When a man is tired of London, he is tired of life; for there is in London all that life can afford.

I must not write a word to you about politics, because you are a woman.

The idea of freedom is inspiring. But what does it mean? If you are free in a political sense but have no food, what's that? The freedom to starve?

Who the hell wants fourteen pairs of shoes when they go on holiday? I haven't had fourteen pairs in my life.

In just six weeks from the time the design was started, we had the motor on the block testing its power.

Effective action is always unjust.

Parents can only give good advice or put them on the right paths, but the final forming of a person's character lies in their own hands

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

If the only prayer you said was thank you, that would be enough.

Reputation is what men and women think of us; character is what God and angels know of us.

The cloud is free only to go with the wind. The rain is free only in falling.

Genius is sorrow's child.

The keenest sorrow is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.

I have no idea. People who boast about their IQ are losers.

The traditional ways were wrongly disowned by Christianity - in hindsight, medicine men were not demons but very important counsellors in the community.

Rhyme, that enslaved queen, that supreme charm of our poetry, that creator of our meter.

Memories warm you up from the inside. But they also tear you apart.

Nothing is black or white.

Patriotism is the last refuge of a scoundrel.

To the young people I say, you are a gift to your communities and indeed the world. You are our hope and our future.

I don't say we all ought to misbehave, but we ought to look as if we could.