Biography should be written by an acute enemy.

In politics nothing matters very much, and few things matter at all.

Why can't the Jews and the Arabs just sit down together and settle this like good Christians?

It is unfortunate, considering that enthusiasm moves the world, that so few enthusiasts can be trusted to speak the truth.

Our Scottish theory ... is that every country has need of Scotchmen, but that Scotland has no need of the citizens of any other country.

I thought Winston Churchill was a young man of promise, but it appears he is a young man of promises.

Society, dead or alive, can have no charm without intimacy and no intimacy without an interest in trifles.

It has always been desirable to tell the truth, but seldom if ever necessary.

I do not know how it comes about, but if you sit opposite a man every day and you are engaged in fighting him, you cannot help getting a liking for him whether he deserves it or not.

I have done nothing important or distinguished since we met except to win the handicap prize, worth ?4 10/- at North Berwick.

Winston has written four volumes about himself and called it 'World Crisis'.

Employment is a vicious cycle

Look, there is nothing you can say about this show that I don't already know

If you don't feel drowsy after lunch and don't yawn in the office, you're not a perfect employee!

A conviction akin to religious feeling of the rationality or intelligibility of the world lies behind all scientific work of a high order.

One small action of love can do far, far more for a soul than all the most beautiful words in the world.

Land is an emotional subject with a farmer in India because it is his only means of income.

You can't want to be happy, because that's too easy and too boring.

Ice dance should not be seen as a rigid conformist form of figure skating. There is a great deal of freedom and originality to be had.

Believe in everything you do cause if you don't have self-belief, you'll be clueless.

There's no perfect coach in the world. Coaches are human, too. Mistakes are made. But, fundamentally, if you're sound, you eliminate as many mistakes as possible.