The things that are done in the name of the shareholder are, to me, as terrifying as the things that are done - dare I say it - in the name of God.

In the hands of politicians grand designs achieve nothing but new forms of the old misery.

Our power knows no limits, yet we cannot find food for a starving child, or a home for a refugee. Our knowledge is without measure and we build the weapons that will destroy us. We live on the edge of ourselves, terrified of the darkness within. We have harmed, corrupted and ruined, we have made mistakes and deceived.

When a problem threatens to engulf you, there's nothing like irrelevant detail to keep your head above water.

In every operation there is an above the line and a below the line. Above the line is what you do by the book. Below the line is how you do the job.

A good man knows when to sacrifice himself, a bad man survives but loses his soul.

Let's all pretend to be someone else, and then perhaps we'll find out who we are.