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David Mellor
7 quotes
“The press – the popular press – is drinking in the Last Chance Saloon.”
David Mellor (born 1949) first seen 2001 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Roy Greenslade, "A decade of diplomacy," The Guardian (5 February 2001)
“The tabloids are like animals, with their own behavioural patterns. There’s no point in complaining about them, any more than complaining that lions might eat you.”
David Mellor (born 1949) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in The Independent (3 November 1992) following his resignation in September of that year.
“Lawyers are like rhinoceroses: thick-skinned, short-sighted, and always ready to charge.”
David Mellor (born 1949) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Question Time BBC1 (3 December 1992).
“And I'd like to say this to [Sir James Goldsmith] ... who has got nothing to be smug about, and I would like to say that 1,500 votes is a derisory total. We have shown tonight that the Referendum Party is dead in the water, and Sir James can get off back to Mexico knowing your attempt to buy the British political system has failed.”
David Mellor (born 1949) first seen 1997 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Brian Cathcart Were you still up for Portillo? (Penguin Books, 1997), pp. 63-4
“There is no design involved. It would look tawdry down the wrong end of a beach in Torremolinos. This isn't a case of just not wanting it in my backyard. This area is historically significant with listed buildings and it's next to the Tower of London, which is a world heritage site.”
David Mellor (born 1949) first seen 2006 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Quoted in Anil Dawar, "'Build a tower block? Not in our dockyard,'" The Telegraph (30 May 2006).
“The Minister for Fun.”
David Mellor (born 1949) first seen 1992 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Common epithet used to describe the Secretary of State for National Heritage. Cited by Mary Braid and Jason Bennetto in "The Mellor Affair: When the fun stopped" The Independent on Sunday (26 June 1992).
“This is the first time in ages that David Mellor has done the decent thing.”
David Mellor (born 1949) first seen 1990 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Bill Hagerty, editor of The People, on Mellor's resignation following the revelations he had received a holiday gift from the daughter of a leading member of the PLO in 1990. Quoted in "1992: Mellor signs over sex scand…