenses
“If paparazzi armed with telephoto lenses have long been the scourge of the rich and famous; civilian drones are fast becoming the new menace to the ordinary man on the street.” BaneBig BrotherBreaking NewsArmedArmed And DangerousBig Brother Is WatchingAerial DroneAerial DronesAnti Stalking BillsBane Of Life Book:Impromptu Scribe Source: Impromptu Scribe
“The term POTUS used to be viewed around the world with a degree of respect. Unfortunately the current US president has junked any last remnant of that image. Instead he seems only too happy to trash the environment; to scrap age old alliances promoting peace and prosperity; to discard internationally binding treaties; to toss aside like garbage hard won civil liberties. Maybe DETRITUS is a more fitting acronym for the current occupant of the White House - 'Deranged egotistical tyrant ruining & isolating the U.S.” Politics QuotesWorld PeaceInternational RelationsDonald TrumpFake NewsPopulismUs PoliticsAmerica FirstTwitter AddictionTrade Wars Book:Lines & Lenses Source: Lines & Lenses
“NO DIVINE BOVINE ! The clumsy creature currently inhabiting the White House is a distinctly dangerous animal. Part boneheaded raging bully, part dastardly coward showing signs of advanced stage mad cow disease. Neither of good pedigree nor useful breeding stock, there is essentially very little of substance between the T (bone) and the RUMP, except of course for an abundance of methane and bullshit. It's high time brave matadors for you to enter the bullring, with nimble step and fleet of foot. Take good aim and bring down this marauding beast once and for all. Slay public enemy number one and we will salute you forever. A louder cheer you will not hear from Madrid to Mexico City, from Beijing to Brussels, from London to Lahore, from Toronto to Tehran and ten thousand cities in between.” Free SpeechRacism In AmericaDonald TrumpFake NewsPopulismDictatorsUs PoliticsBigotMake America Great AgainPress Freedom Book:Impromptu Scribe Source: Impromptu Scribe
“As the 2018 World Cup Championship in Russia draws to a close, President Trump scores a hat-trick of diplomatic faux pas - first at the NATO summit, then on a UK visit, and finally with a spectacular own goal in Helsinki, thereby handing Vladimir Putin a golden propaganda trophy. For as long as this moron continues to queer the pitch by refusing to be a team player, America's Achilles' heel will go from bad to worse. It's high time somebody on his own side tackled him in his tracks.” RussiaPolitics QuotesNatoDonald TrumpUs PoliticsPolitical CommentaryAchilles HeelDiplomatic RelationsVladimir PutinUk Politics Book:Lines & Lenses Source: Lines & Lenses
“REMOVE THE LOUDHAILER ! If the Democrats really want to beat Donald Trump, how about getting some of their wealthy backers to buy up or take down Twitter ? The Twit-in-Chief without Twitter is nothing - a songbird without a song. No self-respecting news organisation would stoop to plug the gap. All that would be left is a pretentious peacock eunuch strutting around aimlessly with no fawning admirers. Desperate times call for desperate measures.” DemocracyRepublican PartyCommunication QuotesDonald TrumpPopulismUs PoliticsMake America Great AgainSatire QuotesTwitter AddictionTwitter Quote Book:Impromptu Scribe Source: Impromptu Scribe
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