I do not 'get' ideas; ideas get me

In my experience tact is usually worse than the brutalities of truth.

Conversation in its true meaning isn't all wagging the tongue; sometimes it is a deeply shared silence.

I object to being told that I am saving daylight when my reason tells me that I am doing nothing of the kind... At the back of the Daylight Saving scheme I detect the bony, blue-fingered hand of Puritanism, eager to push people into bed earlier, and get them up earlier, to make them healthy, wealthy and wise in spite of themselves.

If you are not happy you had better stop worrying about it and see what treasures you can pluck from your own brand of unhappiness.

We tend to think human knowledge as progressive; because we know more and more, our parents and grandparents are back numbers. But a contrary theory is possible - that we simply recognize different things at different times and in different ways.

Boredom and stupidity and patriotism, especially when combined, are three of the greatest evils of the world we live in.