Political correctness is what right-wing bigots call what everybody else calls being polite

Something in your voice tells me we approach the question of remuneration.

Empathize with stupidity and you're halfway to thinking like an idiot.

Mr Blawke always reminded me of a heron; I'm not sure why. Something to do with a sense of rapacious stillness, perhaps, and also the aura of one who knows time is on his side.

There's an old Sysan saying that the soup of life is salty enough without adding tears to it.

Torture is such a slippery slope; as soon as you allow a society or any legal system to do that, almost instantly you get a situation where people are being tortured for very trivial reasons.

My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is.

I remember being shocked when I discovered some of my school pals didn't have books in their homes. I thought it was like not having oxygen, or hot water.

I am, as I have always been, of the opinion that while the niceties of normal moral constraints should be our guides, they must not be our masters.

I've always loved Scotland, and I'm not a huge fan of big cities, to be honest. I like them to dip into for a bit, but I'm not sure I would want to live in one again.

In theory, I work an eight-hour day and a five-day week which means I can socialise with my pals who mostly have normal jobs like teaching and computer programming.

Maybe it’s the quiet, ” Aedan resumed. “Let’s me think, or maybe it’s the opposite of normal thinking, more like untangling. I’m comfortable in those spots.

The greatest thing a human soul ever does in this world... to see clearly is poetry, prophecy and religion all in one.

The Party System was founded on one national notion of fair play. It was the notion that folly and futility should be fairly divided between both sides.

Mistreating your drum set is just one step below child abuse

You cannot let yourself be defined by the hopes that you will fulfill the darkest wishes of your opponents.

Go let thy less than woman's hand Assume the distaff not the brand.

choice in any sphere is a peril, the basic division of peoples is of those who believe in choice and those who mistrust it.

So when you think you're the only one who can't find love in this world, tell yourself there's another one who's waiting for you somewhere.

The common trait of all evil is nothing other than egoism... Basically all human evil comes from what we call the selfishness.

So, we pray well when we remain in this way in the presence of God, with no exertion of the understanding or will. Therefore, you will do well to listen to God in the urge you feel to return to us.