English En
  • Deutsche De
  • English En
  • Français Fr
  • Русский Ru

We use cookies to personalise content and ads, to provide social media features and to analyse our traffic. We also share information about your use of our site with our marketing and analytics partners who may combine it with other information you've provided to them or which they've separately collected from you. You also may to see our Privacy Policy. By clicking the OK button below, you accept our cookies.

Authors:

Iain Duncan Smith Quotes

For families across the UK who are income-poor, but more than that, whose lives are blighted by worklessness, educational failure, family breakdown, problem debt and poor health, as well as other problems, giving them an extra pound - say through increased benefits - will not address the reason they find themselves in difficulty in the first place.

Iain Duncan Smith

About author

Related Authors

Topics

Quotes currently Trending

Difficulties come when you don't pay attention to life's whisper. Life always whispers to you first, but if you ignore the whisper, sooner or later you'll get a scream Oprah Winfrey
That meddling in other people's affairs...formerly conducted by the most discreet intrigue is now openly advocated under the name of intervention. T. S. Eliot
Sprague Grayden quote: "I'm usually the character people love to hate, because I used..."
I'm usually the character people love to hate, because I used to play bad girls all the time. Sprague Grayden
Heidi Murkoff quote: "Is there a downside to eating well and getting in shape?"
Is there a downside to eating well and getting in shape? Heidi Murkoff
Katharine Graham quote: "Some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly..."
Some questions don't have answers, which is a terribly difficult lesson to learn. Katharine Graham
Suge Knight quote: "Prison make you a better judge of character. You pick up on..."
Prison make you a better judge of character. You pick up on people much faster. Suge Knight
George Benson quote: "I have been doing music all my life so everyday when I get up..."
I have been doing music all my life so everyday when I get up I expect music will be part of it. George Benson
Benjamin Franklin quote: "When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last..."
When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue. Benjamin Franklin
Christ surrounded himself with beggars, prostitutes, tax-collectors and fishermen. ... what he meant by this was that the divine spark is in every soul and is never extinguished ... Paulo Coelho
Pearl Bailey quote: "To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the..."
To talk to someone who does not listen is enough to tense the devil. Pearl Bailey
Harper Lee quote: "Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it."
Many receive advice, only the wise profit from it. Harper Lee
When I was a kid--10, 11, 12, 13--the thing I wanted most in the world was a best friend. I wanted to be important to people; to have people that understood me. I wanted to just be close to somebody. And back then, a thought would go through my head almost constantly: "There's never gonna be a room someplace where there's a group of people sitting around, having fun, hanging out, where one of them goes, 'You know what would be great? We should call Fiona. Yeah, that would be good.' That'll... Fiona Apple
Jimmy Piersall quote: "If you want to talk to me, you'll have to put out that cigarette."
If you want to talk to me, you'll have to put out that cigarette. Jimmy Piersall
I feel very comfortable with the way I look, and I feel very comfortable with the kind of confusion that it creates in people's minds. Brian Molko
Berenice Abbott quote: "Photography helps people to see."
Photography helps people to see. Berenice Abbott