Imitation is not just the sincerest form of flattery - it's the sincerest form of learning.

No king on earth is as safe in his job as a Trade Union official. There is only one thing that can get him sacked; and that is drink. Not even that, as long as he doesn't actually fall down.

The notion that inspiration is something that happened thousands of years ago, and was then finished and done with. . . the theory that God retired from business at that period and has not been heard from since, is as silly as it is blasphemous.

Censorship ends in logical completeness when nobody is allowed to read any books except the books that nobody can read.

Perhaps the greatest social service that can be rendered by anybody to the country and to mankind is to bring up a family.

It is the mark of a truly intelligent person to be moved by statistics.

Fear is choosing the safe course