Jonathan Aitken Quotes

• If you find an Australian indoors, it's a fair bet that he will have a glass in his hand.

  Jonathan Aitken

  Food, Glasses, Hands

  Jonathan Aitken (1971). “Land of Fortune: A Study of the New Australia”, London : Secker and Warburg

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• As far as the physical miseries go, I am sure I will cope. I lived at Eton in the 1950s and I know all about life in uncomfortable quarters.

  Jonathan Aitken

  Eton, Misery, Quarters

  "A Right Honorable Briton? Hardly, It Turns Out" by Warren Hoge, www.nytimes.com. February 04, 1999.

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• I personally believe a crucial ingredient in rehabilitation is to admit that you completely screwed up.

  Jonathan Aitken

  Believe, Rehabilitation, Ingredients

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• Pride is the deadliest of sins, but I was bursting with pride.

  Jonathan Aitken

  Pride, Sin, Bursting

  "Aitken 'will not be priest'" by Jamie Wilson, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 1999.

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• If you asked her (Margaret Thatcher) about Sinai, she would probably think it was the plural for sinus.

  Jonathan Aitken

  Thinking, Sinuses, Sinai

  "A Balance of Power". Book by James Prior, 1986.

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• Breaking a glass in the northwest is rather like belching in Arabia, for it appears to be done as a mark of appreciation or elation.

  Jonathan Aitken

  Appreciation, Food, Glasses

  Jonathan Aitken (1971). “Land of fortune: a study of the new Australia”

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