I adore the past. So much more restful than the present. So much more dependable than the future.

No people in the world other than the English would have had the courage, in the midst of war, to tell the people such unvarnished truth.

Time is not waiting for you

This illustrates an important truth, namely, that the worse your logic, the more interesting the consequences to which it gives rise.

My grandmother was, back when they called them 'stewardesses,' a flight attendant. I actually had a ball wearing that little uniform and making sure everything was under control.

When you are playing an egomaniac running a fantastical ship, you don't want him to be too suburban. Naturalism doesn't work on the high seas.

When immigrants go into the worse neighborhood and they fix it up, they should become citizens.

We must have infinite faith in each other. If we have not, we must never let it leak out that we have not.

I would like to be known as someone who was really sweet but also knowledgeable in all areas of life.

Mistakes are merely steps up the ladder.

The desire to rule over others, the will to power, is one of the greatest crimes that man has committed.

I saw the spires of Oxford As I was passing by, The gray spires of Oxford Against a pearl-gray sky. My heart was with the Oxford men Who went abroad to die.