I daresay one profits more by the mistakes one makes off one's own bat than by doing the right thing on somebody's else advice.
Being in politics is like being a football coach. You have to be smart enough to understand the game, and dumb enough to think it's important.
The Past is to be respected and acknoledged, but not to be worshiped. It is our future in which we will find our greatness.
Order is not pressure which is imposed on society from without, but an equilibrium which is set up from within.
There is an evil tendency underlying all our technology - the tendency to do what is reasonable even when it isn't any good.
A billion here, a billion there, pretty soon it adds up to real money.
The car slewed to a stop and only then did I notice that it wasn't a cop car, ambulance or fire-engine.