Top 1200 Cocktail Parties Quotes & Sayings - Page 17

A primary campaign can get very intense and times nasty. But it`s never going to be quite as vicious as between-parties rivalry.

I [...] vowed that rather than let Alzheimer's take me, I would take it. I would live my life as ever to the full and die, ­before the disease mounted its last ­attack, in my own home, in a chair on the lawn, with a brandy in my hand to wash down whatever modern ­version of the "Brompton cocktail" some ­helpful medic could supply. And with ­Thomas Tallis on my iPod, I would shake hands with Death.

I ran a hot-dog-and-soda stand at Little League, and I started a business planning parties in high school.

The cause of all these evils was the lust for power arising from greed and ambition; and from these passions proceeded the violence of parties once engaged in contention.

Remember, whenever a Republican leaves one side of the aisle and goes to the other, it raises the intelligence quotient of both parties.

How long can we go without real leadership? It's like an experiment. It's [a problem with] both parties, it's beyond belief.

I can't give parties. It's so hard. When I want to call somebody up for dinner they think I'm using them or something. I just can't stand it.

I don't hang out with movie stars, and you won't see me going to many Hollywood parties. I'm actually quite boring.

Propriety and single interest divides the people of a land and the whole world into parties and is the cause of all wars and bloodshed and contention everywhere

An imbalanced association is when one or both parties become abusive and takes unfair advantage, tries to block another's enlightenment or success.

I saw my dad, my mother and all the people who were part of the party in Ottawa, and of different parties, working really hard for what they believed in.

I think Ian McKellen made it all happen, because he used to throw dinner parties and invite everyone over.

We call upon all warring parties in the world to lay down their arms and pursue the path of peace, dialogue, and inclusive resolution of disputes.

In all cases of slander currency, whenever the forger of the lie is not to be found, the injured parties should have a right to come on any of the indorsers.

How am I to dress up in my finery, and go off and away to smart parties, after the sorrow I have seen today?

The petty logic of political parties cannot be allowed to stifle the French people's legitimate aspirations to safety and liberty.

The French Revolution will be found to have had great influence on the strength of parties, and on the subsequent political transactions of the United States.

The first five years I lived in New York I was going out every night, to restaurants and album releases and parties.

I've actually seen guys do that - cheat on their girlfriends at parties and then lose it with rage when they find out they've also been cheated on.

Political renegades always start their career of treachery as 'the best men of all parties' and end up in the Tory knackery.

For both parties in a controversy, the most disagreeable way of retaliating is to be vexed and silent; for the aggressor usually regards the silence as a sign of contempt.

Sometimes, taking a break and going somewhere else and, almost, for both parties, absence makes the heart grow fonder.

Parties don't lose overnight, there is a gradual erosion of their base and electoral machine, which leads to sometimes cataclysmic defeat.

I love acting, but don't necessarily enjoy other aspects of the business. For me, going to celebrity parties is like work.

A good party is one that is designed to entertain and bond friends. The bad parties I've been to are the ones that are held to impress other people.

I am skittish about relationships, as most of the marriages I've seen up close have been ruinous for one or both parties.

Perfectionism may look good in his shiny shoes, but he’s a little bit of an asshole and no one invites him to their pool parties.

We must create a marriage between the awareness of the body and that of the mind. When two parties do not cooperate, there is unhappiness on both sides.

In the United States, both the upper levels of the Republican and Democratic Parties are in the pay of the corporate media and communication giants.

Studies of reconciliation in primates have demonstrated that if the relationship value increases between two parties they are more willing to make peace.

Go to parties. You can't even start to know what you may find on the envelope of serendipity. If you suffer from agoraphobia, send colleagues.

Senator Arlen Specter hasn't really switched parties; he's simply realized he cannot win the Pennsylvania Republican primary election.

I'd go out with my family and my close ones, who have been by my side through the years, but I am not the one who will throw parties on his birthday.

Circumstance - which moves by laws of its own, regardless of parties and policies, and whose decrees are final and must be obeyed by all - and will be

I love throwing parties and being sociable and dancing. But I also have this other homebody side and can become quite isolated and anxious.

What is the use of voting? We know that the machines of both parties are subsidized by the same persons, and therefore it is useless to turn in either direction.

I love Harriet Harman, she is a supporter of women of all parties, a kind word, a friendly voice, and this country is lucky to have her.

The time to be political is not when you have parties and carnivals, it's kind of a show, the election. It affects something but not that much. And focusing all the attention on it is I think a mistake.

I love hanging out with my close friends. Also, going to the movies, Wii parties, and shopping are like gifts to my heart.

Though I have maintained proximity with all political parties, politics is not my cup of tea; my mission to speak against all wrongs will continue.

The ability to convince people of the wackiest notions - and both parties can do it - it's part of the dumbing down of America that's really highly problematic.

From education to employment, housing to trust in the police, politicians from all parties must understand the different issues affecting individual communities.

No one can manipulate anyone else. In any relationship, both parties know what they're doing. even if one complains later on that they were used.

Going to parties usually makes me feel depressed, just because I have such social fear after meeting people.

My dark side, my shadow, my lower companion is now in the back room blowing up balloons for kids' parties.

The two parties are still more polarized than ever before and the rise of partisan media is an important reason for it.

It was so draining. Going to parties to rub elbows with so-and-so and act like it's no big deal, when really all I was doing was hoping I'd have the success they had.

Satires and lampoons on particular people circulate more by giving copies in confidence to the friends of the parties, than by printing them.

All I can say is thank God my stepdaughter's favourite band in the whole wide world is The Beatles. We do have dance parties to 'Wannabe' though.

If we attempt to block the development of new technology, we effectively have ensured that the most responsible parties will not develop them.

The nightmare is you spend the rest of your life being funny at parties and then people say, 'Why didn't you do that when you were on television?'

Tackling violence on our streets is a complex problem, and we need not only all parties, but whole communities to come together to tackle it.

The dynamics of the Taliban now appear to be very different and complex, in both Afghanistan and Pakistan, as they attack governments and mainstream parties.

I could go out to five parties a day if I wanted to. I don't. I have attachments to my wife and kids - and about 20 pieces of art.

Were parties here divided merely by a greediness for office,...to take a part with either would be unworthy of a reasonable or moral man.

Communication is a process of sharing experience till it becomes a common possession. It modifies the disposition of both the parties who partake in it.

Nothing could be more ill-judged than that intolerant spirit which has, at all times, characterized political parties.

The Liberal party has always worked with multiple parties in the House to make sure we're being governed in the best interest of Canadians.

I had fun. That’s what I believe in. Fun, flings, the sizzle. It starts as a shiver, when you see a man for the first time. And then he meets your eye and the shiver runs down your back and becomes a sizzle in your stomach and you think 'I want to dance with that man.' You dance, you have a cocktail or two, you flirt.

Football games on Friday nights followed by field parties every weekend was how I spent my high school years.