I never forgive, but I always forget.

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'.

The value of marriage is not that adults produce children, but that children produce adults.

Woe to him who becomes useless to human progress!

but darling if he loved you, would he want to see you cry?

Increasingly unable to create for itself a relevant body of myth, the modern imagination will ransack the treasure house of the classic.

Teach us to pray often, that we may pray oftener.

Never question the sanity of a woman who can render you defenseless with a look.

We believe that black holes collapse to rings hitting very fast. If you follow through the ring you don't die. The mathematics says you fall straight through, perhaps to another universe.

I must have the sun and warmth. I need to be in the sun - I'm a true island baby.

I don't recommend being a bachelor, but it helps if you want to write.

Jesus Christ demands more complete allegiance than any dictator who ever lived. The difference is, He has a right to it.