Most people hate the taste of beer - to begin with. It is, however, a prejudice that many people have been able to overcome.

One evening at Chequers the film was Oliver Twist. Rufus, as usual, had the best seat in the house, on his master's lap. At the point when Bill Sikes was about to drown his dog to put the police off his track, Churchill covered Rufus's eyes with his hand. He said, "Don't look now, dear. I'll tell you about it afterwards."

I had a feeling once about Mathematics - that I saw it all. Depth beyond depth was revealed to me - the Byss and Abyss. I saw - as one might see the transit of Venus or even the Lord Mayor's Show - a quantity passing through infinity and changing its sign from plus to minus. I saw exactly why it happened and why the tergiversation was inevitable but it was after dinner and I let it go.

We are all worms. However, I like to think I'm a glow worm

Victory at all costs, victory in spite of all terror, victory however long and hard the road may be; for without victory, there is no survival.

I am sure that the mistakes of that time will not be repeated; we should probably make another set of mistakes.

The vistas of possibility are only limited by the shortness of life.