Anxiety is the interest paid on trouble before it is due.

What is originality? Undetected plagiarism.

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

A good government remains the greatest of human blessings and no nation has ever enjoyed it.

The proper time to influence the character of a child is about 100 years before he is born.

Public opinion: a vulgar impertinent anonymous tyrant who deliberately makes life unpleasant for any one of us who is not content to be the average man.

There are two kinds of fools: one says 'This is old therefore it is good' the other says 'This is new therefore it is better.'

It is useless for the sheep to pass resolutions in favour of vegetarianism while the wolf remains of a different opinion.

The enemies of Freedom do not argue they shout and they shoot.

It is said that Mr. Gladstone could persuade most people of most things and himself of anything.

The nations which have put mankind and posterity most in their debt have been small states - Israel Athens Florence Elizabethan England.

The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.

Sow the help of God into your daily battles, and reap a harvest of victory.

Trust in the silent doers. It is far more difficult to put your dreams into action than into flowery words.

That's silly talk... Talk to my wife. She'll tell me I need to learn to just put my socks on the hamper.

The higher the coefficient of inequality (Gini coefficient) in a society, the worse things tend to be for those at the bottom.

Since my adaptation of Ian McEwan's 'Atonement,' I get sent a lot of novels that people think will work as movies. So every now and then I make a point of sitting down and reading a couple of them.

I'm proud of the fact that the Republican Party is the pro-life party on the issue of life.

To inspire love is a woman's greatest ambition, believe me. It's the one thing woman care about and there's no woman so proud that she does not rejoice at heart in her conquests.

Plants and animals repeat routine, but men who are not restrained will go into the future like explorers into a new country.

You will never find a truly happy self-centered person. They simply don't exist.