lead quotes

Quhen Alysaunder oure kyng wes dede, That Scotland led in lauche and le, Away wes sons of alle and brede, Off wyne and wax, of gamyn and gle; Oure gold wes changyd in to lede. Cryst, borne in to virgynyte, Succour Scotland, and remede, That stad is in perplexyte.

-Anonymous
c.1286  Lines said to have been written after the death of Alexander II of Scotland, the earliest extant piece of Scottish verse. Quoted in the Original Chronicle of  Andrew Wyntoun (c.1420), bk.7.

If you are not the lead dog, the view never changes.

-Anonymous
Paperweight on the desk of Richard Scott, chief executive officer, Hospital Corp of  America. Quoted in Forbes,10 Oct1994.

Lead us, Heavenly Father, lead us O'er the world's tempestuous sea.

-John Edmeston
Sacred Lyrics, Set 2,'Lead us, Heavenly Father'.

When stately ships are twirled and spun Like whipping tops and help there's none And mighty ships ten thousand ton Go down like lumps of lead.

- Ralph Hodgson
  'Song of Honour'.

Youdon't lead by pointing and telling peoplesomeplace to go.You lead by going to that place and making a case.

- Ken Elton Kesey
  Interview in Esquire,  Jun.

But you are dull, nothing comes nimbly from you; you dance like a plumber's daughter and deserve two thousand pound in lead to your marriage, and not in goldsmith's ware.

-Thomas Middleton
  A Chaste Maid in Cheapside (published1630), act1, sc.1.

A brain of feathers, and a heart of lead.

- Alexander Pope
  The Dunciad, bk.2, l.44.

What was everybody's business in the end proved to be nobody's business. Each one looked to the other to take the lead, and the aggressorsgot away with it.

-Jan Christian Smuts
  Explaining the failure of the League of Nations to the Empire ParliamentaryAssociation, London, 25 Nov.