Jonathan Aitken quotes
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“If you find an Australian indoors, it's a fair bet that he will have a glass in his hand.”
-- Jonathan AitkenSource : Jonathan Aitken (1971). “Land of Fortune: A Study of the New Australia”, London : Secker and Warburg
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“Pride is the deadliest of sins, but I was bursting with pride”
-- Jonathan AitkenSource : "Aitken 'will not be priest'" by Jamie Wilson, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 1999.
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“If you asked her (Margaret Thatcher) about Sinai, she would probably think it was the plural for sinus.”
-- Jonathan AitkenSource : "A Balance of Power". Book by James Prior, 1986.
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“As far as the physical miseries go, I am sure I will cope. I lived at Eton in the 1950s and I know all about life in uncomfortable quarters.”
-- Jonathan AitkenSource : "A Right Honorable Briton? Hardly, It Turns Out" by Warren Hoge, www.nytimes.com. February 04, 1999.
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“Breaking a glass in the northwest is rather like belching in Arabia, for it appears to be done as a mark of appreciation or elation.”
-- Jonathan AitkenSource : Jonathan Aitken (1971). “Land of fortune: a study of the new Australia”
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“I personally believe a crucial ingredient in rehabilitation is to admit that you completely screwed up.”
-- Jonathan Aitken
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“A city with one newspaper... is like a man with one eye, and often the eye is glass.”
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“You can only drink 30 or 40 glasses of beer a day, no matter how rich you are.”
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Source : A. E. Waite (2012). “The Pictorial Key to the Tarot”, p.208, Courier Corporation
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“All I can do is leave it in God's hands and hope that my fans feel where I'm coming from.”
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