(102 quotes found)
“If you want something said, ask a man...if you want something done, ask a woman.”
Margaret Thatcher
“If my critics saw me walking over the Thames they would say it was because I couldn't swim.”
“You may have to fight a battle more than once to win it.”
“I always cheer up immensely if an attack is particularly wounding because I think, well, if they attack one personally, it means they have not a single political argument left.”
“If you just set out to be liked, you would be prepared to compromise on anything at any time, and you would achieve nothing.”
“I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end.”
“I do not know anyone who has got to the top without hard work. That is the recipe. It will not always get you to the top, but should get you pretty near.”
“To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.”
“Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't.”
“Standing in the middle of the road is very dangerous; you get knocked down by the traffic from both sides.”