(29 quotes found)
“Money is the string with which a sardonic destiny directs the motions of its puppets.”
William Somerset Maugham
“For citizens who think themselves puppets in the hands of their rulers, nothing is more satisfying than having rulers as puppets in their hands.”
Pico Iyer
“Come, children, let us shut up the box and the puppets, for our play is played out.”
William Makepeace Thackeray
“Fie, fie, you counterfeit. You puppet, you!”
William Shakespeare
“When she puts a puppet on her hand, she lights up, she's very happy. When she performs, she just gives it her all.”
Heather Allen
“It does not require him to be the puppet master; it just requires intent,”
Tom Sneddon
“One gets the impression that other countries are suspicious that the secretary general and his aides are really puppets being manipulated by Washington.”
Edward Luck
“The immediate task to lay down the conditions for this is to oust and replace the illegitimate, puppet, thieving, lying and brutal Arroyo government.”
Gregorio Rosal
“Mixing the two stocks in the wild has resulted in the transfer of bad habits from the puppet-reared to the parent-reared birds. All misbehaving birds in the wild should be re-trapped and returned to captivity, since they pose a risk of passing on their bad behavior to birds released in the future.”
Vicky Meretsky
“puppet governments ... set up to sabotage jihad.”
Hamid Karzai
