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House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1) QUOTES

House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1) QUOTES

1 " La política requiere sacrificio. El sacrificio de los demás, por supuesto. No importa qué pueda conseguir un hombre sacrificándose por su país, siempre se saca mayor provecho dejando que otros lo hagan primero. "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

2 " No es el respeto, sino el miedo lo que motiva a un hombre; así se construyen imperios y se ponen en marcha revoluciones. Ése es el secreto de los grandes hombres. Cuando un hombre tiene miedo de que lo aplastes, de que lo destruyas por completo, su respeto siempre vendrá detrás. El temor más elemental siempre es embriagador, abrumador, liberador. Siempre es más intenso que el respeto "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

3 " Politics requires sacrifice. The sacrifice of others, of course. "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

4 " His deepest need was that people should like him. An admirable trait that; in a spaniel. Or a whore. "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

5 " You might very well think that - I couldn't possibly comment. "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

6 " Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. Truth lies in the hands of its editor. "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

7 " It’s not respect but fear that motivates a man; that’s how empires are built and revolutions begin. It is the secret of great men. When a man is afraid you will crush him, utterly destroy him, his respect will always follow. Base fear is intoxicating, overwhelming, liberating. Always stronger than respect. Always. "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

8 " Politics. The word is taken from the Ancient Greek. “Poly” means “many.” And ticks are tiny, bloodsucking insects. "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

9 " Why waste a life in search of an epitaph? ‘Fondly Remembered’. Who other than a halfwit has that chiselled above his head? "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

10 " Loyalty may be good news, but it is rarely good advice. "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

11 " It’s not respect but fear that motivates a man; that’s how empires are built and revolutions begin. It is the secret of great men. "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

12 " I knew what was waiting out there for me,” he said. “Terrifying things. There were German patrol boats, mine fields, and nearly a thousand miles of stormy seas.” “So why did you do it?” “Because also waiting for me was the most terrifying and wonderful thing of all. The future. "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

13 " This will not be easy,’ he said. ‘Neither is failure. "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

14 " Nothing lasts, not forever. Not laughter, not lust, not even life itself. Not forever. Which is why we make the most of what we have. Why "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

15 " She went up on tiptoes, just so she could look down on him. "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

16 " Politicians are much like aging authors and older women. The dangerous phase in their lives is when they are no longer content with the respect of friends but demand the adulation of an audience. "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

17 " The design is based on the old St. Stephen’s Chapel, where the earliest parliamentarians sat, like choirboys in facing pews, yet there is little that is angelic in the modern set-up. Members face each other in confrontation, as antagonists. They are separated by two red lines on the carpet, whose distance apart represents the distance of two sword lengths, yet this is misleading, for the most imminent danger is never more than a dagger’s distance away, on the benches behind. "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

18 " eye "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

19 " Politics. The word is taken from the Ancient Greek. “Poly” means “many.” And ticks are tiny, bloodsucking insects. Monday, "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)

20 " A prime minister can chose his friends and his Cabinet but not his relatives. Part Chairman Lord Williams "

― Michael Dobbs , House of Cards (Francis Urquhart, #1)