When Sir Winton Turnbull [who represented a large rural seat] was raving and ranting on the adjournment and … - Gough Whitlam - Quotesmemo.com

Same topic Authors

Quote of the day

I'm convinced nonviolence can be successful in working for positive change in our relations with other countries right now.

Popular Topics

Wisdom, Identity, Organization, Book, Kindness, Scholar, Worry, Thinking, Children, Enthusiast, Inspiration, Name, Humbly, Glory, Wonder, Stories, Funny, Today, Food, Hip Hop, Poet, Secret, Ideas, Possible, Inspired, Hope, Life Is Good, Kindly, Subject, Dress, Evidence, Pregnancy, Jesus, Involve, Love, Acknowledge, Weak, Passive, I Like You, Period, New York, Relationships, Story, Difference, Positive, I Miss You, Light, Bible, Mother'S Day, Looking For Love

Gough Whitlam

When Sir Winton Turnbull [who represented a large rural seat] was raving and ranting on the adjournment and shouted: “I am a Country member”. I interjected “I remember”. He could not understand why, for the first time in all the years he had been speaking in the House, there was instant and loud applause from both sides.

Country, House, Loud, Member, Sir, Years

Same Author Quotes

She was a remarkable person and the love of my life.

Love, Remarkable, Persons, Person, Life

I've never said I'm immortal. I do believe in correct language. I'm eternal; I'm not immortal.

Believe, Correct, Eternal, Immortal, Language, Said

Australia's treatment of her Aboriginal people will be the thing on which the world will judge Australia and Australians - Not just now, but in the greater perspective of history.

Australia, Judge, People, Perspective, World

Well may we say 'God save the Queen', because nothing will save the Governor-General'.

God, May, Queen, Queens, Save, Wells

The punters know that the horse named Morality rarely gets past the post, whereas the nag named Self-interest always runs a good race.

Horse, Memorable, Named, Running, Runs

Similar Quotes

Craig Stone

There’s only one Earth, and it’s tiny, but evil human leaders avoid problems they don’t want to resolve by giving them names which make the problems sound like they’re taking place in a different world: they make people not care about other people dying of starvation by calling the place the dying live “the third world.

Evil, Make, Names, People, Resolve

Vincent Van Gogh

Vincent Van Gogh

I painted two pictures of myself lately, one of which has rather the true character. . . I always think photographs abominable, and I don't like to have them around, particularly not those of persons I know and love. . . . photographic portraits wither much sooner than we ourselves do, whereas the painted portrait is a thing which is felt, done with love or respect for the human being that is portrayed.

Character, Like, Portraits, Thinking, Two

Umberto Eco

Umberto Eco

If Bush had read all the documents about the Russians and British in Afghanistan in the 19th century, he would have not done what he did in the 21st. He would have understood how difficult it was to control this territory. He probably didn't read them.

21St, Century, Done, Russians, Territory

Mindy Kaling

Mindy Kaling

Catharsis isn't art. You can't rely on catharsis to get a laugh. Because guess what? People do laugh when something's shocking, but that is, to me, the absolute fakest of laughs. That's not something that sustains a television series, or a movie, or even 45 minutes of a stand-up set at Carolines.

Art, Fakest, Laugh, Laughing, People, Series

Dorothy Cotton

I'm convinced nonviolence can be successful in working for positive change in our relations with other countries right now.

Countries, Country, Positive, Positive Change, Successful, Working