“There is two things that can disrupt business in this country. One is War, and the other is a meeting of the Federal Reserve Bank.” TwoWarCountryMeetingsTwo ThingsReservesFederal Reserve Book:Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...) Source: Will Rogers Speaks: Over 1,000 Timeless Quotations for Public Speakers (writers, Politicians, Comedians, Browsers ...)
“Certainly I'll never be able to put myself in the situation that people growing up in the less developed countries are in. I've gotten a bit of a sense of it by being out there and meeting people and talking with them.” PeopleCountryAbleBitsTalkingSituationGrowing UpGrowingMeetingsDeveloped Country Author:Bill Gates
“The Tories had the legal right to demand extra meetings of the council but I could decide when they would be held and always called them for Friday afternoons, knowing that three or four of the richer Tories went to the country early and were not prepared to stay in the city beyond lunchtime. I realised that nothing in politics is new when I read in Suetonius's The Twelve Caesars that Julius Caesar pulled the same trick when reactionaries in the senate were making his life difficult.” CountryWould BeThreeDifficultCitiesKnowingFourDemandMeetingsPreparedTricksExtrasAfternoonSenateTwelveFridayCouncilRealisedReactionariesJuliusLunchtimeFriday Afternoon Author:Ken Livingstone
“This was a secret meeting on a secret tour which nobody is supposed to know about. It means that there are men, and perhaps women, in this country walking around with eggs in their pockets, just on the off-chance of seeing the Prime Minister.” KnowsMenMeanCountryChanceSecretSeeingWalkingMeetingsMinistersPocketsEggsPrimePrime Minister Author:Edward Heath
“I have just accepted the invitation of Her Majesty The Queen to form a Government. This will be a new Government with new priorities and I have been privileged to have been granted the great opportunity to serve my country and at all times I will be strong in purpose, steadfast in will, resolute in action in the service of what matters to the British people, meeting the concerns and aspirations of our whole country.” PeopleHas BeensCountryMatterWholeGovernmentActionFormPurposeOpportunityStrongConcernMeetingsBritishAcceptedPrioritiesAll TimeGrantedQueensAspirationWhat MattersPrivilegedInvitationsMajestyGreat OpportunitySteadfastResoluteNew Government Author:Gordon Brown