Quotes by british authors

One of the unsung freedoms that go with a free press is the freedom not to read it. Ferdinand Mount

Freedom Free Free Press Press Freedoms Unsung Read Go

Who wants to live forever? Freddie Mercury

Live Forever Wants Who

Years ago, I thought up the name Queen. It's just a name. But it's regal, obviously, and -sounds splendid. Freddie Mercury

Queen Thought Splendid Name Obviously Sounds Years Years Ago Up Just

I like to be surrounded by splendid things. Freddie Mercury

Splendid Like Surrounded Things

Every moment of resistance to temptation is a victory. Frederick William Faber

Victory Every Temptation Moment Resistance

The responsibility of tolerance lies with those who have the wider vision. George Eliot

Vision Responsibility Tolerance Those Lies Who Wider

No story is the same to us after a lapse of time; or rather we who read it are no longer the same interpreters. George Eliot

Time Rather Longer Read Same After Story Us Lapse Who

Conscientious people are apt to see their duty in that which is the most painful course. George Eliot

People Duty Apt See Most Course Which Painful Conscientious

I think of myself as a jungle musician because of my lack of formal training. George Harrison

Myself Training Think Musician Because Jungle Lack Formal

Anybody who fights for human rights or to make this world a better place. Nurses, doctors, teachers: these are the people who deserve the credit these days. George Michael

Rights People World Better Doctors Human Rights Nurses Better Place Days Make Human Anybody Place Teachers Fights Who Deserve Credit

There's no comfort in the truth, pain is all you'll find. George Michael

Truth You Pain Find Comfort

In all secrets there is a kind of guilt, however beautiful or joyful they may be, or for what good end they may be set to serve. Secrecy means evasion, and evasion means a problem to the moral mind. Gilbert Parker

Beautiful Good Problem Mind Guilt Secrecy Secrets Kind Moral Joyful However End May Means Evasion Serve Set

Facts from paper are not the same as facts from people. The reliability of the people giving you the facts is as important as the facts themselves. Harold S. Geneen

You People Giving Important Paper Reliability Facts Same Themselves

Orwell's '1984' convinced me, rightly or wrongly, that Marxism was only a quantum leap away from tyranny. By contrast, Huxley's 'Brave New World' suggested that the totalitarian systems of the future might be subservient and ingratiating. J. G. Ballard

Future Me World Tyranny Rightly Systems Totalitarian Huxley Only Marxism New Wrongly Leap Quantum Quantum Leap Contrast Brave Subservient Brave New World New World Might Convinced Away Orwell Suggested

If things are going untowardly one month, they are sure to mend the next. Jane Austen

Mend Month Sure Going Next Things

Nothing ever fatigues me but doing what I do not like. Jane Austen

Me Nothing Like Doing Ever

Sometimes simple accessories are all you need when your dress speaks for itself. Jenny Packham

You Simple Sometimes Dress Accessories Itself Your Speaks Need

It is important that politicians defend their ability to act without fear or favour, and it is in the public interest that they hold ministers and public servants to account. Jeremy Corbyn

Fear Important Politicians Ministers Favour Ability Without Account Hold Interest Public Public Interest Act Public Servants Servants Defend