As I look ahead, I am filled with foreboding. Like the Roman, I seem to see "the River Tiber foaming with much blood.

In the end, the Labour party could cease to represent labour. Stranger historic ironies have happened than that.

A politician complaining about the media is like a sailor complaining about the sea.

Independence, the freedom of a self-governing nation, is in my estimation the highest political good, for which any disadvantage, if need be, and any sacrifice are a cheap price.

All political lives, unless they are cut off in midstream at a happy juncture, end in failure, because that is the nature of politics and of human affairs.

The supreme function of statesmanship is to provide against preventable evils.

If my ship sails from sight, it doesn't mean my journey ends, it simply means the river bends.

If I cannot understand my friend's silence, I will never get to understand his words.

People are disposed to mistake predicting troubles for causing troubles and even for desiring troubles.

The enemies of advertising are the enemies of freedom.

History is littered with the wars which everybody knew would never happen.

Why does anybody do anything?" Mimi asked impatiently. "Most of the time we don't know--any of us.

It is not power that corrupts but fear. The fear of losing power corrupts those who wield it and fear of the scourge of power corrupts those who are subject to it.

Theories have nothing to do with life.

I foresee online gaming changing when there are good audio-visual links connecting the participants, thus approximating play in a face-to-face group.

Anytime you get to join a group of people you admire and respect, you want to keep those doors open.

Things fell into place and there was an opportunity for fresh leadership. And - I was - I was successful.

If they cut my bald head open, they will find one big boxing glove. That's all I am. I live it.

All the stars all the galaxies are in the same spot night after night after night. And Planet Nine, when we see it, will slowly move across the sky.

I'm very grateful that I have one of those faces that seems to blend back into the crowd. A lot of people pay lip service to wanting a normal life, but it's actually very important to me.