David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George
David Lloyd George, 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor, OM, PCwas a British Liberal politician and statesman...
NationalityWelsh
ProfessionStatesman
Date of Birth17 January 1863
sarcastic boots brilliant
He is brilliant - to the top of his boots.
atheist angel years
The conventional heaven with its angels perpetually singing etc nearly drove me mad in my youth and made me an atheist for ten years. My opinion is that we shall be reincarnated.
advice promise want
If you want to understand a subject promise to speak on it.
doctors fads opinion
The doctors are always changing their opinions. They always have some new fad.
two cost lasts
A fully equipped duke costs as much to keep up as two Dreadnoughts, and dukes are just as great a terror - and they last longer.
fighting alcohol germany
We are fighting Germany, Austria and drink, and as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is drink.
heart men young
A young man who isn't a socialist hasn't got a heart; an old man who is a socialist hasn't got a head.
listening done ifs
If you listen to the neverdo's, it's never done.
motivational two steps
Anything can be achieved in small, deliberate steps. But there are times you need the courage to take a great leap; you can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.
tree individual embrace
Wisdom is like a baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.
principles conviction vulture
Doctinaires are the vultures of principle. They feed upon principle after it is dead.
sea blood storm
What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.
political mind retail
Neville [Chamberlain] has a retail mind in a wholesale business.
waiting political grandfather
One day while Lloyd George was making a political speech before a big crowd, a heckler yelled, "Wait a minute, Mr. George. Isn't it true your grandfather used to peddle tinware around here in an oxcart hauled by a donkey?" Lloyd George replied, "I digress just a moment and thank the gentlemen for calling that to my attention. It is true, my dear old grandfather used to peddle tinware with an old cart and a donkey. As a matter of fact, after this meeting is over, if my friend will come with me, I will show him that old cart, but I never knew until this minute what became of the ass."