George Bramwell, 1st Baron Bramwell quotes

“Like mothers, taxes are often misunderstood, but seldom forgotten”
-- George Bramwell, 1st Baron Bramwell

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“Wanderers eastward, wanderers west, Know you why you cannot rest? 'Tis that every mother's son Travails with a skeleton. Lie down in the bed of dust; Bear the fruit that bear you must; Bring the eternal seed to light, And morn is all the same as night.”

“Happy bridegroom, Hesper brings All desired and timely things. All whom morning sends to roam, Hesper loves to lead them home. Home return who him behold, Child to mother, sheep to fold, Bird to nest from wandering wide: Happy bridegroom, seek your bride.”

“I'm the daughter of two Indian immigrant doctors, and I have an older sister and younger brother, and none of us have pursued medicine as a career. We're all over the artistic side of things.”

“If a country is to be corruption free and become a nation of beautiful minds, I strongly feel there are three key societal members who can make a difference. They are the father, the mother and the teacher.”

“There is another old poet whose name I do not now remember who said, 'Truth is the daughter of Time.'”

“I'd rather be loud and misunderstood than quiet and bored”

“I guess I should warn you, if I turn out to be particularly clear, you've probably misunderstood what I've said.”

Source : Speech in 1988. "What if the Fed Chief Speaks Plainly?" by Floyd Norris, www.nytimes.com. October 28, 2005.

“That is a list of the Territories that yielded to Ebon Askavi. They now stand within the shadow of the Keep. They are mine. Anyone who tries to settle in my Territory without my consent will be dealt with. Anyone who harms any of my people will be executed. There will be no excuses and no exceptions. I will say it simply so that the members of this Council and the intruders who thought to take land they had no right to claim can never say they misunderstood." Jaenelle's lips curled into a snarl. "STAY OUT OF MY TERRITORY!”

“To refrain from storytelling is perhaps one of the highest forms of respect we can pay. Those people, with no stories to circle them, can die without being misunderstood.”

Source : Ben Marcus (2012). “The Flame Alphabet”, p.327, Granta Books

“Tell me that I misunderstood a joke, but don't tell me that my choice of cravat is wrong.”