Diane Abbott Quotes

I've always had a dog phobia.

I'm really scared of small dogs, dogs in general I guess.

The dogs with the loudest bark are the ones that are most afraid.

The Post Office is very careful nowadays. When they get a package marked "Fragile," they throw it underhand.

Let's start off with my father being a mailman.

The mailman doesn't deliver on Sundays.

I did not know that [ the Chancellor Angela Merkel is a bit frightened of dogs]. I wanted to make her happy. When I learned that she does not like dogs, I apologized, of course.

I stood for almost an hour in a line of shuffling, bitter - eyed late mailers (Christmas is such a carefree, low - pressure time - that's one of the things I love about it).

It was two weeks before Christmas. A slow time of year for raising the dead.

Humans are mentally sick with a disease called fear.

Aren't we forgeting the true meaning of Christmas? You know, the birth of Santa.

I do hope your Christmas has had a little touch of Eternity in among the rush and pitter patter and all. It always seems such a mixing of this world and the next - but that after all is the idea!

Christmas was coming. One morning in mid-December, Hogwarts woke to find itself covered in several feet of snow. The lake froze solid and the Weasley twins were punished for bewitching several snowballs so that they followed Quirrell around, bouncing off the back of his turban.

I'm afraid of those cows,' protested poor Dora, seeing a prospect of escape. 'The very idea of your being scared of those cows,' scoffed Davy. 'Why, they're both younger than you.

Growing up, Santa Claus would cover the presents with a white blanket, so when we'd wake up Christmas morning, we had to wait for my dad to do the big reveal of all the presents Santa brought.

The dog is very smart. He feels sorry for me because I receive so much mail; that's why he tries to bite the mailman.

Anxiety is the illness of our age. We worry about ourselves, our family, our friends, our work, and our state of the world. If we allow worry to fill our hearts, sooner or later we will get sick.

It is obvious I shall have to abandon my hopes of getting the Queen's head off the stamps.

When a child has a bad dream and wakes up crying, Dad goes and says, 'Don't be afraid, don't be scared. I'm here.' The Lord speaks this way, too... Usually, Christmas seems like a very noisy feast, but we can use a bit of silence to hear these words of love, closeness and tenderness.

The most terrifying thing that ever happened to me was that Keith Moon decided he liked me.

Christmas is a good time to take stock of our blessings.