In a world where England is finished and dead: I do not wish to live.

Men are too emotional to vote. Their conduct at baseball games and political conventions shows this . . .

It is always difficult for a woman to be grateful for a form of chivalry that seems to be based on the premise that she is a moron.

When a woman like that whom I've seen so much, All of a sudden drops out of touch; Is always busy and never can, Spare you a moment, it means a man.

People love to talk but hate to listen.

Listening is not merely not talking, though even that is beyond most of our powers; it means taking a vigorous, human interest in what is being told us.

No one really believes in equality who's on top.

Good manners are the techniques of expressing consideration for the feelings of others.

Silences, as every observer knows, have strange characteristics all their own - passionate silences, and hateful silences, and silences full of friendly, purring content.

And now too late, we see these things are one: The art is sacrifice and self-control And who loves beauty must be stern of soul.

They make other nations seem pale and flighty, But they do think England is God almighty, And you must remind them now and then That other countries breed other men.

Some people spend their whole lives seeking heaven, when all they needed to do was look about them, and embrace that which was already there.

To come so far, to lose so much and to find nothing. -Jing-mei

Live your life in every way to earn and keep the respect of the people you respect.

What I do is so this world will know that it will not change me.

Your whole life is ahead of you. Don't you ever forget that.

In every treaty, insert a clause which can easily be violated, so that the entire agreement can be broken in case the interests of the State make it expedient to do so.

I stopped caring what people thought.

To me, pre-match preparation is extremely important because that's something which is within my control.

Cecil's dispatch of business was extraordinary, his maxim being, "The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once."

I tend not to like an awful lot of what is going out under my name now because it is just all product. Who needs it?