It has always been desirable to tell the truth, but seldom if ever necessary.

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.

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'.

There are plenty of cases of war being begun before it is declared.

Man's attitude toward great qualities in others is often the same as toward high mountains - he admires them but he prefers to walk around them.

But I do think that we approach music, in of itself, with a religious attitude.

Beauty is not something you can count on. Usually, when people say you are beautiful, it is when there is a harmony between the inside and the outside.

Grouping and mutuality of countries and peoples in the Balkans is the only road that leads to economic, national and political liberation.

he wanted people to like his mind again-after awhile it might be such a nice place in which to live.

Your belief determines your action and your action determines your results, but first you have to believe.

When you have an enemy in your power, deprive him of the means of ever injuring you.

I would literally never think about melody. I never thought people listened to melody because I listen to words.

Being truly thankful makes you infinitely more resourceful. By sincerely appreciating what you have, you find new and valuable ways to make use of it.

Photography is a kind of virtual reality, and it helps if you can create the illusion of being in an interesting world.