If ever the call comes to them, the young will go straight from the ranks of the neutralists into the ranks of he Majesty's Forces, as they have so often done in the past.

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

Too many people live too much in the past. The past must be a springboard, not a sofa.

The wind of change is blowing through the continent. Whether we like it or not, this growth of national consciousness is a political fact.

Most of our people have never had it so good.

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.

I have learned that in all negotiations nothing matters except the will to reach agreement.

If you don't believe in God, all you have to believe in is decency. Decency is very good. Better decent than indecent. But I don't think it's enough.

Memorial services are the cocktail parties of the geriatric set.

History is apt to judge harshly those who sacrifice tomorrow for today.

I'd like that translated, if I may.

Never force yourself to read a book that you do not enjoy. There are so many good books in the world that it is foolish to waste time on one that does not give you pleasure.

There's a set of rules out there somewhere that says it all ends by 40. I hope to be able to defy that because I truly love my work.

The phenomenon of vampires has always appealed to me. Everyone kind of likes a vampire story because it almost could be true.

You know, we - we start with a mentality that we'll take a sports project if its good. And we're certainly not on the lookout for them, because to be honest we don't have to. They walk in the door.

You can either ask the question or experience the answer.

I don’t want to talk about loving God. I want to actually love God.

We create an interior 'movie' in the reader's head through words on the page.

You could play well and still lose.

In the religion of Love the courtesan is a heretic; but the nun is an atheist.

The problem for me with liberals is that we've abdicated our moral responsibility to the universe.