Prime Quotes

You mustn't expect prime ministers to enjoy themselves. If they do, they mustn't show it - the population would be horrified.

It is the only time that I can ever remember the Prime Minister reading out the conclusions of a meeting that did not take place. They were already written before it started.

Seeing yourself as responsible for the quality of your relationship, as a prime mover in your life, I think is a bold, amazing step.

When youre asked/told to come to Canberra by your Prime Minister, in the country I grow up in, you obey that.

The prime minister is 12 years old. She looks after 20 goats in the morning, but she's prime minister in the evening.

I am 73 years old. I was born in Jerusalem. I'm the first prime minister of Israel to be born here. I am the only former general to become a prime minister.

New Zealand, by the way, where I was ambassador, has had two women prime ministers - one from either party.

I think the Prime Minister has embarked on a journey and he has no idea where he's taking us.

Every cabinet minister gets a mission statement from the Prime Minister.

Price statistics show clearly that instability in raw-material prices is a prime cause of instability of other prices.

A cheerful life is what the Muses love. A soaring spirit is their prime delight.

In Downing Street they called me 'Boss'. Civil servants would always call me 'Prime Minister'.

Still sweet with blossoms is the year's fresh prime.

She [Theresa May] is the right choice to lead Britain in a challenging period and will make a truly outstanding prime minister.

I think God is as much a basic ingredient in the universe as neutrons and positrons. This is the prime force, when we look around the universe.

I think the rest of the world will think we're made, and indeed we are. We've turned out the greatest Prime Minister in the post war years simply because of short term nerves.

The Prime Minister has an absolute genius for putting flamboyant labels on empty luggage.

3 is prime, 5 is prime, 7 is prime, but 9 is not prime; -in this incarnation.

I have never been bribed as a Prime Minister.

Although the prime numbers are rigidly determined, they somehow feel like experimental data.

I'm 42 now, what I would consider prime time.

Of course I'd have loved to be Prime Minister. But I'm not nursing a grievance.

In 1995 the whole political situation was very complicated. I was the first deputy prime minister, and at the same time I had very low influence in the government.

The Canadian kid who wants to grow up to be Prime Minister isn't thinking big, he is setting a limit to his ambitions rather early.

Refuse to accept the narrative of history laid down by presidents, prime ministers, generals and journalists.

I would be a disaster as a prime minister.

Too often our leaders cannot work for the greater good because they acknowledge no good greater than politics. But if that's truly our prime directive and highest imperative, God help us all.

I have decided to give my support to Theresa May. I intend to work closely with her, to campaign for her and I'm sure she'll be a very fine prime minister of this country.

The fate of a nation has often depended upon the good or bad digestion of a prime minister.

The Prime Minister of India, at a meeting that I co-chaired a few months ago, stated that any development that is not sustainable is not development.

Let not his mode of raising cash seem strange, Although he fleeced the flags of every nation, For into a prime minister but change His title, and 'tis nothing but taxation.

We all know that Prime Ministers are wedded to the truth, but like other wedded couples they sometimes live apart.

I couldn't imagine what Fox thought they were doing, contemplating such a jagged protagonist for a prime-time drama. I only knew that I wanted the role very much.

What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?

It is very helpful to have a partner on whom you can rely in any situation. But the problem starts because some people don't like it that one twin would be president and the other prime minister.

The future is taking shape now in our own beliefs and in the courage of our leaders. Ideas and leadership - not natural or social "forces" - are the prime movers in human affairs.

The work of a Prime Minister is the loneliest job in the world.

I am absolutely sure to be the most democratic man to ever become Prime Minister in Italy.

I saw Len Hutton in his prime, Another time, another time.

'Kane and Abel' is the best popular fiction of all time. As a kid, I wanted to be prime minister when I read 'First Among Equals.'

The blood and sweat shed by United States and United Nations troops proved to be the prime mover behind the realisation of freedom throughout the post-war period.

To be a good fighter pilot, there is one prime requisite think fast, and act faster.

I had read too many memoirs that were written after the writer or the director was past his or her prime.

Every day is a good day to examine our prime-time priorities.

Television is just the wrong medium, at least in prime time, to teach science. I think it is hopeless if it insists on behaving like television. . . .

You have made a very good point: both the Prime Minister [Shindzo Abe] and I enjoy a fairly high level of trust among the citizens of our countries.

You've got to keep yourself in prime physical condition, because fatigue makes cowards of us all.

In politics, there are different categories of friendship. My friendship with Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras, for example .

As for the job of prime minister, I like it, yes. But no more than I've liked other work that I've done as an adult.

If the basis of trust between the Prime Minister and her Defence Secretary no longer exists, there is no place for me with honour in such a Cabinet.