You cannot argue stupidity, you just have to accept it patiently as one of those things.

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.

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.

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

It's no good going on living in the ashes of a dead happiness.

The happily married man with a large family is the test pilot for me.

To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities.