Serving Prime Minister

Famous quotes containing the words prime minister, serving, prime and/or minister:

    “Being prime minister is a lonely job.... you cannot lead from the crowd.”
    —Margaret Thatcher (b. 1925)

    “We could not help being struck by the seeming, though innocent, indifference of Nature to these men’s necessities, while elsewhere she was equally serving others. Like a true benefactress, the secret of her service is unchangeableness. Thus is the busiest merchant, though within sight of his Lowell, put to pilgrim’s shifts, and soon comes to staff and scrip and scallop-shell.”
    —Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

    “Weekend planning is a prime time to apply the Deathbed Priority Test: On your deathbed, will you wish you’d spent more prime weekend hours grocery shopping or walking in the woods with your kids?”
    —Louise Lague (20th century)

    “But, my dear, you cannot live in isolation from the human race, you know.”
    —John Clifford, U.S. screenwriter, and Herk Harvey. Minister (Stan Levitt)