Political language... is designed to make lies sound truthful and murder respectable, and to give an appearance of solidity to pure wind.

Most people who bother with the matter at all would admit that the English language is in a bad way, but it is generally assumed that we cannot by conscious action do anything about it.

I'm fat, but I'm thin inside. Has it ever struck you that there's a thin man inside every fat man, just as they say there's a statue inside every block of stone?

The one certain thing was that death never came at an expected moment.

The plant is blind but it knows enough to keep pushing upwards towards the light, and it will continue to do this in the face of endless discouragements.

The prime necessities for success in life are money, athleticism, tailor made clothes and a charming smile.

And the bigger the fall, the bigger the joke. It would be better fun to throw a custard pie at a bishop than at a curate.