Human beings thrive on action. Stagnation does not wear well with us. We are said to have our origins as hunter-gatherers. We run and we chase. We are problem-solvers. We must be continuously tested and we continuously test ourselves. And it will not end until our lives end because of life itself.

The best way to clean up a son's room is to close the door and pretend it's not part of the house.

No one ever mentioned it, but thousands of men welcomed World War II as a way to escape their humdrum lives rather than a chance to fight for God and country.

I have no idea where I'm going but here's the real question: What am I doing here in the first place?

If you attack the establishment long enough and hard enough, they will make you a member of it.

Ascot is so exclusive that it is the only racecourse in the world where the horses own the people.

I don't mind 800 million Chinese drinking a bottle [of Coca-Cola] a day, but I don't want them to bring back the empties.