In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

How can anyone govern a nation that has two hundred and forty-six different kinds of cheese?

Always choose the hardest way, on it you will not find opponents

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

Silence is the ultimate weapon of power.

In politics it is necessary either to betray one's country or the electorate. I prefer to betray the electorate.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.

You have to be fast on your feet and adaptive or else a strategy is useless.

He who laughs last didn't get the joke.

I am confident in my FAITH because I know the character of God and am assured by the love and mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ

I remember having an argument with Alan, I said the Queen's not just going to call the guy up and send him out to do it. And Alan says, well, how would a monarch give orders to her assassin.

The British health care system is a blueprint for the failure of Obamacare, as it is structured.

Don't call me famous, but it's hard to be out with my friends now.

It's one thing to be a perfectionist when you're alone, but when you're trying to make it work in an ensemble that's a whole different deal.

If I, this mortal shell, am going to die, let me at least live on through my creations.

It is only grown-ups who want children to be children; children themselves always want to be real people.

There was something in the bel canto, not just opera, but a certain style of Italian singing that I responded to deeply.

The only consistent narrative we possess is one that we share with every other life-form: we are born, we live, and then we die.

We're still here trying to get the word out that 330 farmers are quitting every week.