Books, I don't know what you see in them. I can understand a person reading them, but I can't for the life of me see why people have to write them.

Acting on television is like being asked by the captain to entertain the passengers while the ship goes down.

At the age of four with paper hats and wooden swords we're all Generals. Only some of us never grow out of it.

Because they have been in love they have survived everything that life could throw at them, even their own failures.

Beliefs are what divide people. Doubt unites them.

That weakness in human nature which goes by the name of strength.

British education is probably the best in the world, if you can survive it. If you can't there is nothing left for you but the diplomatic corps.