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Anthony Sampson Quotes

Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.

Muddle is the extra unknown personality in any committee.

Anthony Sampson
Personality, Committees, Extras
Anthony Sampson (1962). “Anatomy of Britain”, London : Hodder and Stoughton

Members rise from CMG (known sometimes in Whitehall as 'Call Me God') to KCMG ('Kindly Call Me God') to .. the GCMG ('God Calls Me God').

Anthony Sampson
Funny, Humor, Sometimes
'Anatomy of Britain' (1962) ch. 18

In America journalism is apt to be regarded as an extension of history: in Britain, as an extension of conversation.

Anthony Sampson
America, Journalism, Newspapers
1965 TheAnatomy of BritainToday, ch.9.

Once you touch the trappings of monarchy, like opening an Egyptian tomb, the inside is liable to crumble.

Anthony Sampson
Egyptian, Liable, Monarchy
Anthony Sampson (1962). “Anatomy of Britain”, London : Hodder and Stoughton

It has been the bankers' destiny ... to find themselves on the dangerous edge of the world, pointing up the contradictions and cross-purposes. They are not often loved for it.

Anthony Sampson
Destiny, Bankers, Purpose
Anthony Sampson (1983). “The money lenders”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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