#la

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do. ↗

— Golda Meir

#aboard #flying #like #nothing #old

There can be no doubt that the average man blames much more than he praises. His instinct is to blame. If he is satisfied he says nothing; if he is not, he most illogically kicks up a row. ↗

— Golda Meir

#average man #blame #blames #doubt #his

I always think of the character as being me. But me wearing a 'coat', which may be a different way of speaking, moving or regarding other people. To me, acting is pretending, just like kids playing, only you pretend as if it were really, really real. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#always #being #character #coat #different

I don't really know of the Jewish tradition of comedy, only the Jewish tradition of not keeping your mouth shut. Complaining about all that is hard, unfair or ridiculous in life-having strong feelings, and not being able to suppress them. That, to me, is Jewish. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#about #being #comedy #complaining #feelings

I haven't appeared on stage in quite a long time and I don't have any immediate plans to do so, but I'm always interested in going back. ↗

— Fred Melamed

#any #appeared #back #going #haven

My esoteric doctrine, is that if you entertain any doubt, it is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular, is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it. ↗

— Lord Melbourne

#doctrine #doubt #easy #entertain #esoteric

I wish I was as cocksure of anything as Tom Macaulay is of everything. ↗

— Lord Melbourne

#cocksure #everything #i #i wish #macaulay

It is safest to take the unpopular side in the first instance. Transit from the unpopular is easy... but from the popular to the unpopular is so steep and rugged that it is impossible to maintain it. ↗

— William Lamb Melbourne

#first #impossible #instance #maintain #popular

When politicians use fear, they are playing into the enemy's hand. ↗

— John Mellencamp

#fear #hand #into #playing #politicians

Lawyers are like rhinoceroses: thick skinned, short-sighted, and always ready to charge. ↗

— David Mellor

#charge #lawyers #like #ready #short-sighted