The thing most worth doing in this modern world [is to] create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of, and make money by their work.

It's not the end of the world at all," he said. "It's only the end for us. The world will go on just the same, only we shan't be in it. I dare say it will get along all right without us.

The thing most worth doing in this modern world [is to] create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of, and make money by their work.

If I have learned one thing in my 54 years, it is that it is very good for the character to engage in sports which put your life in danger from time to time. It breeds a saneness in dealing with day to day trivialities which probably cannot be got in any other way, and a habit of quick decisions.

Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it’s all over.

I'm glad we haven't got newspapers now. It's been much nicer without them.

She looked at him in wonder. "Do people think of me like that? I only did what anybody could have done." "That's as it may be," he replied. "The fact is, that you did it.