Top 11 Quotes & Sayings by Hugh Elliot

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a British diplomat Hugh Elliot.

Last updated on December 18, 2024.

Hugh Elliot was a British diplomat and then a colonial governor.

British - Diplomat | April 6, 1752 - 1830

Source: Wikipedia

If there's one thing I know it's God does love a good joke.

Hugh Elliot

You can always tell you're in trouble when the good option involves a prosthetic leg.

Hugh Elliot

It’s such a part of me, I assume Everyone can see it.

Hugh Elliot

Either the distances betweem the distant quarters of the globe are diminished, or you have extended the powers of human action.

Hugh Elliot

Consequently, the first thing to be done in any search after philosophic principles is to travel over the special sciences with a view to extracting from them such information as is relevant to our purpose.

Hugh Elliot

No sign of purpose can be detected in any part of the vast universe disclosed by our most powerful telescopes.

Hugh Elliot

Death can sneak up on you like a silent kitten, surprising you with its touch and you have a right to act surprised. Other times death stomps in the front door, unwanted and unannounced, and makes its noisy way to your seat on the sofa.

Hugh Elliot

I have you and even if we never meet or ever see each other, we have left our thumbprints in the thick, moist clay of each other's lives.

Hugh Elliot

You can call it the 'Perfect Moment' when the universe aligns and the music in your head actually matches the music outside and all is well.

Hugh Elliot

When a miracle happens, even if not to you, its nature is to naturally expand. You can almost feel the warmth on your face.

Hugh Elliot

You thought I was writing The Truth? Honey, I don't even know what The Truth means.

Hugh Elliot