#be

If only Queen Elizabeth II had the intellectual, political and linguistic skills of Queen Elizabeth I, many people would support giving her some of the powers of an elected president. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#elizabeth #elizabeth i #giving #had #her

'In Memoriam' has been my companion for all my grownup life. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#companion #grownup #life

IQ in general has improved since tests first began. Psychologists think that this is because modern life becomes ever more complicated. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#becomes #began #complicated #ever #first

It is eerie being all but alone in Westminster Abbey. Without the tourists, there are only the dead, many of them kings and queens. They speak powerfully and put my thoughts into vivid perspective. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#alone #being #dead #eerie #into

It would no doubt be very sentimental to argue - but I would argue it nevertheless - that the peculiar combination of joy and sadness in bell music - both of clock chimes, and of change-ringing - is very typical of England. It is of a piece with the irony in which English people habitually address one another. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#another #argue #bell #both #clock

People become dons because they are incapable of doing anything else in life. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#because #become #doing #else #incapable

The Royal Family are not like you and me. They live in houses so big that you can walk round all day and never need to meet your spouse. The Queen and Prince Philip have never shared a bedroom in their lives. They don't even have breakfast together. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#bedroom #big #breakfast #day #even

There is no doubt that, since 1977 and the launch of Apple II - the first computer it produced for the mass market - many things which used to be done on paper, or on the telephone, have been done easier and faster on a screen. ↗

— A. N. Wilson

#apple ii #been #computer #done #doubt

When 'Party of Five' ended I believed we had run our course. I believed the basic ideal and premise of the show had been fulfilled. ↗

— Scott Wolf

#been #believed #course #ended #five

Led Zeppelin, you can't find a better band to pay homage to. ↗

— Ann Wilson

#better #find #homage #led #led zeppelin