That's the one thing a politician mustn't have - political opinions or principles. He can have prejudices - indeed he must have prejudices and share all the popular political superstitions of the moment as ardently as he can. But he must not have principles. He must never let the people suspect that they cannot eat their cake and have it. He must promise them a defense program and a higher standard of living. He must never use that dreadful little word or.

money is an acquired taste that grows as it is fed.

what you fear, you invite.

Other people's children, like other people's love affairs, were so much less interesting than one's own.

fiction and lies are both works of creative art, and creation always reveals the creator.

Nobody believes in ghosts, but everybody is afraid of them.

Wouldn't it be kinder to say that a lie is a short work of fiction? 'A story' as my daughter says?