First, I was an idealist (that was early - fools are born, not made, you know); next I was a realist; now I am a pessimist, and, by Jove! if things get much worse I'll become a humorist.

All change is not growth as all movement is not forward.

All change is not growth, as all movement is not forward.

A tragic irony of life is that we so often achieve success or financial independence after the chief reason for which we sought it has passed away.

What happens is not as important as how you react to what happens.

It is lovely, when I forget all birthdays, including my own, to find that somebody remembers me.

It is human nature to overestimate the thing you've never had.

The worst thing about war is that so many people enjoy it.

The older I grow the more earnestly I feel that the few joys of childhood are the best that life has to give.

I have little faith in the theory that organized killing is the best prelude to peace.

The only difference between a rut and a grave are the dimensions.

The truth is what you live through while you're looking for the truth.

Extend your vacation whenever possible.

Architecture should be dedicated to keeping the outside out and the inside in.

Once the herd starts moving in one direction, it's very hard to turn it, even slightly.

Positive response from some of our exporters and holders of free funds in response to some of the turnaround initiatives ... in particular the favourable exchange rate policies.

We are within measurable, or imaginable, distance of a real Armageddon. Happily there seems to be no reason why we should be anything more than spectators.

Our souls need time to think, dream, and reflect.

And there's no getting around the fact that all life lives at the expense of another life.

Power abdicates only under the stress of counter-power.

I sometimes find that in interviews you learn more about yourself than the person learned about you.