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Time changes all things; there is no reason why language should escape this universal law — Ferdinand De Saussure

The house of Lords must be the only institution in the world which is kept efficient by the persistent absenteeism of most of its members. — Herbert Samuel, 1st Viscount Samuel

The House of Lords says I'm not a member of it. My passport says I am - get used to it. — Christopher Monckton

Bishops sit in the House of Lords automatically. — Richard Dawkins

Lives the man that can figure a naked Duke of Windlestraw addressing a naked House of Lords? — Thomas Carlyle

Would you condemn me to such a cavernous, empty life, Miranda? — Dominique Eastwick

Labour politicians for generations have fought to bring democracy to the House of Lords. — Charles Kennedy

What we need is someone to abolish the House Of Lords, get rid of the Royal Family ... — John Boorman

We must restore faith in politics. Reform of the House of Lords is only one part of the answer, but it is a vital one. — Charles Kennedy

I'd grab the camera and tell people what to do, and when I was 14, someone told me that it was called directing. — Guillermo Del Toro

The House of Lords is a model of how to care for the elderly. — Frank Field

Where might is, the right is:
Long purses make strong swords.
Let weakness learn meekness:
God save the House of Lords! — Algernon Charles Swinburne

You're just the girl of my dreams
But it seems my dreams never come true — Beck

The House of Lords is the British Outer Mongolia for retired politicians. — Tony Benn

The cure for admiring the House of Lords is to go and look at it. — Walter Bagehot

Every man has a House of Lords in his own head. Fears, prejudices, misconceptions - those are the peers and they are hereditary. — David Lloyd George

We in the House of Lords are never in touch with public opinion. That makes us a civilised body. — Oscar Wilde

I am not going to the House of Lords. Never. That's not who I am. That's not where I am. — Gordon Brown

A severe though not unfriendly critic of our institutions said that the cure for admiring the House of Lords was to go and look at it. — Walter Bagehot

Look, I'm a member of the House of Lords and I'm the first to admit that I don't understand how one gets new laws through. — Alan Sugar

Heaven lies around us in our infancy. — William Golding

I'll write and make chords with my voice sometimes if I don't have an instrument even though it takes a million times longer. — Zooey Deschanel

Since nothing is absolute
There is no absolute silence,
Only an appearance
Of temporary peace. — Dejan Stojanovic

Listen to me, my Friend! My beloved Lord is within. — Kabir

The House of Lords is like a glass of champagne that has stood for five days. — Clement Attlee