“The fact that John Prescott is being paid large sums of money to do little or nothing adds to the general malaise surrounding this government and the feeling that ministers are incapable of tackling serious issues.” LittlesFactsFeelingsGovernmentIssuesSeriousPaidAddMinistersIncapableTacklingMalaiseSerious Issues Author:Vince Cable
“I used to think I should like to be a bookbinder or bookseller it seemed to me a most delightful trade and I wished or thought of nothing better. More lately I thought I should be a minister, it seemed so serious and useful a profession, and I entered but little into the merits of religion and the duties of a minister. Every one dissuaded me from the notion, and before I arrived at any age to require a real decision, science had claimed me.” ThinkingShouldLittlesRealAgeUsedDecisionSeriousDutyTradeNotionProfessionMinistersMeritDelightfulBooksellers Author:William Stanley Jevons
“We have decreased the salaries of everybody who partakes in politics, from the president to the prime minister to the MPs [members of Parliament]. We have cut expenditures that have to do with parliament. Everybody knows we are serious.” KnowsPresidentCuttingSeriousMembersMinistersPrimePrime MinisterParliamentSalaryExpendituresMpsMembers Of Parliament Author:Antonis Samaras
“If there will be a serious Palestinian prime minister who makes a 100 percent effort to end terrorism, then we can have peace. Each side has to take steps. If terror continues, there will not be an independent Palestinian state. Israel will not accept it, if terror continues.” IfsEndsStatesSidesEffortAcceptingStepsSeriousPercentIndependentTerrorIsraelTerrorismMinistersPrimePalestinianPrime Minister Author:Ariel Sharon
“A reporter told me it is very rare to see a woman of my age in the movies. Right! In the movies! But they have been for so long in very serious and important positions in life: scientists, prime ministers, candidates to be the president.” LongHas BeensImportantAgePresidentPositionSeriousScientistMinistersCandidatesPrimeReportersPrime Minister Author:Sonia Braga