My policy is to be able to take a ticket at Victoria station and go anywhere I damn well please!

Unintelligent people always look for a scapegoat.

The first thing to decide before you walk into any negotiation is what to do if the other fellow says 'no'.

A newspaper has three things to do. One is to amuse, another is to entertain and the rest is to mislead.

If you open that Pandora's Box you never know what Trojan 'orses will jump out.

Civilisation cannot survive if it rests on a propertyless proletariat.

The most conservative man in this world is the British trade unionist when you want to change him.

It was like a life-line to a sinking man. It seemed to bring hope where there was none. The generosity of it was beyond our belief.

What astounds me about the history of the British Navy is how cheaply we have policed the world for 300 years.

If the workers see themselves faced with defeat through starvation, they will prefer to go down fighting rather than fainting - and whether or not we leaders agree.

Foreign policy isn't something that is great and big, it's common sense and humanity as it applies to my affairs and yours.

We forgive those who harmed us. And then, with an open heart, we simply as Jesus to heal us.

The Universe and Spirit do not understand limitations...PEOPLE invented limitations!

The number-one job of the hedge-fund manager is not to make sure that you can retire with a smile on your face - it's for him to retire with a smile on his face.

The key that unlocks a door is a key to keep if you want to go through that door again.

The novelist screws up his courage in order to invest another two or three years in another attempt to float a boat of original design upon an invented ocean.

I want to be remembered for only one thing: my contribution to aviation.

To be physically fit is just a small aspect. You can be a beautiful physical specimen, but you're empty as far as what it takes to be a person, and that shows up real fast

There is no way forward that isn’t through pain.

But I beneath a rougher sea, And whelmed in deeper gulfs than he.

I can make fried tofu, boiled tofu, stuffed tofu. Cutlets and other fancy stuff, that's for other directors.