Drift is the demon of democracy.

We are not at war with Egypt. We are in an armed conflict.

If you've broken the eggs, you should make the omelette.

I am one of a rare breed of true politicians who definitely say what they may or may not mean with absolute certainty.

You may gain temporary appeasement by a policy of concession to violence, but you do not gain lasting peace that way.

The more the planners, the worse the plans.

Nothing is more destructive of human dignity than a rule which imposes a mute and blind obedience.

Every succeeding scientific discovery makes greater nonsense of old-time conceptions of sovereignty.

Anthony's father was a mad baronet and his mother a very beautiful woman. That's Anthony-half mad baronet, half beautiful woman.

Man should be master of his environment, not its slave. That is what freedom means.

Everyone is always in favour of general economy and particular expenditure.

A goal should make you feel excited when you think about it.

I have a thing for things that last.

And then he thought: Is this how idiots rationalize their stupidity to themselves?

If you accept the expectations of others, especially negative ones, then you never will change the outcome.

I have actor friends, but they're not famous. I feel like if you're an actor or - famous, you have to overly prove that you're a normal, cool person.

You cannot make men good by law: and without good men you cannot have a good society.

… but only because exhaustion is a life-sign; it is at least a form of being human.

For yesterday and for all tomorrows, we dance the best we know

No man tastes pleasures truly, who does not earn them by previous business; and few people do business well, who do nothing else.

We cannot learn from one another until we stop shouting at one another - until we speak quietly enough so that our words can be heard as well as our voices.