There has been great excitement at the prospect that this atomic bomb or atomic energy is likely to produce great industrial energy very quickly, I do not believe it at all.

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'.

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

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.

If a man wants his dreams to come true he must wake up.

I love to act and put on a show, but you're playing a character all the time. For music, it's really just me being myself.

I got in trouble with the police, and that was a rude awakening. That was it. I'd seen the bottom of the pit, and it was time to scrape myself out of it.

Add it all up, and some prominent Obama supporters are now saying that it paints a picture of an opposition driven, in part, by a refusal to accept a black President.

I'm very flattered, but I don't think I'm the sexiest man on the planet.

We should remember that just as a positive outlook on life can promote good health, so can everyday acts of kindness.

Midlife is not the time to disenchant ourselves. It's a time to turn on all our magic in full force.

Whatever I lack in talent I have in stamina.

Dreamers dream dreams and rich people create plans and build bridges to their dreams.

Cheat your landlord if you can -- and must -- but do not try to shortchange the Muse.