Lloyd Quotes
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Mr Lloyd George spoke for17 minutes, in which period he was detected only once in the use of an argument.
(Enoch) Arnold Bennett— 1921Things That Have Interested Me.
Lloyd George? There is no Lloyd George. There is a marvellous brain; but if you were to shut him in a room and look through the keyhole there would be nobody there.
Margot Asquith— In conversation with James Agate, September 30, 1941; reported by Agate in his Ego 5 (London: Harrap, 1942) p. 136.
— Sometimes also attributed to John Maynard Keynes.
So long, Frank Lloyd Wright.I can't believe your song is gone so soon.I barely learned the tune
Frank Lloyd Wright— Paul Simon in "So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright" (1969); on Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970)
[Lloyd George] then when on to say that the Imperial Conference had had a meeting that morning, and that he, Smuts , Hughes and Massey did not intend to allow the British Empire to take a back seat. Gt Britain had won the war. She had made enormous sacrifices in men and money, and they were quite determined that she should not be overshadowed by America.
david lloyd george— Lord Riddell's diary entry (July 1921), J. M. McEwen (ed.), The Riddell Diaries 1908-1923 (London: The Athlone Press, 1986), p. 330.
[Lloyd George] told me he did not see how we could get successfully through this war..."It is clear that that damn fool Neville [Chamberlain] never gave a thought to that question - whether we would win - when he declared war. I am not against war, but I am against war when we have no chance of winning.
david lloyd george— A. J. Sylvester's diary entry (24 January 1941), Colin Cross (ed.), Life with Lloyd George. The Diary of A. J. Sylvester 1931-45 (London: Macmillan, 1975), p. 287.
When we choose a man to beautify our towns, we do not automatically call on the major artists of the world. ... We now lavishly praise Frank Lloyd Wright, but we never made any community use of him, though he longed for the chance.
paul goodman— p. 153 (Growing Up Absurd (1956))
Lloyd, my life... is for you!! ... Lloyd....
— Who: Lenus
— Source: The Legend of Dragoon
— Note: After Dart's team defeats Lenus, she makes her final attempt to kill Dart for Lloyd by throwing a chakram at him, but Shana gets Dart out of the way. Lenus then dies and the Blue Sea Dragoon Spirit is handed to Meru.
[Lloyd George] said that Harding 's speech on American naval aspirations made him feel that he would pawn his shirt rather than allow America to dominate the seas. If this was to be the outcome of the League of Nations propaganda, he was sorry for the world and in particular for America.
david lloyd george— Lord Riddell's diary entry (1 January 1921), J. M. McEwen (ed.), The Riddell Diaries 1908-1923 (London: The Athlone Press, 1986), p. 332.
