People who get on at school are the ones who play by the rules, and no one's going to get far in later life playing by the system.

As George Orwell wisely observed a generation later, the only way swiftly to end a war is to lose it.

We're taking part in a divine comedy and we should realise that the play is always a comedy, in that we're all ultimately ridiculous.

If you can't get a job as a pianist in a brothel, you become a royal reporter.

The only redemptive feature of war is the brotherhood which it forges.

A Tory government with a decent mandate seems the only hope of tackling the fiscal catastrophe responsibly.

You cannot write down how people are good; you just know it, and cannot get away from it.

Lots of us when we're children believe 'oh well, if the world knew us as we really are, they'd know what wonderful, clever, brilliant, charming people we really are.'

It's miraculous how much easier the computer has made my sort of work.

I would have been a disastrous soldier.

When I am fishing, I think quite a lot about the fish, but I also think about the book I'm writing.

You will not able to find peace if you are the source of unhappiness for others.

When had my sister's words become so barbed and poisoned? Grief had sharpened her tongue to a fine point.

Let's go together and go to different places and see different things. It'll be fun!- Gon Freaks

The problem with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people's money.

It doesn't take any talent to play hard.

The role that I play as a lone striker, I enjoy it and particularly playing with great players.

I think as humans, no one remembers their successes, everyone just remembers their failures.

Too often a sister puts all her patients back to bed as a housewife puts all her plates back in the plate-rack-to make a generally tidy appearance.

I think there is an obligation on the part of all of us to stay informed and aware.

I actually think being involved in the cesarean would be... I just can't wait!