What begins in arrogance often ends in shame.

The historian assesses that the investment of the wealthy classes in the Bank of England wedded them to the fate of the nation as a whole and to the maintenance of its stability.

The Arab states don't seem to do a good job of providing for their own people, so I am not sure why they would suddenly develop an ability to help the Palestinians.

This very individualistic form of Protestant Christianity that became so basic in English and then American life is to a large degree responsible for the historical success of Britain and America.

Life isn't easy, and leadership is harder still.

One can't do anything without a man. Men know so much, and are able to get information in so many ways that are simply impossible to women.

I'm never quite cool, if you know what I mean. I'm basically the worst, best superhero.

There was great leadership in this country at the time of World War II. There was also unrelenting resolve at home, in America's factories and on the farms, in the cities and the country.

The physical language of the body is so much more powerful than words.

Love's an illusion. It's a dream you wake up from with an enormous hangover and net credit debt. I'd rather have cash.

If you grew up in a house where you weren't loved, you didn't know there was an alternative.

I have lived long enough to be battered by the realities of life, and not too long to be downed by them.

The temple of our purest thoughts is silence.

Please, Achimou? (Tory) You are the only being who’s ever called me that. (Acheron) Well, I’d call you babycakes, but I think that might offend you even more. (Tory)

Do not put all your eggs in one basket.