Men of power have not time to read, yet men who do not read are not fit for power.

Men of power have no time to read; yet the men who do not read are unfit for power.

Most liberties have been won by people who broke the law.

The only man I knew who could make a curse sound like a caress.

Politicians live in little worlds of their own and imagine these are the universe.

In my opinion, Marxism is a great creed of human liberation. It is the creed which says that when all other empires fade and vanish, our business is to enlarge the empire of the human mind.

He's passed from rising hope to elder statesman without any intervening period whatsoever.

People must learn more and more that the strength of this country is the democratic power of the trade union movement.

All is fair in love and war and Parliamentary procedure.

Socialism without public ownership is nothing but a fantastic apology.

People can say what they want in the Labour Party.

The armored cars of dreams, contrived to let us do so many a dangerous thing.

I stand secured in the Lord.

I find the whole time travel question very unsettling if you take it to its logical extension. I think it might eventually be possible, but then what happens?

When an image is said to be singular, it is meant that it is absolutely determinate in all respects. Every possible character, or the negative thereof, must be true of such an image.

It’s very hard to be an innovator at the highest level in any discipline. For some chefs it’s merely about combining ingredients, but that’s something you can do with your eyes closed.

Sleep, delicious and profound, the very counterfeit of death

Every religion seems like a fantasy to outsiders, but as holy truth to those of the faith.

I've always been entranced with theater.

How can you run for president if you dont know the job description?

Writing is, after all, a gesture towards other people, giving something to others. And so it's not a completely hermetic exercise. It's really an opening up.