Top 6 Quotes by Jonathan Aitken

If you find an Australian indoors, it's a fair bet that he will have a glass in his hand.

Food, Glasses, Hands

Jonathan Aitken (1971). “Land of Fortune: A Study of the New Australia”, London : Secker and Warburg

As far as the physical miseries go, I am sure I will cope. I lived at Eton in the 1950s and I know all about life in uncomfortable quarters.

Eton, Misery, Quarters

"A Right Honorable Briton? Hardly, It Turns Out" by Warren Hoge, www.nytimes.com. February 04, 1999.

I personally believe a crucial ingredient in rehabilitation is to admit that you completely screwed up.

Believe, Rehabilitation, Ingredients

Pride is the deadliest of sins, but I was bursting with pride.

Pride, Sin, Bursting

"Aitken 'will not be priest'" by Jamie Wilson, www.theguardian.com. June 10, 1999.

If you asked her (Margaret Thatcher) about Sinai, she would probably think it was the plural for sinus.

Thinking, Sinuses, Sinai

"A Balance of Power". Book by James Prior, 1986.

Breaking a glass in the northwest is rather like belching in Arabia, for it appears to be done as a mark of appreciation or elation.

Appreciation, Food, Glasses

Jonathan Aitken (1971). “Land of fortune: a study of the new Australia”

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