Nigel Rees Quotes

Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.
Nigel Rees

Good, Democracy, Anybody

Euphemism in the workplace does not end with job descriptions. It reaches a pusillanimous peak at the other end of the work process - in dismissal.
Nigel Rees

How come there's only one Monopolies Commission?
Nigel Rees

Monopolies, Commission

I got into New College, Oxford. The ethos was that you could work - or not.
Nigel Rees

Work, College, Oxford

I was absolutely a non-starter at games. My report for rugby said, 'Nigel's chief contribution is his presence on the field.' I used to pray for rain and sometimes it did rain - and we played anyway.
Nigel Rees

Rain, Sometimes, Said

I was broadcast-struck from an early age; I had saved up for a tape recorder and started making programmes.
Nigel Rees

Age, Making, Started

I was terribly shy and never said anything in class. Then I started getting into school plays. When you've got words to say, you've got a sort of armour.
Nigel Rees

School, Words, Said

It is part of politics to make things look better than they really are. What is a spin doctor but a serial euphemiser?
Nigel Rees

Politics, Doctor, Spin

My job involves searching for 'lost' quotations - that is, trying to find out who came up with a quotable saying that lingers in someone's mind and which they wish to use for their own purpose and which they cannot find in conventional dictionaries of quotation.
Nigel Rees

Mind, Job, Someone

People will say what they want to say, in the way they want to.
Nigel Rees

You wish to put a positive construction on your deeds and words.
Nigel Rees

Positive, Words, Wish

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Biography

Nationality: British

Type: Author

Born: June 5, 1944

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