Harold Wilson Quotes (34 Quotes)

The main essentials of a successful prime minister are sleep and a sense of history.

He was not there doing crime. He was not there doing drugs. He was there trying to help a group of children.

Whichever party is in office, the Treasury is in power.

I'm at my best in a messy, middle-of-the-road muddle.

My friend, we don't support savages, we just allow them to come to our meetings,

Kids have a mindset - and a lot of people have a mindset - that you have to have a starting five, and they're supposed to play as much as they can. What we had to understand was if we wanted the starters to finish strong, we had to have that other group play. We had to keep up the pace and tempo to keep the defense continually strong. We had to wear down our opponents.

This Party is a moral crusade or it is nothing.

The judge then handed down three sentences of death -- one for each of the victims. After he said it, I was wondering, how are they going to kill me three times I was transferred to the death row facility. When I arrived at the facility, I was housed in isolation from the general population. I was in shock. I was in a different world.

The monarchy is a labor intensive industry.

Everybody should have an equal chance - but they shouldn't have a flying start.

On one side was contaminated and on our side (it) is absolutely. Oil, gas, anything -- I watched them walk out the back door and pour it out. I asked SCI to go over there and drill and they said no, they could only drill three holes. I saw the report from

From now the pound abroad is worth 14 per cent or so less in terms of other currencies. It does not mean, of course, that the pound here in Britain, in your pocket or purse or in your bank, has been devalued.

We are redefining and we are restating our socialism in terms of the scientific revolution.

There is something utterly nauseating about a system of society which pays a harlot 25 times as much as it pays its prime minister, 250 times as much as it pays its members of Parliament and 500 times as much as it pays some of its ministers of religion.

He's capable. We'll see a lot of good things from him. He's a good defender. He's a good shooter. He's just got to get a little physically stronger as he matures. But we'll see a lot of big things from him.

I am an optimist, but I'm an optimist who carries a raincoat.

I knew this team could shoot the basketball and it wasn't over. We just had to be smart and tell them that just because we had a lead we couldn't cruise on in.

The little gnomes of Zurich.

I believe the greatest asset a head of state can have is the ability to get a good night's sleep.

He who rejects change is the architect of decay. The only human institution which rejects progress is the cemetery.

Our big guy (Julian McLain) got in foul trouble early, and it seemed like on the other end it didn't work out. I'll just say early we didn't hit our open jump shots and then probably missed more free throws than we usually do.

I see no need for a Royal Commission on trade unions which will take minutes and waste years.

I thought we got off to a good start. You are always concerned how your team is going to play especially in a big game like this. But we got a lead and a working margin.

A week is a long time in politics.

The university of the air.

If I had the choice between smoked salmon and tinned salmon, I'd have it tinned. With vinegar.

I moved in here 12 years ago to die. I was diagnosed with prostate cancer. I was told I had five years to live. I've been living on borrowed time for seven years.

Given a fair wind, we will negotiate our way into the Common Market, head held high, not crawling in. Negotiations? Yes. Unconditional acceptance of whatever terms are offered us? No.

Every dog is allowed one bite, but a different view is taken of a dog that goes on biting all the time. He may not get his licence returned when it falls due.

I'm an optimist, but an optimist who carries a raincoat.

When they tore that (gas station) down about six years ago, it affected my breathing for weeks.

The labour party is like a stage-coach. If you rattle along at great speed everybody inside is too exhilarated or too seasick to cause any trouble. But if you stop everybody gets out and argues about where to go next.

Britain faces the gravest economic crisis since the War

One man's wage increase is another man's price increase.