Storytelling has a narcotic power.

People perish. Books are immortal.

Golf requires only a few simple Rules and Regulations to guide the players in the true nature of its sporting appeal. The spirit of the game is its own referee.

Suicide leaves everyone feeling guilty.

The true currency of life is time, not money, and we've all got a limited stock of that.

But clever people all make one mistake. They all think everyone else is stupid. And everyone isn't stupid. They just take a bit more time, that's all.

You can't make sense of the present unless a part of you lives in the past.

Politics is never a victory, it's just the remorseless grinding forward of events.

Their souls were contagious. ... Bloodsuckers, spiders and vampires: that was what Lenin called them.

If one first gives himself to the Lord, all other giving is easy.

The natural impulse of men is to follow and whoever has the strongest sense of purpose will always dominate.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

There is no wrong answer. Even so, it is easy to receive wrong results, simply by asking the wrong question.

There is a self-love solution for every challenge.

Quoth the Raven, "Nevermore.

Hey Assbutt!

Though I have seen a great deal of the sights, traveled a number of the available paths, there are always corners that remain unexplored, doors that remain unopened.

The reality is that de-carbonisation is not happening fast enough.

Self-blame usually has an undertone of self-congratulation.

A team is not a bunch of people with job titles, but a congregation of individuals, each of whom has a role that is understood by other members.

I feel like a young man of 15.