“But an escape less self-depreciating was taken by Lord Westbury, who, it is said, rebuffed a barrister's reliance upon an earlier opinion of his Lordship: "I can only say that I am amazed that a man of my intelligence should have been guilty of giving such an opinion". If there are other ways of gracefully and good-naturedly surrendering former views to a better considered position, I invoke them all.” IfsMenWayGivingShouldHas BeensSaidI CanSelfViewsLordOpinionTakenPositionShould HaveGuiltyFormerAmazedRelianceShould Have BeenInvokeLordshipBarristers Author:Robert H. Jackson
“It is quite clear from what has been said and written that, time after time after time, there has been a conspiracy between the Conservative Front Bench in this House and the inbuilt Conservative majority in the House of Lords to defeat legislation that has passed through the House of Commons... I warn the House of Lords of the consequences... it is our strong view that the House of Lords should recall that its role is not that of a wrecking chamber, but of a revising chamber. In recent weeks, it has been wrecking legislation passed by this House.” ShouldHas BeensSaidHouseStrongViewsLordRolesClearWrittenWeekFrontsConsequenceMajorityDefeatConservativeConspiracyRecallsLegislationChamberBenchesHouse Of CommonsRevisingHouse Of Lords Author:James Callaghan
“When I was young, my father was lord Of a small kingdom: a wife, a garden, Kids for whom his word was Word. It took years for my view to harden, To shrink him to human size.” YearsHumansKidsYoungFatherViewsLordWifeGardenSizeKingdomsShrinks Author:Tracy K. Smith
“I would say, from an all-around point of view, Bruce Springsteen is one of the two great poet lords of America, Bob Dylan, coming out of the music world, the two of them.” WorldTwoAmericaViewsLordPoetPoint Of ViewComing OutBobDylanGreat PoetSpringsteen Author:Clive Davis
“Hindu philosophy was one of the greatest beneficiaries of the advent and the teachings of the Lord Buddha. I revere Buddha as a reformer of not only Hinduism but also the world, who has given all of us a new world view and vision which is critical for the survival of all of us and the entire world.” WorldPhilosophyMotivationGivenViewsVisionLordTeachingSurvivalIndiaCriticalNew WorldHinduismAdventWorld ViewReformersBeneficiariesLord Buddha Author:Narendra Modi
“It is vain to try and hide a bad spirit from the eyes of them who are spiritual, for it will show itself in speaking and in writing as well as in all other conduct, it is also useless to make great pretensions when the heart is not right before God, for God looks at the heart, and where the heart is not right the Lord will expose it to the view of the faithful.” WritingTryingWellsLooksHeartShowsEyeSpiritualSpiritViewsLordUselessVainFaithfulPretension Author:Joseph Smith, Jr.