John King, Baron King of Wartnaby quotes

“If Richard Branson had worn a pair of steel-rimmed glasses, a double-breasted suit and shaved off his beard, I would have taken him seriously. As it was I couldn't . . .”
-- John King, Baron King of Wartnaby

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“The fact is that comedy is actually too serious to be taken seriously. It may be that comedy touches such deep emotions that people feel better if they can just dismiss it as trivial. Just take a big belly laugh. I have watched people laughing, and for a moment they look-and are-absolutely helpless. Vulnerability. You can be assaulted while you are laughing.”

“First steps are always the hardest but until they are taken the notion of progress remains only a notion and not an achievement.”

Source : Aberjhani (2014). “Journey through the Power of the Rainbow: Quotations from a Life Made Out of Poetry”, p.21, Lulu.com

“As a nation, we began by declaring that 'all men are created equal.' We now practically read it 'all men are created equal, except negroes.' When the Know-Nothings get control, it will read 'all men are created equal, except negroes, and foreigners, and Catholics.' When it comes to this I should prefer emigrating to some country where they make no pretense of loving liberty – to Russia, for instance, where despotism can be taken pure, and without the base alloy of hypocrisy.”

“The only thing that differentiates you and me from a couple of fourteen year old pyromaniacs is balistic glass!”

“The best-case scenario is that the glass shatters in my face! How do you think that makes me feel?”

“The wine glasses are empty except for that one undrinkable red spot at the bottom.”

“Champagne has the taste of an apple peeled with a steel knife”

“Technology happens, it's not good, it's not bad. Is steel good or bad?”

“I worked at the Steel Company Of Wales when I was 17. My job was to supply tools to the guys working the blast furnaces.”

“I'm armed with more than complete steel, - The justice of my quarrel.”