Liberal politics meant the politics of common-sense.

We have to admit that, notwithstanding all the efforts in which governments and peoples have participated, no corresponding change has been wrought in the aspect of the world's armaments.

Gentlemen, I fervently trust that before long the principle of arbitration may win such confidence as to justify its extension to a wider field of international differences.

Personally, I am a great believer in bed, in constantly keeping horizontal...the heart and everything else go slower, and the whole system is refreshed.

Good government could never be a substitute for government by the people themselves.

Chess is not a game, but a disease.

Scare answers to scare, and force begets force, until at length it comes to be seen that we are racing one against another after a phantom security which continually vanishes as we approach.

I am half-surprised to find that as I go on I get more and more confirmed in the old advanced Liberal principles, economic, social, and political, with which I entered Parliament 30 years ago.

Evolution is a theory with more holes than a Dutch dam of swiss cheese.

We would often be sorry if our wishes were gratified.

Joy in looking and comprehending is nature's most beautiful gift.

Health is a function of three things. 1. Luck 2. Genetics and 3. Choices in your lifestyle.

Sometimes the solitary voice can be the best one.

He who travels west travels not only with the sun but with history.

Donald Trump has been getting favorable comments from white supremacists, from American Nazis. And any explanation of Donald Trump's rise that does not include those facts is a false analysis.

Yeah, the main goal when I'm writing [movie scripts] is to entertain myself. It's supposed to be funny, but then a funny idea can be turned into something else.

Everything is integral and interacts with everything else. This means that nothing is itself without everything else. There is a commonality, an integrity, an intimacy of the universe with itself.

If you're the leader, you've got to give up your omniscient and omnipotent fantasies - that you know and must do everything. Learn how to abandon your ego to the talents of others.