There are two kinds of imperialists - imperialists and bloody imperialists.

You must always believe that life is as extraordinary as music says it is.

No one can write a best-seller by taking thought. The slightest touch of insincerity blurs its appeal. The writer who keeps his tongue in his cheek, who knows that he is writing for fools and that, therefore, he had better write like a fool, makes a respectable living out of serials and novelettes; but he will never make the vast, the blaring, half a million success. That comes of blended sincerity and vitality.

a good oyster cannot please the palate as acutely as a bad one can revolt it, and a good oyster cannot make him who eats it live for ever though a bad one can make him dead for ever.

The American struggle for the vote was much more difficult than the English for the simple reason that it was much more easy.

I cannot think that espionage can be recommended as a technique for building an impressive civilization. It's a lout's game.

Unhappy people are dangerous.