David Miliband Quotes

I'm a great believer in the Arsene Wenger school of management - which is, you don't worry about the opposition, you just get your own act together — David Miliband

There are fun nights, there are crazy nights, and then there are those nights that make men legends. — Tucker Max

No question is more sublime than why there is a Universe: why there is anything rather than nothing — Derek Parfit

People want more power over their own lives. That's not just true in Britain, it's true around the world. — David Miliband

The American idea that everyone graduates high school at 18 is a good one. — David Miliband

Sir,' I said to the universe, 'I exist.' 'That,' said the universe, 'creates no sense of obligation in me whatsoever. — Douglas Adams

What other people think of me is not really my major concern in life. What other people think of what I write is another matter. — Anne Roiphe

Problems occur when we tie our peace of mind to another's state of mind. — Bill Crawford

The moon distresses you by silently reminding you of your solitude; you open your eyes wide to escape your loneliness. — Yann Martel

[Freedom is] the societal condition that exists when every individual has 100% control of his own property. — Andrew Joseph Galambos

Communism was meant to be an alternative religion. — David Miliband

If you want to fight against a declining trend, you've got to have a much bigger bazooka. — David Miliband

John Major put the 'er' back into Conservative, David Cameron's put the 'Con' into Conservative - and Norman Lamont put the 'vat' into Conservative! — David Miliband

I don't think I've ever been accused of being faddish. I'm more Marks & Spencer than Ted Baker. — David Miliband

We are a European nation - must stay one. — David Miliband

Crushing defeat for Great Britain #Euref. History will show no one won today. — David Miliband

The real danger to Britain is a foreign policy that is isolationist in Europe and therefore weak in the rest of the world. — David Miliband

Everything about my politics has been about the future. — David Miliband

My brush-strokes start in nothing and they end in nothing, and in-between you find the image. — Karel Appel

In short: developers do not give players enough credit. And maybe even players don't give players enough credit. — Ragnar Tornquist

Successful economies in the modern world are not sheepish about the power and responsibility of the state. — David Miliband

The cultured cop! I thought they were peculiar to detective novels. — P.D. James

The title came rather early in one of Ringo's more tired and emotional moments. — Richard Lester

Dangerous climate change ... It's important not to be alarmist but it is very important to be alarmed — David Miliband

You have to believe that it's through politics that societies can lead social and economic and political change. — David Miliband

History is information. Memory is part of your identity. — David Miliband

I do not speak Hebrew, but I understand that it has no word for 'history.' The closest word for it is memory. — David Miliband

In Britain, the centrally prescribed welfare to work system short-changes the young unemployed. Transport, housing and education are over centralised. — David Miliband

I've often wished when I started a book I knew what was going to happen. I talked to writers who write 80-page outlines, and I'm just in awe of that. — Charlaine Harris

As Beverly Hills becomes more Iranian-Jewish, it is becoming politically conservative. — Ben Stein

I've committed myself to serve my constituents in South Shields and I have committed myself to British politics. — David Miliband

My favourite poem is called 'Roots and Wings' - it's a very moving poem about how if you've got real roots you can fly. — David Miliband

People feel politics isn't about their lives. — David Miliband

I was always brought up that if you can make a difference, you should, and if you don't it's a waste. So we'll see if I can make a difference. — David Miliband

The test of leadership for David Cameron was actually to bring the British Conservative Party back in to the mainstream. — David Miliband

The science is getting worse faster than the politics is getting better — David Miliband

The window of opportunity to avoid dangerous climate change is closing more quickly than previously thought. — David Miliband

In the end, human history is made up of all our decisions. — David Miliband