"There is light at the end of the tunnel... but we are still in the tunnel at the moment."

Philip Hammond Politics See all quotes by Philip Hammond →

React to this quote

More by Philip Hammond

“We understand that Israel has concerns, we understand that Hamas has concerns. We are not saying we’re not interested in those.”

“There should be a new and sincere attempt to reach a consensus. If we do not find a solution with the members, we may have to ask the British to give their opinion again, in one form or another.”

“There is no mandate for a no-deal Brexit and a no-deal Brexit will be a catastrophe for the United Kingdom.”

“built up fiscal headroom to protect against the cost of a no-deal Brexit”

“the first sustained fall in debt for 17 years, a turning point in the nation's recovery from the financial crisis of a decade ago”

“The British public has a strong sense that the situation of the civilian population in Gaza is intolerable and must be addressed — and we agree with them.”

Resonant Thoughts

"For the rational study of the law the blackletter man may be the man of the present, but the man of the future is the man of statistics and the master of economics."

— Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

Law1841–1935

#time

"We are so close to the world of work that we can't see what it does to us. We have to rely on outside observers from other times or other cultures to appreciate the extremity and the pathology of our …"

— Bob Black

Politics1951

#time

"Any one can get angry — that is easy — or give or spend money; but to do this to the right person, to the right extent, at the right time, with the right motive, and in the right way, that is not for …"

— Aristotle

Philosophy-384–-322

#time

"Must an artist live in the world or out of it? I believe this to be an unanswerable question. Total retirement, natural to the Saint, is injurious to most artists. They work marvelously so long as the…"

— André Maurois

opinion journalism1885–1967

#nature