Doctinaires are the vultures of principle. They feed upon principle after it is dead.

The finest eloquence is that which gets things done.

Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.

If the people really knew [the truth] the war would be stopped tomorrow. But of course they don't know and can't know.

What is our task? To make Britain a fit country for heroes to live in.

We are fighting Germany, Austria and drink, and as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is drink.

If you want to succeed in politics you must keep your conscience firmly under control.

The world is becoming like a lunatic asylum run by lunatics.

There is nothing so fatal to character as half finished tasks.

He has sat on the fence so long that the iron has entered his soul.

The man who tries to make the flag an object of a single party is a greater traitor to that flag than any man who fires at it.

If someone gives you tough situation, it's better to make a distance.

When I watch medical shows or other shows where characters die, it kind of bums me out.

There is more credit and satisfaction in being a first-rate truck driver than a tenth-rate executive.

Don't believe in role models, but if I do, then I'm mine

The power of excellence is overwhelming. It is always in demand, and nobody cares about its color.

The Obama campaign was smarter, quicker on their feet than the Clinton camp.

A lot of people I went to college with felt like they wanted to pursue theater exclusively, so I don't think that I really was in competition with people that I went to school with.

I wrote about my life just as I remembered it. I named names and it's very detailed. Hundreds of Sudanese refugees and people from Africa say that my journey is very similar to theirs.

There has to be a middle. Without it, nothing can ever truly be whole. Because it is not just the space between, but also what holds everything together.

I listen to a lot of singers, because I find phrasing to be one of the most essential elements of playing.