If ever peace is to be imposed on the world it will only be because a large number of men who could have taken part in the drill display by the Guards or Marines or at the Royal Tournament turn that strength and precision to the service of life.

I am not so repelled by Communism: an element of Communism in politics is necessary and inevitable. In any involved society there must be a feeling that something must be done about poverty - which is the basis of communism.

Economists are like Aeolian harps, and the sounds that issue from them are determined by the winds that blow.

There is no such thing as conversation. It is an illusion. There are intersecting monologues, that is all.

Whatever happens, never forget that people would rather be led to perdition by a man, than to victory by a woman.

The world is round and the place which may seem like the end may also be only the beginning.

... A La Recherche du Temps Perdu is like a beautiful hand with long fingers reaching out to pluck a perfect fruit, without error,for the accurate eye knows well it is growing just there on the branch, while Ulysses is the fumbling of a horned hand in darkness after a doubted jewel.