What a pity, when Christopher Colombus discovered America, that he ever mentioned it. —Margot Asquith More about this quote Tags: history discovery America irony Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
About Margot Asquith Emma Margaret Asquith, Countess of Oxford and Asquith (née Tennant; 2 February 1864 – 28 July 1945), known as Margot Asquith, was a British socialite and author. She was married to British Prime Minister H. H. Asquith from 1894 to his death in 1928.
More quotations tagged with “irony” A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours. —Milton Berle More about this quote Tags: politics time irony committee waste Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email It is bad luck to be superstitious. —Andrew W. Mathis More about this quote Tags: luck irony superstition Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email I look at the politics of this country as a game that is played on the people, this illusion of choice. It's interesting that the important things have been reduced in number: oil companies, communications, pharmaceuticals, insurance, banking, accounting, all these firms have been merged and reduced. The choices are very limited. But if you want a bagel, we've got twenty-six flavors. There are four hundred kinds of mustard in this country. These are the illusions of choice. I don't really think choice is here to any substantive degree. —George Carlin More about this quote Tags: justice politics choice irony banking Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth. —George Bernard Shaw More about this quote Tags: happiness misery irony Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email In the next voyage of the Mayflower, after she carried the Pilgrims, she was employed in transporting a cargo of slaves from Africa. —Nathaniel Hawthorne More about this quote Tags: history USA slavery irony Mayflower Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A committee is a group that keeps minutes and loses hours. —Milton Berle More about this quote Tags: politics time irony committee waste Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is bad luck to be superstitious. —Andrew W. Mathis More about this quote Tags: luck irony superstition Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I look at the politics of this country as a game that is played on the people, this illusion of choice. It's interesting that the important things have been reduced in number: oil companies, communications, pharmaceuticals, insurance, banking, accounting, all these firms have been merged and reduced. The choices are very limited. But if you want a bagel, we've got twenty-six flavors. There are four hundred kinds of mustard in this country. These are the illusions of choice. I don't really think choice is here to any substantive degree. —George Carlin More about this quote Tags: justice politics choice irony banking Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it: it would be hell on earth. —George Bernard Shaw More about this quote Tags: happiness misery irony Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In the next voyage of the Mayflower, after she carried the Pilgrims, she was employed in transporting a cargo of slaves from Africa. —Nathaniel Hawthorne More about this quote Tags: history USA slavery irony Mayflower Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email