David Lloyd
David Lloyd
All-rounder for England in ODI's from 1973 to 1980, he played for Lancashire from 1965 to 1983, and became England's coach in 1996.
NationalityBritish
ProfessionCricket Player
Date of Birth18 March 1947
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."
democracies-have long people
No democracy has ever long survived the failure of its adherents to be ready to die for it. My own conviction is this, the people must either go on or go under.
aunt government political
The government are behaving like a bevy of maiden aunts who have fallen among buccaneers.
blow men fabric
The Bolshevists would blow up the fabric with high explosive, with horror. Others would pull down with the crowbars and with cranks--especially with cranks. . . . Sweating, slums, the sense of semi-slavery in labour, must go. We must cultivate a sense of manhood by treating men as men.
political succeed want
If you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control.