It is important that we know where we come from, because if you do not know where you come from, then you don't know where you are, and if you don't know where you are, you don't know where you're going. And if you don't know where you're going, you're probably going wrong.

Personal’s not the same as important. People just think it is.

Just because it's not nice doesn't mean it's not miraculous.

I can see we're going to get along like a house on fire," said Miss Tick. "There may be no survivors.

It takes a special kind of person to fight back.

History has a habit of changing the people who think they are changing it

It is always useful to face an enemy who is prepared to die for his country," he read. "This means that both you and he have exactly the same aim in mind.