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Harold Macmillan Quotes

«No man succeeds without a good woman behind him. Wife or mother, if it is both, he is twice blessed indeed.»
«When the curtain falls, the best thing an actor can do is to go away.»
«Tradition does not mean that the living are dead, it means that the dead are living.»
Author: Harold Macmillan | Keywords: tradition
«To be alive at all involves some risk.»
Author: Harold Macmillan | About: Living, Risk-taking | Keywords: involves
«Once the bear's hug has got you, it is apt to be for keeps.»
«Lets be frank about it; most of our people have never had it so good»
Author: Harold Macmillan | Keywords: frank, Frank and
«You will find the Americans much like the Greeks found the Romans: great, big, vulgar, bustling people more vigorous than we are and also more idle, with more unspoiled virtues but also more corrupt»
«I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that they are nearly always conflicting.»
Author: Harold Macmillan | Keywords: conflicting, reports
«At home, you always have to be a politician; when you're abroad, you almost feel yourself a statesman.»
Author: Harold Macmillan | About: Politicians | Keywords: statesman
«Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.»

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