David Lloyd Quotes

One cannot cross an abyss in two jumps.

Explain to me again the difference between superstitious beliefs or pagan incantations, and scientific ones. Be braver - you cannot cross a chasm in two small jumps.

Neville [Chamberlain] has a retail mind in a wholesale business.

Every man has a House of Lords in his own head. Fears, prejudices, misconceptions - those are the peers and they are hereditary.

Great Britain would spend her last guinea to keep a navy superior to that of the United States or any other power.

If you want to understand a subject promise to speak on it.

The conventional heaven with its angels perpetually singing etc nearly drove me mad in my youth and made me an atheist for ten years. My opinion is that we shall be reincarnated.

Believe me, Germany is unable to wage war.

I understand why people do vote on the conservative side of the ticket because people have a tendency to go for strong governments when really, from an idealistic point of view, it's a bad thing.

Not badly, considering I was seated between Jesus Christ and Napoleon.

I've always been a liberal and I've always had strong socialist leanings.

I'm interested in how artists and writers do this, using art as therapy. Escaping into the worlds we create. We're all victims and few of us are truly free.

Wimbledon is getting a bit too like Royal Ascot. It's not what happens or who wins so much, as what clothes do I have on.

We have to reserve the right to bomb the niggers.

What do I think of the reverse sweep? It's like Manchester United getting a penalty and Bryan Robson taking it with his head

If this bloke's a Test match bowler, then my backside is a fire engine

England have nothing to lose here, apart from this test match.

[The General Staff] maintained three sets of casualty figures, one to fool the public, one to fool the Government and one to fool themselves.

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree if you agree with him he's a statesman.

We are muddled into war.

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small steps.

A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree if you agree with him he is a statesman.

Every man has a House of Lords in his own head. Fears prejudices misconceptions - those are the peers and they are hereditary.

Whenever the Germans found the Canadian Corps coming into the line they prepared for the worst.