Lack of clarity is always a sign of dishonesty.

One of the greatest superstitions of our time is the belief that it has none.

The only important thing to realise about history is that it all took place in the last five minutes.

Most of the research which is done is determined by the requirement that it shall, in a fairly obvious and predictable way, reinforce the approved or fashionable theories.

The charms of money are distinctly under-represented in literature. There are no songs or poems extolling its virtues. This seems on the face of it strange. The claims of money to be celebrated in verse might well seem to be no less than those of faithful dogs, beautiful women, or jugs of wine.

The psychology of committees is a special case of the psychology of mobs.

If you stand up to the human race you lose something called their 'goodwill'; if you kowtow to them you gain ... their permission to continue kowtowing.